Engaging one day projects week! Pixlr Fun on Chromebooks!

Not all my students have Chromebooks this year, so I have been reluctant to use them in the art room.  I always want one fourth grade to be doing the same as the other.  However, this time of year, I see some classes some weeks and some classes, I don't see at all!

I'm not sure how it went down, but the classroom teacher and I decided to have my Thursday morning fourth grade bring their Chromebooks to class.  I knew I could have them do something cool on Pixlr!

What a fun morning!  We spent the first 30 minutes familiarizing ourselves with the program.  I showed them some things on the Promethean Board, and they showed me some fun things too.  They got very creative with Pixlr Express Selfies!

The second half of class I had students make "Keep Calm" posters on Pixlr Editor.  I showed them my Keep Calm  powerpoint and we set up our document together.

Next year every student will have Chromebooks, and I can't wait!

Keep Calm and explain to kids why this is so popular.

I took a class through The Art of Education on Common Core Instruction in the art room.  The "Keep Calm and Carry On Poster" lesson was used as an example for one of our projects.

We had a little bit of time between lessons and my fifth graders were becoming obsessed with "keeping calm and ...." slogan.  It was getting around.  What a great teachable moment.  The best part of this lesson is the video that tells the story of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster.

I made a little PowerPoint to introduce the lesson too.  The entire project took about one hour.