I’m getting ready for a really fun day tomorrow. I know, I know, as an art teacher most of my days are fun, but this one’s extra special. Tomorrow is an inservice day, so to make up for the lack of students the teachers in the Interrelated Arts program are getting together to swap lesson ideas. I’m sure most of them will be bringing in student work, but I don’t have the heart to take those things down. Instead, I’m taking digital pictures. I’f I’m…Continue Reading “My turn to learn.”
After writing up my summary of the PETE&C DEN event I noticed that it can easily be divided into 7 sections. So, rather than bombard you with a large report I’ll post one section a day this week. Short, sweet, bite-size chunks of information work much better for me, and hopefully for you as well. Again, this is also a podcast. -=-=- My last session of the day was with Hall Davidson again, and he showed how to do multimedia. I already know how to…Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic Podcast 54 – PETEandC 6 of 7”
After writing up my summary of the PETE&C DEN event I noticed that it can easily be divided into 7 sections. So, rather than bombard you with a large report I’ll post one section a day this week. Short, sweet, bite-size chunks of information work much better for me, and hopefully for you as well. Again, this is also a podcast. -=-=- During lunch Hall Davidson showed us some great videos that were made by students – some of them younger than one might expect….Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic Podcast 52 – PETEandC 4 of 7”
After writing up my summary of the PETE&C DEN event I noticed that it can easily be divided into 7 sections. So, rather than bombard you with a large report I’ll post one section a day this week. Short, sweet, bite-size chunks of information work much better for me, and hopefully for you as well. Again, this is also a podcast. -=-=- The first breakout session I attended was run by the DEN’s own Scott Kinney, who only had to drive down the road to…Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic Podcast 51 – PETEandC 3 of 7”
Are you interested in having your K-12 class work with another class in another school for a lesson, project, or other activity? That’s why the Collaborative Lessons group is here! Just place a pin in our Frappr map, including the subject to which you’d like your lesson to relate. Include an email address in your “shoutout” message, along with any other specifics you’d like to add, and then other teachers will be able to see where you are and what you’d like to do. Sometimes…Continue Reading “Collaborative Lessons Wiki and Frappr Map”
As someone who loves education, technology, and art, I always enjoy when I see someone putting all three together. Usually this means some sort of digital artwork is the end result, but not always. Take Sue, for example. She’s doing a unit on Monet and wants some advice, tips, tricks, and so on. Rather than just limit herself to asking a handful of teachers, she’s set up a wiki where lesson ideas can be exchanged. I’ve already given her my two cents, but if you’d…Continue Reading “Sue’s Journey Thru Wikis”
Yesterday I arrived at the Hershey Lodge for the PETE & C Preconference sponsored by DEN. (Wow, what a name!) I couldn’t go to the full conference, but this one day event was too good to pass up. To be honest, it wasn’t truly a one day fling – last night a bunch of DEN members got together to have dinner and socialize for a few hours. While we were still in the lobby waiting to go I had the opportunity to meet David Warlick….Continue Reading “Among Giants”
Yesterday nbc4.com posted this story on their website. I recommend that you go and read the whole article before you continue with my own ramblings. Go ahead, I’ll wait. All done? Good. I’m sure the author of that article wanted his or her thesis to be that there’s a growing problem among today’s youth where they think that the rules in the digital realm are different from the rules in the analog realm. The solution of course is to more thoroughly educate students about plagiarism…Continue Reading “Two years later…”
My 47th podcast is tale of how some special needs students are showing lifelong learner skills. Yes, beleive it or not we’re not failing all our students! Show Notes: Today’s background music: “TechnaDistor SoulEater TranceThingy” by Koiu Lpoi – Another fine song procured from Podsafeaudio.com. Mark Harden’s Artchive – A well stocked art history website. Like the podcast? then please Vote for it at PodcastAlley.com and put a pin in my Frappr map!
David Warlick had a great quote on his blog today: Stop talking about integrating technology into the curriculum, and start talking about integrating the curriculum into an information-driven, technology-rich, rapidly changing world. I’m sure most of us when reading that quote see it as the great, timely idea that it is. Unfortunately there are two roadblocks. How exactly do we do that? How many teachers, when told how to integrate the curriculum into “real world” experiences, acknowledge that it’s nice and then continue with business…Continue Reading “Why aren’t we doing this?”