Elena Yess

For the lesson plan and project, I have decided to make a 3D paper sculpture using gouache or watercolor paints including a simple circuit with a switch in order to honor an important person. The tribute card was a really… Continue Reading →

For my final project and lesson plan, I would love to do something with paper circuits. The Tribute Card assignment was a really exciting project for me because I enjoyed combining LED’s with gouache. It was a unique project because… Continue Reading →

I chose chapter 22, “Think Like and Architect, Draw Like an Engineer,” because it sounded like a really unique STEAM project. The students are required to design and build a four-sided structure using LEGO’s. They are not only required to… Continue Reading →

I chose Chapter 6, STEM, STEAM, and Making because I wanted a little bit more background on all these terms and integration of these subjects in the art classroom. Using technology in the arts is such a unique experience, because… Continue Reading →

I chose Chapter 9, Alternative Assessments and Feedback in a “Maker” Classroom. I chose this chapter because, so often as aspiring art educators, we think about how we will best assess our students, and how to create lessons that will… Continue Reading →

For this scratch game, all of us took part un something whether it was drawing for the backgrounds or sprites or coding. I drew some of the backgrounds and partook in some of the coding. For this game, it was… Continue Reading →

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/442913577/  My partner was Lauren Kimball and we both took part in the drawings and doing the coding for this scratch game. In our design thinking process, we were thinking about things we are both experiencing right now. We decided… Continue Reading →

Milton Resnick integrates arts and STEM when talking about his idea for the mothers day card. This idea is an integration of arts and STEM because people made what would generally be a stationary card into an interactive card or… Continue Reading →

Press the green flag to begin and then use the left and right arrow keys to move the paddle to score points. While I was creating this game, I had some technical difficulties. I tried to make it from scratch,… Continue Reading →

Press the green flag to begin. If the ball sticks on the paddle, press the green flag until it frees up. Use the arrow keys to score points. This process was really unique and different from most art processes I… Continue Reading →