Matthew McGuire

My name is Matthew McGuire
I am a 50 year old father of four that made a full career change at the age of 45.
Here is a picture of my family.

 After 25 years as a commodity broker/trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, I went back to school at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst IL where I double majored in Studio Art and Art Education. I wanted to combine all of my interests into one complete package. My love of sculpture, my love of coaching ( Swimming and Lacrosse) and my love of transforming kids.

I am entering my second year at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago.

 Last year I taught Intro to Art, Digital Photography, Art Studio Intermediate, and a Tech class. I will also be coaching both swimming and lacrosse this year so I have a full plate.

 

(These are stock photos I found)

It was the tech class and the photography class that pushed me in the direction of this workshop. I am beginning my Masters program here at NLU in Educational Technology and look forward to expanding my knowledge and skills. I believe that this is the a vital and important time in education and there need to be coaches and guides out there for the Teachers and Administrators.

For my Tech and my Photography classes I used a few Web 2.0 tools in my classroom. I used the flipped classroom technique where I posted power points and web instruction sites on a google drive and had the students go there before my lecture. They were able to ask more questions and I believe we got more accomplished. I plan on going 100% digital in my Art room this year posting on a web gallery all student work( I hope, fingers crossed) https://www.artsonia.com/


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MODULE ASSIGNMENT 1-1

MY LINO IT PROJECT PAGE
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MY FAVORITE SCULPTURE

Hello All
For Module #1 assignment I chose to use Lino it. I created a photo story type of project  where students are asked to post at least five photos of their favorite sculpture in the Chicago land area. They are also asked to post at least one positive comment and at least one question.


MY FAVORITE SCULPTURE      <======= click to go to project

This site was very easy to set up and very easy to interact with. I believe this would  really engage the students and let them use photos to tell a story. I would add a second part to this that they would have to answer every question asked about their project and also acknowledge the positive comment with another positive comment.

The ISTE standards for technology in education used in this project would be number 1 the creativity and innovation because this would fall under part b Create original works as a means of personal expression. This also falls under number 2 part a Interact, collaborate and publish with peers.
As for Art this would hits all state standards, Production, History/Culture, and Language.

I would highly recommend this to other Educators because of its simplicity and it ability to engage students.