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Bringing Colour Into The Classroom

This is just terrific -- I would love to be a student in a class inspired by this. Thanks for posting the link.

GreenMyEyes wrote:

This is just terrific -- I would love to be a student in a class inspired by this. Thanks for posting the link.

I'm glad my post can be useful to others!

i still wish i could actually use it in my class. :(

Very cool!

more ideas:

some patterns are especially suitable for certain specific subjects, so why not using them to create original folder covers, section dividers or even cool bookmarkers?

History


Biology


Anatomy


Zoology


Art


...and the list of subjects goes on!

... ridiculous idea.

But I think it could be useful for introducing them about RGB/HSV color schemes.

Czova wrote:

... ridiculous idea.

But I think it could be useful for introducing them about RGB/HSV color schemes.

none of the ideas described here seem ridiculous to me... on the contrary, i consider them original and quite innovative...

I guess I don't understand what is being taught exactly

manekineko wrote:

I guess I don't understand what is being taught exactly

I have pointed out that is a totally ridiculous idea... CL colors, palettes, patterns: The least useful is to introduce CL patterns.

Making Cool bookmarkers/folders, etc. You want to create a consumerist generation? You want the current trend to persist? There are too much applications of patterns in our society. It is currently over-pervasive.

To Czova:
My post was about using CLovers as a tool to create a sort of artistic awareness in children, not in a class for graphic designers!
I gather you are not a teacher yourself since we, teachers, are forced many times to create useless stuff (such as needless craft) for kids to give to their mothers on Mother's Day and occasions like that.
The post was not on how to create a consumerist generation at all. It was not intended to raise a controversy but to discuss possible ways of using what we do here in our class: take it or leave it, as simple as that…
I believe absolutely nothing can be ridiculous in art since art can be interpreted as absurd reality itself… Art, in any case, is what blends the strange, the weird and the “ridiculous” into the sublime…
Thank you very much to the ones who understood the spirit of this post. If you do not like it, why bothering to leave a comment at all?

I use ColourLovers in my teaching all the time - mostly to get my (university aged new media design) students sensitised to colour combinations.

Seeing how seriously many of the users of this forum take colours and colour combinations is usually a surprise to my students, and helps them to get used to the idea of spending time just playing with colour.

Many students dont "get" it - but many do. I've created quite a few more ColourLover addicts :D

klip wrote:

I use ColourLovers in my teaching all the time - mostly to get my (university aged new media design) students sensitised to colour combinations.

Seeing how seriously many of the users of this forum take colours and colour combinations is usually a surprise to my students, and helps them to get used to the idea of spending time just playing with colour.

Many students dont "get" it - but many do. I've created quite a few more ColourLover addicts :D

same happens here with some posts: many readers do NOT simply get the point...

I'm planning to use CLovers to explain William Blake's use of colours next year... I will show my students some patterns and the difference colour makes... That, in methodology, is called Engagement: the moment when you arouse your students' interest in a subject paving the way for teahing it. :)

I didn't mean to be rude, sorry.

I really didn't understand what was being taught to the kids, now I get it.

I wonder though why you are teaching this to kids. Art and design classes I can see, but general curriculum not so much. Again not trying to be rude, just curious.

I guess it is difficult for those who are not teachers themselves to understand this post fully. To begin with, I never said “How to TEACH through CLovers” but “How to USE CLovers in the classroom”. Many people think that all you do in a class is TEACHING. It is not in fact. There are times in which you will have relaxing activities to displace tension. At other times you will have little time to introduce something new, so you will have to resort to a time-filler. Sometimes you will have to do some revision or some round-up. And, in most cases, you will have a warm-period in a class during which you will need to pave the way for the teaching itself by engaging your students.

Engage-Study and Activate are elements which are present in a language classroom to help students to learn effectively.
Harmer, J. (2001) How to Teach English.(7th ed.) England, Edinburg:

CLovers then can be ideal for those activities which put the focus on students' interest rather on teaching itself. Being a teacher is something quite complex and it demands a lot of creativity. Teaching is an art that comprises not only the teaching proper but other related activities as well. I’m glad this post is allowing me to give other people an insight into what it means to be a teacher.

speakin_colors wrote:

I'm planning to use CLovers to explain William Blake's use of colours next year... I will show my students some patterns and the difference colour makes...

I can see what you mean. The color he uses - put in to different patterns - gives other meaning everytime
You can use de Palettes to analyse it... nice!

We use color in clothing and we associate color with feelings. So yes giving CL to kids is normal to me :)

liekejansbeken wrote:

speakin_colors wrote:

I'm planning to use CLovers to explain William Blake's use of colours next year... I will show my students some patterns and the difference colour makes...

I can see what you mean. The color he uses - put in to different patterns - gives other meaning everytime
You can use de Palettes to analyse it... nice!

We use color in clothing and we associate color with feelings. So yes giving CL to kids is normal to me :)

Thanks for the feedback liekejansbeken!

If I could vote this I would..
Absolutely anything that inspires imagination, creativity, appreciation, confidence, self expression is worth volumes.
This could benefit children from kindergarten right up to advanced art HSC students in a multitude of different ways.
What a fantastic innovation to introduce into any classroom. The benefits are endless

Czova wrote:

manekineko wrote:

I guess I don't understand what is being taught exactly

I have pointed out that is a totally ridiculous idea... CL colors, palettes, patterns: The least useful is to introduce CL patterns.

Making Cool bookmarkers/folders, etc. You want to create a consumerist generation? You want the current trend to persist? There are too much applications of patterns in our society. It is currently over-pervasive.

UMM.. never heard of Geometry for starters.. geometry is patterns ..
and what about architecture.. Show me the guy that designs a building without consideration to the patterns already in existence in the landscape / city scape around it, Ill show you mediocrity. The ability to see patterns and understand when relationships work or not with other patterns and colors is pretty important.

other students can awaken a locked imagination.. imagination is the key to unleashing independent thought processes.. monkeys can ape but a true independent mind grows beyond limitations.


I'm just so excited about this its not funny..
For a graphics class they can produce their own pallets following marketing trends and practices.. discuss why some combinations work and others don't.
For a creative writing task.. instead if doing the usual "heres the first line continue the story.." they could add descriptions to colors and take it further for more advanced students to add colors with description to create poetic versus.

For students with emotional issues the ability to self express with color without limiting themselves to what they consider to e a lack of artistic ability. Not to mention the chance for an upset child to clear their mind.. ( lol, I more or less meditate when Im dragging colors here and there and trying patterns on with pallets..lol..

OOOO.. I just thought of art history also.. pallets that relate to each movement.. ie pop art surrealism, renaissance ..etc.. even to different artists Van Gogh would be a perfect eg of an artists recognized by his pallet.

lol. now I want a job creating teaching tools using color.

StormGirl wrote:

Czova wrote:

manekineko wrote:

I guess I don't understand what is being taught exactly

I have pointed out that is a totally ridiculous idea... CL colors, palettes, patterns: The least useful is to introduce CL patterns.

Making Cool bookmarkers/folders, etc. You want to create a consumerist generation? You want the current trend to persist? There are too much applications of patterns in our society. It is currently over-pervasive.

UMM.. never heard of Geometry for starters.. geometry is patterns ..
and what about architecture.. Show me the guy that designs a building without consideration to the patterns already in existence in the landscape / city scape around it, Ill show you mediocrity. The ability to see patterns and understand when relationships work or not with other patterns and colors is pretty important.

other students can awaken a locked imagination.. imagination is the key to unleashing independent thought processes.. monkeys can ape but a true independent mind grows beyond limitations.


I'm just so excited about this its not funny..
For a graphics class they can produce their own pallets following marketing trends and practices.. discuss why some combinations work and others don't.
For a creative writing task.. instead if doing the usual "heres the first line continue the story.." they could add descriptions to colors and take it further for more advanced students to add colors with description to create poetic versus.

For students with emotional issues the ability to self express with color without limiting themselves to what they consider to e a lack of artistic ability. Not to mention the chance for an upset child to clear their mind.. ( lol, I more or less meditate when Im dragging colors here and there and trying patterns on with pallets..lol..

OOOO.. I just thought of art history also.. pallets that relate to each movement.. ie pop art surrealism, renaissance ..etc.. even to different artists Van Gogh would be a perfect eg of an artists recognized by his pallet.

lol. now I want a job creating teaching tools using color.

lol! how creative you are! nice to know you find this post interesting! :)