Art Class: Class Videos

Among all the YouTube videos showing primary colours, this series is the most visually captivating. I didn't realise they were from a group named OK Go until a friend pointed that out. Their music videos have some reference to certain art concepts so sometimes I use them as a tuning-in activity. This page will show how the music videos are tied to art concepts.

Art Club: Game Makers

Electronics are all around us. Take this wireless food buzzer for example. I took a photo of this at a food court. Its interior was exposed revealing the circuit board. We had a discussion of the function of electronics and its impact on people's lives.

  

Then the children worked on their ArtScience Project. To put it simply, they have to create a game that incorporates at least one art theory and one science principle that they have learnt in their regular classes. In the beginning, they were just introduced to a variety of raw electronic components and without detailed instructions, they experimented with closed circuits to acquire tangible results (e.g. lighting LEDs, turn on a small fan, buzzer, vibrators). The homogeneous groupings ensure that children from cross level and classes have opportunities to interact and exchange ideas. Subsequently, they were introduced to a more advanced electronics package to concretise their ideas. The children also had a scribe to document, plan and reflect on their ideas so that I can visualise their plans (games).