Edmodo- online collaboration

Some of our students and teachers are really taking advantage of Edmodo, an online safe and secure social network.  Teachers can assign lessons, share files, start blog posts and much more.  Here, Mr. Brillhart's Tag class is using Edmodo in class to collaborate with each other!  Check out www.edmodo.com ‎  

Art goes Online

Ms. L'Eplattenier, one of our Visual Arts Specialist here at Gattis uses all sorts of online resources with her students! She uses Google art project to look at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Uffizi in Florence, The Louvre in Paris and several other major art museums throughout the world. Students have used our Library Research Resources such as, Gale info bits Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book Online to research artists such as Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein Grandma Moses, Keith Haring, Norman Rockwell, Georgia Okeefe and the Renaissance masters.  What do you want to know about art?

Bookflix and Mapping

Mrs. Thomas’s class did a fantastic activity with maps comparing two bookflix stories. They navigated our school website, went to our Library pages and under “Online Resources” found Bookflix. They choose "Earth and Sky" and selected two stories, "Hansel and Gretel" (fiction) and "We Need Directions" After listening to both stories they used the program kidspiration to build a compare/contrast web. This project helped them illustrate their understanding of how the mapping in the two stories were alike and different. Great idea Mrs. Thomas!

Gattis Online Art makes District Headline

Our fantastic Art Program was featured on the district Headline on September 29th. Here is an exerpt from the article:

Gattis Elementary online art program ranks 1st in state, 4th in nation Posted Date: 9/29/2011
Gattis Elementary art teacher Donna Staten has been recognized by Artsonia, the world’s largest online kid’s art museum, for outstanding leadership in the area of arts education at Gattis Elementary School. The school’s online art gallery - ranks first in the state and fourth in the nation, according to Artsonia.

The Leadership Award presented to Staten honors teachers who go beyond the classroom walls to encourage family and community involvement in arts education. The award also recognizes significant achievement in the area of technology integration within the school arts program. State and nationwide rankings are based on specific criteria, which demonstrate both aspects of the Leadership Award.

While teachers in more than 100 countries showcase their student artwork on Artsonia, Staten has created a school community deserving of recognition. During the 2010-2011 school year, the Gattis Elementary School gallery showcased 10,241 pieces of artwork. This popular collection of art has been visited more than 397,404 times and has received 2,220 comments from friends and family.

“Artsonia is a simple yet effective way to get parents and family members more involved in art education, and my students love it,” Staten said.

Complete Article

Gattis Artsonia Site