Spanish+Art+History+with+Voicethread

 Introduction To The Project:

At the beginning of this school year we did a unit on Spanish artists. We have studied works of Spanish artists such as El Greco, Velazquez, Goya and Picasso. For the big unit project, the students researched a artist that we had not studied in class. They were then supposed to create a Google Presentation about this artist. The presentation needed to include information about the life of the artist, the historical context of the artist and details about three works of art by that artist. The trick of their presentation was not to use more than one bullet note of text per slide. I wanted them to find the images that could tell the story of the artist. The students uploaded their images to Voicethread where they narrated over their slides. Essentially, they created their own mini documentary. Last year this project was a poster project. This year we’re trying to adapt the concepts to the 21st century. If you're interested in trying out this type of project, check out http://voicethread.com.

Check out some of their examples below!

José Clemente Orozco - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683060/

Rufino Tamayo - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683081/

David Alfaro Siquieres - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683059/ 

Frida Kahlo - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683066/

Joan Miro - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683056/

Francisco Oller - http://voicethread .com/share/ 683056/

Peter Paul Rubens - http://voicethread .com/share/ 686301/

Antoni Gaudi - http://voicethread .com/share/ 688924/