(HW)6-4 Lesson Plan Idea

Lesson Plan_followed the structure of Judith Burton's lesson plan. 

Exploring scanography - in the relationship with performance and other art forms. 


1. Statement of the problem or activity. What you are going to teach.

  Scanography - As a documentation of performance and gesture

2. Number and age of pupils in the group. Relevant characteristics of developmental phase or phases. Prior learning experiences. 

  First-year art college students who are in the phrase of exploring several medium and methods of art-making. 

3. The objective of the lesson. What the pupils will learn.

  Understanding the mechanism how the scanner works and create images, and thinking about how this can be related to the other forms of art activities.
  In this class session, performance will be focused as a primary form to be explored with the scanner. 

4. Materials, supplies and equipment for the lesson.

  Scanner, computer, any objects and one's body.

5. Motivation dialogue/discussion.

a. Topic Question (spark)
  What media can be used in art-making? How our daily gestures and activities can be captured artistically and what process can render things meaningful?

b. Exploring Ideas
c. Recap
d. Ideas Into materials
  How does the scanner work? How the movement of the light bar makes image captured and distorted?

e. Recap
f. Flow Into Action
  Play with broader ideas to mix and match the art-making tools. 

6. Procedure for implementation.
a. Distribution of materials and equipment.
  While scanning, freely moving stuff or your body on the scanner to test how the movements are captured. Try several different ways playing with time, space and speed of movement.

b. Refocusing and redirecting attention; expansion of pupils' options, thoughts and ideas.
  Beside of performance, what other media can be explored with a scanner?
  Thinking about and exploring more possibilities of scanning activities.

c. Clean-up, collecting and storing work; encouraging personal responsibility for materials and work.
d. Teacher-student summation; sharing responses, ideas and outcomes.

7. Evaluation of the lesson and pedagogical competence.
a. Strengths of the lesson
b. Weakness of the lesson
c. Possibilities for redirection, follow-up and extensions.