CENTRAL FOCUS: Using sequential images with text, you will create a “how-to” story comic in order to analyze a task based on a classmate’s verbal descriptions.

RATIONALE: As teachers we need to find out and understand more about the learning process, both our own and that of others. Task analysis in order to produce step-by-step instructions is essential to teaching.  Practicing mindful, reflective listening is also a key skill for a good teacher.  Specifically, in visual arts education, sequential drawing (Comics) is a useful way to show processes, time and change.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: (Professional Skills and Disposition) Apply understanding of effective learning environments, differentiating instruction and communication strategies for instruction and classroom management as you:

• Investigate your own and another’s learning styles through interview, reflection and writing and drawing processes.
• Further develop listening and visual thinking skills to summarize and clearly represent another’s experience.
• Learn something new about a class peer and about yourself.
• Use sequential drawing for simple task analysis, developing communication as well as drawing skills.

ACTIVITY:
Consider a recent experience where you learned something new.  Think of a fairly simple, discreet task or skill.  It does not need to be art-related.  For example:  This summer you learned to cook a new dish or you drove a stick shift truck for the first time, or you had your first surfing lesson, or someone showed you how to plant bulbs, or fix a flat tire on a bike, or how to find and prepare edible wild plants, or learned a new game, etc.  What else can you think of?

Pair off with someone in the class and take turns interviewing each other and actively listening to her/his story.• Organize the information you received from your partner into 5 parts.

Everything you
need (tools
and
ingredients)

Beginning the
process

Close up
(detail view)

Finishing the
process

End result.

Share with your partner to confirm that you have understood the process and depicted it correctly.

Revision: Use your notes and comic from class to create a more detailed, full explanation of the process.  You may use any media you choose, including digital. You may need to add extra frames or call-outs for clarity.

ON YOUR BLOG:  Post a good photo (check lighting, positioning) and… a brief reflection on the process:

• Was it challenging to figure out how to depict the process clearly in five steps?
• How many steps do you need to fully teach someone to do this task?
• Did your partner find your depiction accurate?
• What corrections did you have to make?
• What other information must you include to make a clear explanation?

SUBMIT THE URL for your blogpost on Brightspace, in the peer interview comic assignment.