Green Screen News Report

Similar to the radio show and another option with the Green  Screen would be to do a “live””breaking” news report calming that a famous work of art has been stolen from its home museum. In this report we will learn about the art, it’s history, value, relevance, and why it is so important that it be returned safely

Green Screen Tour Guide

Using the Do Ink Green Screen app, students could insert themselves in front of a work of art and take viewers on a tour highlighting key parts.

This would be really great for exploring a landscape or something like Monet’s garden. Students could practice describing in detail and making up feel like we are in the space

Making “Sense” of Art

While looking at a work of art or a body of work have students connect the work to their 5 senses.


 This could be done on a note card, handout, or on a device. Have students write what the artwork looks, smells, sounds, tastes, and feels like or if you wish have the students pretend they are the artwork and write what they see, smell, hear, taste, and feel.

For this one I used the ArtSet App.

Original photograph from: http://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/artists/de-saint-phalle.shtml

Post Card Interpretation

Photocard or another post card app (or traditional postcards) have students write a postcard describing and interpreting the work.

The writer could write as themselves telling a friend about a work they saw or write as if they are the artist telling someone about their work.

The recipient should share a postcard back highlighting personal connections, wondering, and questions that they have to what the friend/artist who shared.

In creating the initial postcard the student should make the work the image on the card. The return postcard could have an artwork that the recipient creates in response to the original work, a new work that somehow relates, or a close up of something in the artwork that stood out to them. 

Sing About It

Have students write a song or rap about the work to the tune of a popular song of their choice or your choosing.  This time of year singing/ writing to the tune of their favorite Christmas carol might be fun! 

Change the words to tell the listener about the work of art, the artist, how it was made, and more.

Students can then perform for the group or use a voice recording or video app to present their song.

I was inspired for this activity after some of my 5th graders wrote me this song, 

about their coil vessels, to the tune of Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass". 

Show me!

Show me is a great app that allows white board animation in conjunction with uploaded images. Have students present an artwork through the show me app.

Show me’s should walk viewers through the artwork and the steps of the critical process. They could focus on observation and description, making interpretations, making judgments and placing value, or all there. 

Vine time!

Vine is a social media based video making app, where users create 6 second videos. 

One starts and stops the video clips simply by taping the screen. It is very easy to use and once students get the hang of it they can film in under 5 minutes.

Have students get into small groups of 2-4 students.

Select or assign a work of art to interpret (each groups artwork could be different or the same)

Have students look at the work for details and make observations and interpretations.

Next, have students create the vine video to share their interpretation.  

Based on Keith Haring's Dancing Figures