Site of the Week 4/16 PopStudio

Site of the Week 4/16

Popstudio is a creative play site designed for tween girls to help
students use critical and creative thinking skills to understand how the
mass media constructs messages designed to influences our thinking
regarding stereotypes, appearance, values, and popularity. At the same
time, it is designed to be fun.

Although the limitations are noticable, (basically click and drag) this
site allows students to create their own tv show, magazine and popular
song and singer.

http://www.mypopstudio.com/

English Language Arts Stage G Grades6-8

5C - Students who meet the standard can apply acquired information,
concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats.

Analyze and synthesize original work and researched information.
Evaluate use of text, graphic materials, and visual aids to present
information.
Select and justify adaptations in format to accommodate characteristics of
audiences (e.g., age, background, interest level, group size) and purposes
of the presentation (e.g., inform, persuade, entertain).
Design and present a project (e.g., written report, graphics, visuals,
multi-media presentations).

Stage G - Fine Arts--Music

Descriptors

25A - Students who meet the standard understand the sensory elements,
organizational principles, and expressive qualities of the arts.

Critique the appropriate use of organizational and sensory elements to
create a mood, emotion, or idea in music of their own and that of others.

STATE GOAL 25: Know the language of the arts.

A. Understand the sensory elements, organizational principles and
expressive qualities of
the arts.




STATE GOAL 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art
are produced.
A. Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in
the arts.

STATE GOAL 27: Understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and
present.

Why This Goal Is Important: The arts are a record of civilizations, past
and present. Artists are
influenced by—and influence—the times and places in which they live and
work. As students
learn through the arts about people and civilizations, they learn about
others and themselves.
Also, students learn about careers related to this goal (e.g., animator,
curator, art historian, sound
technician).

A. Analyze how the arts function in history, society and everyday life.