Melissa did a great job getting this lesson together, showing students how art can be used as a powerful tool to create change in the world. Adolescents are still exposed to the problems of the world, and they had strong opinions to share. Some created images dealing with environmental issues, others focused on animal rights, while others dealt with obesity.
We had a few glitches in the technology, but Melissa decided that she would teach the lesson by having them draw out their designs instead of using Illustrator. I thought this was a good solution to the problem, but luckily the 3rd floor computers worked correctly. We will make sure to test the computer labs out next time, before the day of the lesson, because technology is always funny.
I was really impressed with the ideas students came up with in the questions section, though only several of them were actually answering the questions. It was also interesting how almost instantly the students came up with their ideas. After the presentation, when I asked the students what they planned to do, none of them didn't know.
We didn't get as far in this lesson as we expected, because many of the students hadn't used illustrator before. We had to help them out a lot, and they helped eachother too.
The students all seemed very excited for the part of the lesson in the future where they will share their voice by distributing their artwork in the community.
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