Project+Ideas

code As I reflected on our CIG meeting from last week thoughts condensed in my mind as to where you were going. It seems to me to be pointing in the direction of some large-scale arts event (like a festival) but is inhibited by issues of time, distance and space. It occurs to me that a program of arts activities that go beyond the classroom can be asymmetrical with some activities being in real time and some being virtual. Teachers and classes would not need to be doing the same thing at the same time, although you could if you wanted to. Based on our discussion I sketched out some ideas for you to consider. The description below is something we might consider tonight along with agenda items we didn't complete on Friday.

Asymmetrical Arts Infusion Program

Assumptions:

1.Students, Parents and school officials are culturally deprived of arts experiences in the region served by Intermediate Unit One in Southwest Pennsylvania 2. Pupil success would increase in many content areas and in standardized testing if students were exposed to and participated in a large number of arts related activities.

Hypothesis:

Pupils will be more successful in arts and humanities content areas if they are exposed to and participate in a plethora of arts activities that extend well beyond the normal classroom parameters.

Objectives: Students demonstrate increased knowledge related to elements and principles of the content area. Students demonstrate improved skill as a result of their exposure to arts related activities. Students demonstrate a more positive attitude toward the arts after experiencing a plethora of arts related that extend well beyond normal classroom parameters.

Activities

Professional level Professional visiting artists (ex. Cello Fury, Attack Theater etc.)

Artist residencies

Students attend arts events and write reflective journals about the experience

Amateur Level Community members volunteer to do a presentation for students

Start an Art Explorers Club

Older students, or college students, hold an event or perform for younger students

Student Level

Performing/exhibiting for other students and/or adults exhibits concerts peer recitals online learning experiences produce and hold a festival building an online virtual concert hall or museum Virtual field trips

Parent/community involvement Arts festival help to produce and hold a festival Transportation help

Other possibilities

Teacher trade days: The teacher presents their best lesson to a colleagues class. (live is preferable, Skype is possible).

Exchange performances and exhibits via skype or a wiki

Teachers create an exemplary online learning experience to apply to their students and share with others in the cig. This could also be a legacy we leave after this project ends. ______________ Here is an example of what I mean: @http://tozier.net/dberlin/the%20old%20king/index.htm [This is a hybrid art and music unit centered around a specific work that serves as a locus for study. I have used this with my students and followed up by taking them them to the Carnegie in Pittsburgh to see the original that hangs in the impressionist gallery. (face the big Monet lilly pads and turn to your right. It is on the far wall (or was)) NB. audio files are not streamed and may take a long time to load.] Using a specific work as a point of departure allows you to branch in almost any direction you want to and works beautifully for "integrated" education.

Here is another (visual only): @http://tozier.net/dberlin/munch/index.htm I created this to lead third graders in an "art explorers" experience. "Art Explorers" is a program they have at Pine Richland where volunteers from the community come in to the "regular" classroom and lead the kids through an interaction with some poster they have in the school library. ________

One class collaborates with (or competes with a cig colleague's class)

Procedures: 1.Pretest 2.students experience a wide and diverse range of experiences 3.Post-test

See you later.

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