Category Archives: Student Motivation

Self-portrait iPad drawing unit – CoETaIL 4 final project

Posted on September 25, 2012 by John Oliver

                          Here is my  – CoETaIL 4 final project -Self-Portrait iPad Drawing Lesson Plan in UbD format. This was an interesting way to embed technology into an existing lesson plan. I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to try … Continue reading →

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Connectivism in my Photography class

Posted on September 10, 2012 by John Oliver

I was impressed by the breadth and depth of this pedagogy during a recent CoETaIL presentation. I saw many similarities between it and the teaching style I use most often. Like most effective teachers, I can see the benefits of … Continue reading →

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Visual Literacy vs Cultural Bancruptcy

Posted on April 21, 2012 by John Oliver

  Visual literacy is the name of my game, after all, I teach High School Visual Arts!   This put extra pressure on me to do my very best work for this course. I figured everyone would judge me as … Continue reading →

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Pecha Kucha presentation – Digital Photography

Posted on April 19, 2012 by John Oliver

Here is my Pecha Kucha presentation….How to Shoot and Edit Digital Photographs I have posted the version with speaker notes to give a better idea of the whole presentation. This was created with all my own photographs and words. I … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling – AES Chandrashilla Trek 2012

Posted on April 14, 2012 by John Oliver

Here is my Digital Story – John Oliver_Digital Storytelling_Chandrashilla Trek2012_ CoETaIL 3_web version. All images and words by John Oliver. This was a wonderful project to work on and I can see my students enjoying the process too. I intend … Continue reading →

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Zen PPT Cyber Safety- Unwanted Contact

Posted on April 14, 2012 by John Oliver

Here is my John Oliver Zen PPT_Student_Cyber_Safety_ presentation CoETaIL 3 pdf.This is a major re-working of a PPT from CoETaIL 2. My speaker notes are not visible as they seem to get lost in the conversion from PPT to PDF.

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Infographic – Analyzing an Artwork – CoETaIL 3

Posted on April 11, 2012 by John Oliver

Here is my rather ambitious infographic ( it’s really 13 infographics in 1 !) - John Oliver infographic Analysing an Artwork CoETaIL 3 pdf version. It should be a valuable teaching resource for introducing my Art students to the process of de-constructing … Continue reading →

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Student collaboration and social growth

Posted on February 21, 2012 by John Oliver

  In A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink  proposes that, in the near future, many  jobs will be dominated by empathy and collaborative creative skills. Outsourcing will continue to re-distribute jobs around the globe and Web 2.0 tools will connect … Continue reading →

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Digital Footprint of an ant !

Posted on January 31, 2012 by John Oliver

  Despite having size 12 shoes, I seem to have the digital footprint of an ant! As an international educator, I need to learn to  manage my online presence. Google Search checks on my name have always revealed about 80 000 … Continue reading →

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“Photography in Painting – Cheating or Intelligent Tech-Integration ? ” – an inter-department Blog forum plan

Posted on October 12, 2011 by John Oliver

Hi fellow Visual Educators,                                                                        This is a call for artistic debate ……..  I’m starting a BLOG to stimulate critical thinking in my high school Intro to Art & Photography classes.  I want them to begin a series of inter-student /cross curricular … Continue reading →

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