Art of the Reformation and the Counter Reformation - A VoiceThread Conversation

I recently had my students contribute to an online discussion comparing Reformation and Counter Reformation Art.  To keep them honest I also thew in some Medieval Art as a review.  The point of the discussion was to demonstrate their knowledge of the evolution of art from the Dark Ages through the Renaissance and then the characteristics of both Catholic and Protestant art after Martin Luther's reformation.

I was quite pleased with the results.  The kids had a great time with it. 

You'll notice with VoiceThread the students had several options as to how they wanted to comment: Text, video or audio. 

By the way, if you're an educator, you can sign up for a VoiceThread account and use up to 50 conversations at one time.  Go to VoiceThread.com for more details.

I did this with four classes, this is simply on of those classes.  Towards the end of the thread, I chose a medieval painting to demonstrate how to comment, and there was very surreal moment with the sun behind me, like I was in a Medieval Paintings with a halo... it was quite funny. See if you can find that.

I realize some of the students may have mislabeled the art, but rest assured that any inaccuracies by the students were cleared up the next day...  

Qwiki - An Amazing Classroom Ready Resource

What is a Qwiki?

A Qwiki is hard to explain, you'll just have to see it for yourself.
It's an amazing amount of information, communicated in a concise and entertaining way.

According to the Qwiki founders a Qwiki is information turned into an experience that you can watch...
It's a marriage of Art and Science...

It's a platform you'll love to use in your classroom.  You can have your students type in any content...and learn in a fun way.  Perhaps you can give them a broad topic, say... the Silk Road, and from there they can explore for themselves anything having to do with the Silk Road.




With each experience you can click on a picture to learn more, or wait for related Qwikis to hatch after viewing the Qwiki.  For example, the Han Dynasty, Cities along the Silk Road or Roman Chinese relations.  The possibilities are endless.

Try it out, you'll be impressed.