Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Age of participants: 6+
Mcad teaching artist: Greer Coffman
Number of Students: 7
Overview of Project:
In this project we will come together to create a collaborative blind drawings and explore how to communicate our
goals and intentions with each other, both abstractly and concretely.
Big Ideas:
● clear communication vs abstract communication
● different interpretations of ideas
● individuality
Student Outcome Objectives
Students will:
1. create a collaborative line drawing
2. find ways to communicate with each other to make their points clear
3. have a good time!
Prior Knowledge:
● usage of a mark making tool
● communication skills
lesson preparation timeline:
● planned the lesson
Materials:
● piece of paper
● mark making tool
● google meet software
learning activities and timeline:
1. i will start the lesson by explaining the concept
1. “today we will be creating a collaborative line drawing, one person will start by putting a line on the
paper, and it can be any shape or duration, but as soon as you lift your pencil off the paper, you are
done. you then must describe to the group the line you made and everyone must try and replicate
that line without seeing it. then the next person will go and add on with a line of their own, and
everyone must replicate that line without seeing it, and so on and so forth”
2. I will be the person to start the line drawing, then I will choose someone to do the next line, and then we will
continue in that manner.
3. After we are done with the first round, we will do a second round in which we will try and create something
more grounded, but using more abstract terms. For example, someone will draw a mouse, but instead of
using very specific terms for it, they will be looser with how they describe it, and people can interpret that
how they want.
4. After all of the drawings are complete, we will come together to share and compare our individual interpretations of the prompt!