Lesson Idea: Vision Board/Image Transfers

The development of SMART goals is a constant theme in my classroom, to get students thinking about goal setting I begin with a vision board project. This assignment facilitates discussion about how past and present decision making can positively and negatively effect future outcomes in regard to our goals. This activity is also a good beginning of the semester/year getting-to-know you activity. Below are the slides from the PowerPoint that I use to introduce the lesson. For those students who prefer not to draw I suggest creating an image transfer. This process takes collage making to a whole new level. See below for instructions.

 

 

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Image Transfers:

Supplies: Packing tape, magazines, scissors, metal spoons, water trays, and modpodge. All supplies can be shared, however make sure you have enough packing tape. 

Steps:

1. Apply packing tape to magazine image, being sure to overlap tape, and burnish. (Burnish= press hard using metal spoon so that the ink sticks to the tape, if not burnished the image will not appear.) *Be sure the students tape over the image that they want, in other words, apply the tape to the front of the image.
2. Next, soak the taped image in water for 3-5 minutes depending on the thickness of the paper.
3. Finally, after soaking use fingers or a sponge to remove the paper backing from the tape. If the paper is too difficult to remove then the image was not soaked long enough and should be placed back in the water. Be sure not to use sharp objects, such as fingernails to remove paper as this will also remove the ink. If done correctly the ink will stick to the tape creating a negative-like image that can be overlapped to create a layered effect (similar to a Photoshop layer).
4. Use modpodge to secure the tape to composition.Image transfers can be adhered to almost any surface, so be creative!