Speaking of 21st century skills... Daniel Pink just came to the Texas
senate last week to tell legislators about
"the role of creativity in 21st century workforce preparation." You
can watch the meeting here: http://www.shapiro.senate.state.tx.us/
Scroll down to "January 26, 2009"
I picked up his book A Whole New Brain: Why Right Brainers will Rule
the Future and it echoes exactly what the partnership for 21st
century skills is talking about. I highly recommend the book. As the
site says, this is not just a fad, but an approach to education that
makes sense. As Pink says, life is multidisciplinary, so should our
education be...
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:00 AM, TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
digest <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu> wrote:
> TEACHERARTEXCHANGE Digest for Thursday, January 29, 2009.
>
> 1. RE: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
> 2. Middle School Motivation
> 3. Re: Middle School
> 4. RE: Middle School
> 5. RE: Middle School
> 6. Copyright-Royalty Free Images
> 7. Re: Middle School
> 8. RE: Middle School
> 9. Re: Middle School
> 10. Re: Middle School
> 11. TED lectures
> 12. Re: teacherartexchange digest: January 28, 2009
> 13. apathetic art students-21st century teaching
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
> From: stacy lord <stacylord@hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:09:00 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
>
>
>
> I teach in a similar setting as you but on the other side of the US - Massachusetts. I find as a great motivator, with the more challenging middle school students, is to be straight forward with them. I inform them that the project we are going to do is challenging but not above any of their abilities. I explain to them that 'on average' it will take them 3 to 4 tries to get a good drawing. Then cometh the age old question: But Ms. Lord, how come you draw so well? (I have a habit of answering questions with questions to get my students to think) So I would answer that questions with If you had to draw as many pictures in a day as I do, you too would be just as good, or maybe better J I then jump right into liking it to playing basketball or playing a new video game. Don t give them time to say something smart back but instead transition into how they could relate to it: How do you get better at playing b-ball or a new video game? That s right, Practice. And how many times did I say ti would t
ake to get a good drawing? Ahhh, 3 to 4 times, so when I tell you to draw it again, you are not going to get mad at me...right?! You might get frustrated and that's ok. Everyone gets frustrated. But don't give up. That s when you have to push yourself to keep at it to get that good drawing ......and so on and so forth. This is an early morning rendition of how I would say things but the general gist is there. Students at this age really appreciate it when I am straight forward and upfront with them. They find it refreshing and slightly unbelievable. On the flip side of this approach they work for me and what I consider working is pushing past their fears, frustrations, and the I can t do this attitudes and focus on creating something new. Because the end result, regardless of the aesthetic qualities, are amazing because of the mere fact that the students were able to accomplish finishing something they said they could not do and wanted to give up on!
>
> Cheers,
> Stacy
>
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:31:32 -0800
>> From: jenniferjoycewest@yahoo.com
>> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>> To: teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu
>>
>> So agreed. I try to do this, but honestly, I find a lot of my students so frustrating. I work in California with middle school students that range so far across the board academically and on the socio-economic spectrum. Most of my kids are LAZY and lack a lot of basic skills. Sometimes I'm not really sure what to do with them. I would love to give them more critical thinking activities, but they usually just stare blankly at me with glossed over looks and whine about how hard it is. Any thoughts on resources to help these "low" kids would be great (I have some more advanced classes that totally "get it" and we do great, but those are only 2 out of 5 classes).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jen
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 1/27/09, Judy Decker wrote:
>>
>>> From: Judy Decker
>>> Subject: [teacherartexchange] 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>>> To: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group"
>>> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 7:02 AM
>>> Greetings Art Educators,
>>>
>>> Does your program focus on 21st Century Skills? Are you
>>> preparing your
>>> students for today's job market (or tomorrow's)?
>>> Are you giving your students the answers -- or are you
>>> teaching your
>>> students how to find them? Our nation's emphasis on the
>>> standardized
>>> test is all so wrong - the emphasis is placed on
>>> knowledge-knowledge-knowledge. Knowledge is so easy to
>>> find. It is
>>> just a click away. We need to teach our youth how to be
>>> critical
>>> thinkers - problem solvers. I am so very proud of my son,
>>> Matthew. I
>>> know I brag about him often on the lists (what do you
>>> expect? --grin).
>>> He got the job at Toyota (mechanical engineer) because of
>>> his many
>>> talents - not just because of his book smarts. He
>>> wasn't
>>> "top-of-the-class" in college, but he did well
>>> (magna cum laude. We
>>> never pushed him to be "summa"). He participated
>>> in many arts' events
>>> (student run theatre organization - which helped him to be
>>> a great
>>> communicator).
>>>
>>> Here is the site for 21st Century Skills:
>>> http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ >>>
>>> Teaching for Artistic Behavior supports 21st Century
>>> Skills:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/21stcenturyskills.html >>>
>>> If that link doesn't work - go to:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/index.html >>> Click on 21st Century Skills in left menu
>>>
>>> Teaching for Artistic Behavior (or some form of Choice
>>> Based Art) is
>>> the only way to meet many of your curriculum standards.
>>> Really look at
>>> what you are supposed to be doing. I didn't
>>> "discover" until late in
>>> my teaching career what I was doing "wrong" (used
>>> quotation marks on
>>> purpose... I am not saying that what you are doing is
>>> wrong). I
>>> learned a LOT from reading Dr. Marvin Bartel's web
>>> site.
>>> http://www.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/MB_Home.htm >>> http://www.bartelart.com/ >>> I "met" Marvin on Getty list in 1998. I had to
>>> sign up to a list serve
>>> for a professional development class I was taking. There
>>> wasn't any
>>> relevant action on the required list, so I asked permission
>>> to join
>>> Getty list instead....and you know the rest. Here I am
>>> today.
>>>
>>> Lots of TAB Presentations (and presentations that support
>>> TAB) at NAEA
>>> this year:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/NAEA%202009.html >>> (if link doesn't work - click on link in menu on home
>>> page)
>>>
>>> I am so jealous of all of you who get to go to NAEA. Share
>>> some of the
>>> "good stuff" you learn with the lists. Don't
>>> share all of the secrets
>>> or folks won't find a need to go themselves the
>>> following year
>>> (smile).
>>>
>>> Hmmm.... I seem to be a bit chatty today (chuckles)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Judy Decker
>>>
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe go to
>>> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >>
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Subject: Middle School Motivation
> From: kmshado@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:19:34 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> I just introduced a unit using altered books as the base. The theme is
> words, and somehow, they have to show nouns, verbs, etc. (I also teach
> 7th grade language and we struggle in that area). The book has to
> relate to them, and it can't LOOK like a language book. The first class
> was spent looking at examples of altered book pages (used internet and
> some hard samples), talking about it, and handing out a materials and
> expectations list (they had so much to say we ran out of time to go
> over that! That was just before lunch. By that afternoon, I was already
> seeing examples of finished pages, and the question was: Are these due
> next week? I HADN'T EVEN GIVEN THEM AN ASSIGNMENT FOR IT YET!!! We used
> old text books and encyclopedias. Some wanted to bring in their own
> books. If I don't go crazy hauling (I'm a cart teacher) all the stuff I
> want to make available around, it's going to be great! And very
> inexpensive, aside from that I'm using this to 'justify' some purchases
> . . .
>
> Kathy
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Middle School
> From: Diane Davis <dianemdavis@mac.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:34:18 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
> Diane
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: Middle School
> From: "Pokojski, Kelly" <Kelly-Pokojski@cdolinc.net>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:45:47 -0600
> X-Message-Number: 4
>
> What about collage or self art, scrapbook pages or creating a flip flop
> representing themselves, I did this with Junior High and they loved
> it.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Davis [mailto:dianemdavis@mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Middle School
>
> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you
> suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids
> interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book
> and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
> Diane
>
> ---
> To unsubscribe go to
> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: Middle School
> From: "Horn, Blue" <bhorn@hoover.k12.al.us>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:38:38 -0600
> X-Message-Number: 5
>
> obviously make the works school related, but here are some ideas i'm just providing one link but there are millions:
>
> "gimmick" art: interesting style of portraits on "art or not?' featured last fri or sat on ovation tv... around the 22 minute mark, the critic discusses his work - it's jason something but i couldn't find his name. this might be interesting b/c students are often exploring their personalities, realizing who they are, what they want to be, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrx4l3rHAg8 >
> earth/land art: - http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/e/earthart.html >
> found art: http://www.eco-artware.com/newsletter/newsletter_09_01.php >
> recycled art: http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/04/recycled-art-from-trash/ >
>
>
> good luck
> blue
> http://web.mac.com/bluenbham >
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Diane Davis [dianemdavis@mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Middle School
>
> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
> Diane
>
> ---
> To unsubscribe go to
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>
> Subject: Copyright-Royalty Free Images
> From: Cheryl Lloyd <clloyd@ceres.k12.ca.us>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:01:42 -0800
> X-Message-Number: 6
>
>
>
> On the topic of copyright, I just happened across some Dover
> Electronic Clip art books and CD Roms. They have many master works pdfs
> that you can download and use without special permission provided you
> don't use more than 10 in a project. This is a great resource for
> teaching.
>
> 120 Great American Paintings DVD and Book Dover Platinum
> 120 Impressionists Painting CD-ROM and Book Dover
> 120 Great Paintings CD-ROM and Book Dover
>
> You can get them through Amazon if you are interested.
>
>
> Cheri Lloyd
> Art Teacher/ Beginning Teacher Mentor
> Whitmore Charter School of the Arts and Technology
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Middle School
> From: mwhiteec@cablemodem.com.ec
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:22:25 -0500 (ECT)
> X-Message-Number: 7
>
> Haven't taught ceramics in several years, but I remember it being cheaper than painting. I
> used to buy 50 lb. bags of Amaco's "Indian Red" (dry) which is a rather coarse low-fire clay
> suitable for handbuilding. At the time it was about $16/bag. Skip the colored glazes--that's
> what costs so much.
>
> Maggie
>
>> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead
>> of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and
>> painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: Middle School
> From: "Arthur, Michelle" <marthur@hsd2.org>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:49:00 -0700
> X-Message-Number: 8
>
> Our budget is shrinking as well- if fact- my job as an arts gifted specialist is being cut- I have sent out letters to parents requesting donations of supplies that they no longer use. If you want it- contact me directly and I can send them to you. I have had numerous items donated and my students are on 75% free and reduced lunch.
>
> Some suggestions on a class- What about Papier-mbchi and Paper making products- origami, mask making, paper jewelry, actual paper making with newspapers, all with a cultural twist- how different cultures use the art medium of paper or a humanities class that covers several types of art forms integrated- we are being creative in our district as well. Just a thought.
>
> It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge ~Albert Einstein
>
> Michele L. Arthur
>
> K-12 Gifted Specialist:
> Talent, Art, Leadership and Creativity (TALC)
> Harrison School District 2
> 579-3258
> marthur@hsd2.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Davis [mailto:dianemdavis@mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:34 AM
> To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Middle School
>
> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
> Diane
>
> ---
> To unsubscribe go to
> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Middle School
> From: Woody Duncan <woodyduncan@comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:15:51 -0700
> X-Message-Number: 9
>
> I agree with Maggie about the red or terra cotta clay. Middle School
> kids love clay.
> Yes glaze is expensive - so buy red iron oxide (powder) mix it with
> water and brush
> it onto the fired sculpture, then wipe it off - looks wonderful.
> Woody
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:22 PM, mwhiteec@cablemodem.com.ec wrote:
>
>> Haven't taught ceramics in several years, but I remember it being
>> cheaper than painting. I
>> used to buy 50 lb. bags of Amaco's "Indian Red" (dry) which is a
>> rather coarse low-fire clay
>> suitable for handbuilding. At the time it was about $16/bag. Skip
>> the colored glazes--that's
>> what costs so much.
>>
>> Maggie
>>
>>> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what
>>> could you suggest to do instead
>>> of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We
>>> already have a drawing and
>>> painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably
>>> continue....
>
> Woody, Retired in Albuquerque
> mailto:woodyduncan@comcast.net
>
> Read My Blog:
> http://www.taospaint.com/WoodysBlog09/January.html >
> Watercolors on Note Cards
> http://www.taospaint.com/WoodysWatercolor/NoteCards.html >
> 35 Quality Middle School Art Lessons
> http://www.taospaint.com/QualityLessons.html >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Middle School
> From: play2cre8 <play2cre8@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:47:37 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 10
>
> what about folk art - with an emphasis on use of resources... even
> natural resources (depending on where you live)... you can look at how
> cultures use what they have.. (woven African baskets - how it changes
> from grasses... short supply... to phone wire - there is a great TED
> lecture you can share for that one.)
>
> Automata from cast off materials - there is an elderly gentleman in
> our state who used to be a mechanical pen repairman... he makes the
> neatest toys from cardboard scraps, cans, popsicle sticks... first
> generation based on the candle/rubber band toy for energy.. . then
> beads for chain drives... now magnets (opposites) power. Really great
> stuff... we made them using whatever we could find... some purchases
> of glue sticks, popsicle sticks and wood pieces.
>
> Marble runs and kinetic sculptures... made from whatever you have... I
> have a unit that required all sorts of obstacles (jumps, loops,
> switches...) an elevator and an Archimedes Screw...
>
> Ellen
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Diane Davis <dianemdavis@mac.com> wrote:
>> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
>> Diane
>>
>> ---
>> To unsubscribe go to
>> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: TED lectures
> From: play2cre8 <play2cre8@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:54:57 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 11
>
> The NYTimes had an article about the TED lecture series - I have used
> several in my classes, and some just for me -
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/magazine/25wwln-medium-t.html?ref=magazine >
> the TED lectures are great - you can even find them on iTunes (I get
> them off of youtube to put on my iPod)
>
> Ellen
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: teacherartexchange digest: January 28, 2009
> From: <mtiroly@coffeeinthelibrary.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:09:18 -0700
> X-Message-Number: 12
>
> I am new to this forum so hopefully I am adding to this discussion
> correctly.
> The statement made that low-achieving students are a "real and serious
> problem" is too true. It is part of what prompted me to go into education.
> While I have not yet enough years of experience to know if my theories are
> true, I believe persistence and consistency are the keys in this area. It
> is of course easier if the rest of the school is on board with teaching in a
> manner that encourages creative thinking and discovery. But even if it is
> just you, we must persistently and tirelessly set our sights on providing
> critical thinking opportunites for students. I believe most students become
> "lazy" because they have gone for years with the creating and discovery
> removed from education. They have been able to "succeed" by just going
> through the motions. Undoing that mindset will take time (for example maybe
> by the time the 6th graders are in 8th grade they will get it), but I
> believe it is a realisitic and worthy goal.
> -Marissa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group digest"
> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
> To: "teacherartexchange digest recipients"
> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:01 AM
> Subject: teacherartexchange digest: January 28, 2009
>
>
>> TEACHERARTEXCHANGE Digest for Wednesday, January 28, 2009.
>>
>> 1. Re: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>> 2. Re: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject: Re: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>> From: jjennifer west <jenniferjoycewest@yahoo.com>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:31:32 -0800 (PST)
>> X-Message-Number: 1
>>
>> So agreed. I try to do this, but honestly, I find a lot of my students so
>> frustrating. I work in California with middle school students that range
>> so far across the board academically and on the socio-economic spectrum.
>> Most of my kids are LAZY and lack a lot of basic skills. Sometimes I'm
>> not really sure what to do with them. I would love to give them more
>> critical thinking activities, but they usually just stare blankly at me
>> with glossed over looks and whine about how hard it is. Any thoughts on
>> resources to help these "low" kids would be great (I have some more
>> advanced classes that totally "get it" and we do great, but those are only
>> 2 out of 5 classes).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jen
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 1/27/09, Judy Decker <jdecker4art@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Judy Decker <jdecker4art@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [teacherartexchange] 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic
>>> Behavior
>>> To: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group"
>>> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
>>> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 7:02 AM
>>> Greetings Art Educators,
>>>
>>> Does your program focus on 21st Century Skills? Are you
>>> preparing your
>>> students for today's job market (or tomorrow's)?
>>> Are you giving your students the answers -- or are you
>>> teaching your
>>> students how to find them? Our nation's emphasis on the
>>> standardized
>>> test is all so wrong - the emphasis is placed on
>>> knowledge-knowledge-knowledge. Knowledge is so easy to
>>> find. It is
>>> just a click away. We need to teach our youth how to be
>>> critical
>>> thinkers - problem solvers. I am so very proud of my son,
>>> Matthew. I
>>> know I brag about him often on the lists (what do you
>>> expect? --grin).
>>> He got the job at Toyota (mechanical engineer) because of
>>> his many
>>> talents - not just because of his book smarts. He
>>> wasn't
>>> "top-of-the-class" in college, but he did well
>>> (magna cum laude. We
>>> never pushed him to be "summa"). He participated
>>> in many arts' events
>>> (student run theatre organization - which helped him to be
>>> a great
>>> communicator).
>>>
>>> Here is the site for 21st Century Skills:
>>> http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ >>>
>>> Teaching for Artistic Behavior supports 21st Century
>>> Skills:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/21stcenturyskills.html >>>
>>> If that link doesn't work - go to:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/index.html >>> Click on 21st Century Skills in left menu
>>>
>>> Teaching for Artistic Behavior (or some form of Choice
>>> Based Art) is
>>> the only way to meet many of your curriculum standards.
>>> Really look at
>>> what you are supposed to be doing. I didn't
>>> "discover" until late in
>>> my teaching career what I was doing "wrong" (used
>>> quotation marks on
>>> purpose... I am not saying that what you are doing is
>>> wrong). I
>>> learned a LOT from reading Dr. Marvin Bartel's web
>>> site.
>>> http://www.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/MB_Home.htm >>> http://www.bartelart.com/ >>> I "met" Marvin on Getty list in 1998. I had to
>>> sign up to a list serve
>>> for a professional development class I was taking. There
>>> wasn't any
>>> relevant action on the required list, so I asked permission
>>> to join
>>> Getty list instead....and you know the rest. Here I am
>>> today.
>>>
>>> Lots of TAB Presentations (and presentations that support
>>> TAB) at NAEA
>>> this year:
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/NAEA%202009.html >>> (if link doesn't work - click on link in menu on home
>>> page)
>>>
>>> I am so jealous of all of you who get to go to NAEA. Share
>>> some of the
>>> "good stuff" you learn with the lists. Don't
>>> share all of the secrets
>>> or folks won't find a need to go themselves the
>>> following year
>>> (smile).
>>>
>>> Hmmm.... I seem to be a bit chatty today (chuckles)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Judy Decker
>>>
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe go to
>>> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject: Re: 21st Century Skills - Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>> From: Diane Gregory <gregory.diane55@yahoo.com>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:48:29 -0800 (PST)
>> X-Message-Number: 2
>>
>> Good question. I get the same kind of thing at the university level. I
>> do notice they do not have a strong work ethic, have poor academic and
>> time management skills. I also notice that students may be working 30 to
>> 40 hours a week and going to school full time. It is crazy. I think
>> people are very stressed and OCD. I think the reasons vary from person to
>> person, but it very demoralizing as a teacher educator when a student who
>> is going to be an elementary classroom teacher says that they do not like
>> to read or want to read and that they seldom read. I do think there is
>> systemic problem in our culture that needs to be addressed. It is very
>> complex and I hardly know where to begin, except to describe the types of
>> low achieving students that want to be our future teachers. I normally
>> don't like to get on a complaining bandwagon, but the problem is serious
>> and real.
>> Diane
>>
>> --- On Thu, 1/29/09, jjennifer west <jenniferjoycewest@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: jjennifer west <jenniferjoycewest@yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] 21st Century Skills - Teaching for
>>> Artistic Behavior
>>> To: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group"
>>> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
>>> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 1:31 AM
>>> So agreed. I try to do this, but honestly, I find a lot of
>>> my students so frustrating. I work in California with
>>> middle school students that range so far across the board
>>> academically and on the socio-economic spectrum. Most of my
>>> kids are LAZY and lack a lot of basic skills. Sometimes
>>> I'm not really sure what to do with them. I would love
>>> to give them more critical thinking activities, but they
>>> usually just stare blankly at me with glossed over looks and
>>> whine about how hard it is. Any thoughts on resources to
>>> help these "low" kids would be great (I have some
>>> more advanced classes that totally "get it" and we
>>> do great, but those are only 2 out of 5 classes).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jen
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 1/27/09, Judy Decker
>>> <jdecker4art@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Judy Decker <jdecker4art@gmail.com>
>>> > Subject: [teacherartexchange] 21st Century Skills -
>>> Teaching for Artistic Behavior
>>> > To: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group"
>>> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
>>> > Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 7:02 AM
>>> > Greetings Art Educators,
>>> >
>>> > Does your program focus on 21st Century Skills? Are
>>> you
>>> > preparing your
>>> > students for today's job market (or
>>> tomorrow's)?
>>> > Are you giving your students the answers -- or are you
>>> > teaching your
>>> > students how to find them? Our nation's emphasis
>>> on the
>>> > standardized
>>> > test is all so wrong - the emphasis is placed on
>>> > knowledge-knowledge-knowledge. Knowledge is so easy to
>>> > find. It is
>>> > just a click away. We need to teach our youth how to
>>> be
>>> > critical
>>> > thinkers - problem solvers. I am so very proud of my
>>> son,
>>> > Matthew. I
>>> > know I brag about him often on the lists (what do you
>>> > expect? --grin).
>>> > He got the job at Toyota (mechanical engineer) because
>>> of
>>> > his many
>>> > talents - not just because of his book smarts. He
>>> > wasn't
>>> > "top-of-the-class" in college, but he did
>>> well
>>> > (magna cum laude. We
>>> > never pushed him to be "summa"). He
>>> participated
>>> > in many arts' events
>>> > (student run theatre organization - which helped him
>>> to be
>>> > a great
>>> > communicator).
>>> >
>>> > Here is the site for 21st Century Skills:
>>> > http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ >>> >
>>> > Teaching for Artistic Behavior supports 21st Century
>>> > Skills:
>>> >
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/21stcenturyskills.html >>> >
>>> > If that link doesn't work - go to:
>>> > http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/index.html >>> > Click on 21st Century Skills in left menu
>>> >
>>> > Teaching for Artistic Behavior (or some form of Choice
>>> > Based Art) is
>>> > the only way to meet many of your curriculum
>>> standards.
>>> > Really look at
>>> > what you are supposed to be doing. I didn't
>>> > "discover" until late in
>>> > my teaching career what I was doing "wrong"
>>> (used
>>> > quotation marks on
>>> > purpose... I am not saying that what you are doing is
>>> > wrong). I
>>> > learned a LOT from reading Dr. Marvin Bartel's web
>>> > site.
>>> > http://www.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/MB_Home.htm >>> > http://www.bartelart.com/ >>> > I "met" Marvin on Getty list in 1998. I had
>>> to
>>> > sign up to a list serve
>>> > for a professional development class I was taking.
>>> There
>>> > wasn't any
>>> > relevant action on the required list, so I asked
>>> permission
>>> > to join
>>> > Getty list instead....and you know the rest. Here I am
>>> > today.
>>> >
>>> > Lots of TAB Presentations (and presentations that
>>> support
>>> > TAB) at NAEA
>>> > this year:
>>> >
>>> http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/NAEA%202009.html >>> > (if link doesn't work - click on link in menu on
>>> home
>>> > page)
>>> >
>>> > I am so jealous of all of you who get to go to NAEA.
>>> Share
>>> > some of the
>>> > "good stuff" you learn with the lists.
>>> Don't
>>> > share all of the secrets
>>> > or folks won't find a need to go themselves the
>>> > following year
>>> > (smile).
>>> >
>>> > Hmmm.... I seem to be a bit chatty today (chuckles)
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> >
>>> > Judy Decker
>>> >
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>>> >
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> Subject: apathetic art students-21st century teaching
> From: Frances Rice <francyfree2@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:22:47 -0800 (PST)
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>> This is in response to the art teacher whose students eyes look glazed over. I am currently a master's candidate at Lesley University. My program is all about integrating the arts. One of the major focuses of our program is being aware of multiple intelligences and how we as teachers can address the varying learning strengths and needs of students. Howard Gardener's theory is nicely explained in reference to actual teaching experiences in the book Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom by Thomas Armstrong published by ASCD. Another idea that made a tremendous amount of impact on me was discussed in Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe's book Understanding by Design. The idea is that students need to have meaningful, real world purposes and audiences to motivate them to do their best learning/work. Perhaps if your students had an art project such as creating environmental installations on campus or presenting an art show for their families they would
> be more motivated. What if you needed them to design cards that could be reproduced and sold to raise money for your art program? Having real life reasons to do something makes school purposeful. Students don't want to feel as if they are spinning their wheels. They want to do things that have application to the real world.
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>> I also have recently studied quite a bit about visual literacy. There is a company selling a curriculum that suggests a once a month discussion of a work of art to promote academic growth across the curriculum. The website (http://www.vtshome.org/) has a video demonstrating the questioning technique and a list of the three most important questions to ask. You don't have to buy the curriculum to use the technique. There are plenty of online web resources such as MOMA that provide internet access to art collections.
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>> My son that is in middle school loves his art class. I was surprised that they have a ten minute daily entry task which is a written assignment. (Generally my son is not fond of writing.) Sometimes it relates to the concepts they've studied such as line, and sometimes it is a self assessment of what aspects of an activity were enjoyable, or how they used a concept such as shading to create impact in a drawing. Here is a cross curricular activity that supports communication about the arts, encourages higher level thinking skills and reflection, and makes for better writers.
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>> Another great website that might help you get some inspiration for how to excite students is George Lucas Educational Foundation.
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>> Having a few new tools in your educators tool kit will help you have a happy feeling when you walk through the door of your classroom. Your students will respond. Don't give up! These students are lucky to have art, and lucky to have you for a teacher, because you care enough to want to make a difference!
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