Posted by DanLeete on Jun 27, 2017; 8:09pm
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/Topic-5-Share-Your-Work-tp3795p8421.html

AI chose to create a lesson in SoftChalk based on Color, an element of art.  The lesson is about the color wheel and how it is used to create works of art in oil pastels.  The lesson is geared towards 5th grade students. It is a blended lesson that would be used after in class instruction and practice using oil pastels as a medium.  
I am a high school art teacher at Sumner-Fredericksburg and I chose to create a lesson for upper elementary/lower middle school for two reasons.  First, I would like to create 6 more SoftChalk lessons so that I would have 1 lesson for each of the 7 elements of art.  I would then like to share these with the other art teacher in the district to develop a more cohesive K-12 art curriculum in our district.  Secondly, I would like to start this database of lessons so if I ever have to teach elementary of middle school art I would have some resources.
I thought SoftChalk was very easy to use to develop lessons that covered the main objectives we focused on in the class. I like the visuals and the different types of activities you can add to enhance the lesson.
I did encounter a hang-up at the end with trying to save my lesson to the SoftChalkCloud but after some digging it finally went through.
One question that I think is important to keep in mind when creating an online digital lesson is "Is the lesson informative and interesting for the student?"   I think that this is important for the creator of the lesson to keep in mind when developing his/her lessons.  I also think that it is important to keep the lesson "to the point" when presenting the information to the student.
I believe the lesson can be seen in my SoftCloud account.