Cafeteria Makeover: Using Technology to make it happen!

The cafeteria in Elda Elementary is getting a make-over! Mrs. Kerr (Art teacher at Elda) had the idea to paint a mural on the stage wall to brighten up the space. The new wall will have silhouettes of children in action poses painted in different colors. Each pose is different and gives the feelings of fun and enjoyment. The project is underway and will be finished shortly. I have been working with Mrs. Kerr to get the silhouettes outlined and painted. Here is how we are making it happen:

First, she used a digital camera to take action shots of students as they were shooting basketballs, running and any other fun movements the they could come up with. Once we had all the pictures we looked through them and choose 5 that went well together and gave the feeling of movement as they progressed. From there, we used the document camera (similar to an Elmo) and projector to blow up the images bigger then life size on the stage wall. We traced the outlines of each child to create the 5 silhouettes across the wall. The last step will be painting. Mrs. Kerr has chosen cool colors for the project. Each silhouette will be a different color.

This has been a fun project to work on and is looking great already! If you are at Elda, feel free to sneak a peak in the cafeteria to check out the progress!