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The 'Speed dating art critique' lesson was a success! Students loved interacting with their classmates and getting feedback (both pros and cons) on how they are going with their Portraits unit. I was a bit ambitious and wanted students to go through 5 partners in the span of a 50-minute lesson. However, there was a room swap due to my faulty heater and we had to move all our artworks and VAPD (Visual Arts Process Diaries) from outside in the demountable to the upstairs art room.  I also spent a lot of my time videoing the process as my head teacher was interested in using this as an example for her 'Assessment' action team meeting. My head teacher also came along and was delighted at the level of student engagement. Here is a bit more information about the background of the speed dating lesson from yesterday's post. The post includes the rules of the speed dating critique activity: Speed Dating Art Critique  Photos (taken as screenshots) from the ...

A few years ago, during Valentine's day, I made a 'speed dating' activity for my Year 11 Community and Family Studies class (I was on a contract block). I left a trail of cut out hearts from the classroom door to the long tables in the classroom (I am the corny teacher!). I instructed students to seat on either side. At that time, I was teaching them about wellbeing factors. Each student received a character card and they were required to role play. A list of questions was given and it helped assist students with the conversations.  Students enjoyed the activities and there were A LOT of giggles.   Photo from 2014 'Speed Dating' activity: I decided to revisit the concept of speed dating. The idea of speed dating is to meet as many potential partners in a short frame of time. Using this concept, I built a lesson for my Year 11 Visual Arts class. I will be asking students to critique each other's artwork(s) in 5 minute increments. They must follow ...