"Wikis are a collection of web pages located in an online community that encourage collaboration and communication of ideas by having users contribute or modify content, sometimes on a daily basis." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013. pg. 223)
Sometimes wikis are used by instructors for both "in the class and for their students to develop their own wikis, or to develop wikis to communicate their own content." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013. pg. 224) Like I have mentioned before I would like to be a High School Art teacher. So, naturally I tried to find examples of a Art based Wiki. However I was not successful in finding a "good" or useful wiki. Most of the art wiki's or educational art wikis were not completed or were very confusing to navigate. This is one example of a wiki I was unsure its purpose. Bad Art Wiki (How not to make my Wiki)
I would like to make my Wiki that shows my projects on them. Students would be able to see all of the assignments and examples on the Wiki. I will also have links to art related websites that I believe the students might be interested in. Lastly I want to have a spot on the site for students to learn more about different materials, or art in general that I might not cover in the classroom.
Widget 1
With the many features and components to my Wiki site, widgets would be the perfect extra visual feature. One widget I would use is Instagram. I believe Instagram would be a great visual aid in finding information about art. Students could use Instagram to upload videos or pictures of themselves making art, or look up videos or photos of others making art to help them with their projects. "Video and Photo sharing communities, are websites that provide users with easy-to-use tools to upload video and photo files to a server for online sharing." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013. pg. 225)
Widget 2
Another widget I might use would be Facebook. This would get a great tool for students to interact with each other, or to find artist to follow.
One of my many struggles for art teachers when presenting a lecture about Art history, is seeing what it is the teacher is talking about. The only solution would be to go to a Art Museum. The problem is not every area has an Art Museum, and not every Art Museum collects the art in which you are talking about. "An electronic field trip in its simplest form fills classroom screens with visual images of a place considered to offer some educational value and to which students would not routinely be able to travel." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013. pg. 239) One Art Museum I love is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seeing as how I am in Alabama, my only option is online. The Museum has a collections tab where you can see every piece in their collection and where it is located in the Museum. You can also click on any piece to zoom in and see high quality images of the art. (As if you were standing right next to it.) "Electronic filed trips are a way to circumvent these problems and bring real-world situations into the classroom." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013. pg. 239)
References:
Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Helen, taking a virtual field trip to an art museum is an interesting idea and one I think would be appropriate for the art classroom. I understand the difficulties in trying to organize these types of field trips, especially when the nearest art museum is hours away! "Real field trips present a variety of logistical problems, including expense" (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p.239). If planned thoroughly, I think a virtual filed trip could be executed well and actively engage students! A virtual field trip to an art museum may even allow more student interaction as sometimes museums can be very strict places.
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