Imagine twenty art teachers playing with pool noodle pieces, battery operated toothbrushes, markers and googly eyes. You can see it, right? Problem solving and fun all wrapped into one! We experimented with inserting the toothbrush into a piece of pool noodle, added marker “legs” and gave it a whirl! We learned that if the toothbrush and markers were adjusted the robot could move more, or move in different directions. Adding eyes, mustaches and other features was the icing on the cake.
Arts Bots in the Classroom
Even though this was fun for art teachers, what’s in it for our students? The National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) are process based. In my choice-based art room, students create their own original art, ask and answer their own questions. Across the all of our new teaching standards: ELA, math, science, art, teachers are encouraged to step back and allow students to identify and solve their own problems.
(Link to Art Bot PDF - many thanks to Hey That's My Art Teacher)
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