tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:forum-8465Nabble - Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #52024-03-28T18:08:18ZForum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #5
<br/><br/>Answer the following questions in your post based on the videos and readings you just completed:
<br/><br/> What speaks to you?
<br/><br/> Does it give you any ideas?
<br/><br/> How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/><br/> Other reactions?
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15418Assignment #52020-03-23T13:40:36Z2020-03-23T13:40:36ZMindy Webster
I integrate art into my lessons daily because I teach students with behavior disorders and a lot of the time they really enjoy having a creative outlet. They enjoy coloring for its therapeutic nature and they also like creating what I refer to as "vision boards". I hope I learn other ways to incorporate art into my classroom from this course. Those videos were a great start. I already have them cut out pictures from magazines of dream houses or dream vacations. They love that kind of stuff.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-20592Forum 3 Jesse Persons2023-07-05T08:52:52Z2023-07-05T08:52:52ZJessepersons
The content and video in this section gave me so many ideas. Teaching special education and having students on alternate assessment, I use a lot of music and art to motivate students in literacy and social studies. The Education Closet video on the difference between art integration and art enhancement, made me realize that I'm not currently integrating art the way that I thought I was. I have so many ideas now on how I can make the lessons I'm already teaching more meaningful and impactful. I am also excited to start using art integration in Math. It isn't something that I had considered before, but I am going to do more research on using art integration in math so that I can be more purposeful and reach students.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-19308Angela Angeles2022-07-28T08:16:01Z2022-07-28T08:16:01ZLJ
In the video about arts integration I learned the difference between arts integration and arts enhancement is the standards. It is looking at content standards for different subjects and connecting the two in a learning task. You are not just enhancing a lesson but integrating it across multiple subject standards. Another key point is to make sure that the arts program should be solid. The art skills will be taught in art and the students can most effectively utilize those while focusing on the other content standards.
<br/><br/>In Philip Yenawine’s excerpt on visual thinking strategies I learned how important it is to teach visual literacy. It is very much focused on teaching students through stages to have them be able to interpret and discuss works of art like they would critically think about literature. For me as a LA teacher it can only provide more opportunities to have students have a kinesthetic experience with language. They are able to conceptualize vocabulary and communicate their interpretation or personal meaning. Visual literacy also promotes diverse thinking and understanding the differences people have in experiences and meaning.
<br/><br/>In the video Visual Thinking Strategies it was amazing to see the dialog exchange between the students and the instructor and peers. It appears that students have a purpose for learning and engagement. They seemed much less likely to act up or out. They were able to connect using their own experiences. The formal set up of the teacher modeling how dialog should take place really stimulates the kids to mimic the dialog and actions on their own.
<br/><br/>I really haven't integrated art a whole lot into my practice. It has been superficial experiences in enhancing a lesson as opposed to integrating it into skills and simple projects. The thinking I have for presenting future lesson concepts is based on the following questions: how do I get kids to express/represent their ideas through multiple means, and how have others represented their thinking in the past or in one's community? I think this is very easily done in units of poetry. By integrating arts with reading and writing students will have a more comprehensive understanding to be able to conceptualize concepts probably before understanding how to communicate them. It's much easier to teach students how to communicate than the what. The what in the communicating must be natural and not contrived if we are to truly teach. I feel one huge struggle and disservice to my students is the teaching of, this is why. I want students to have their own understanding and realizations not copy my thinking. Integrating art will be the method of opening up their representational thinking.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17678Forum #3 - Allison Mastroddi2021-07-25T11:43:17Z2021-07-25T11:43:17Zamastroddi
What speaks to you?
<br/>I found it interesting there is a difference between art integration and art enhancement. I had always put the two in the same category. Ensuring that both curricular areas have specific standards met adds to the validity of both subjects.
<br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>I would like to get full lists of all standards for all areas to see where I am already integrating specific standards and how I can integrate more.
<br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>Math and science tend to be easier to integrate into art projects, using fractions, symmetry, color mixing and general experimentation with art materials.
<br/>Other reactions?
<br/>I found the 5 stages of visual thinking very interesting. I need to remember that children want to make sense of what they see and to utilize their critical thinking and observational skills. Getting kids to talk about art and what they see is just as important as telling and teaching them about it.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17651Forum Post 3: Anissa Nelson2021-07-21T17:38:26Z2021-07-21T17:38:26Zanissanelson32
What speaks to you?
<br/>One of the major things that stuck out to me was the difference between art integration and art enhancement in the classroom. As a Kindergarten teacher, I feel like I do a decent job including singing, dancing, and art projects in the classroom. However, I must admit that I never even realized there were standards for art! Going forward, I can already imagine some ways that I can incorporate the art standards into some of the units we already do in Kindergarten.
<br/><br/> Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>One idea I had was to have more discussions with students about what they observe in pictures from our read aloud books. Some of the observations that students were making from the art shocked me! As we all know, many times, the illustrations in a book help us paint more of a picture than what we get from the words alone. I think it would be beneficial to teach students how to have those meaningful observations of art and later connect that to making observations of illustrations to help build comprehension.
<br/><br/> How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>I integrate art into my current curriculum through songs, dance, and art projects typically related to current units or holidays.
<br/><br/> Other reactions?
<br/>I love watching all of these videos on how to integrate art into the classroom. Since I am coming from a school that does not have an art program, I realize how important it is for me to begin to integrate the art standards into my curriculum!
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17593Forum Post 32021-07-12T11:35:59Z2021-07-12T11:35:59ZAgremore
What speaks to you?
<br/>I enjoyed the visuals and ideas on how to do more arts integration within the classroom. The example provided in one of the videos in which teachers could teach fractions by using half and whole notes in music, and then having students perform the notes in order to integrate it into the assessment really intrigued me.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>It makes me want to plan lessons with the art and music teachers at my school in order to find new, fun, and meaningful ways to integrate the arts into the standards during core instruction.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum? Currently I use a lot of music and movement, dramatic play, and manipulative center activities in order to integrate the arts for a variety of learning styles. Students cut out letters out of magazines to spell sight words, they use modeling clay and craft materials to retell the sequence of events in a story, and they use play dough to roll into balls and add them together to create math equations. I also enjoy calming music during work time and Go Noodle brain break dances.
<br/><br/>Other reactions? I think overall I do a good job of integrating the arts into my ELA and Math curriculum, but I would like to be able to do a better job of co-teaching or planning with my arts teachers in order to find new and interesting ways to incorporate the arts into my science and social studies lessons.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17525Forum post 3 Discussion for Assignment #5 Savannah Strunk2021-06-28T15:35:18Z2021-06-28T15:35:18ZSavannah Strunk
What speaks to you?
<br/>In the reading and the videos, it really spoke to me that we learn with observation. Even as a baby your eyes are always looking and seeing and learning. I really found it interesting the different observations that the children made looking at the different pictures and the expression on the people’s faces. It was interesting the see why they were seeing things the way they were.
<br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>This gives me the ideas to use the different tools each child has from their eyes to their ears. Integrating the different arts will allow the different sense to be used also.
<br/>How do you integrate are into your current curriculum?
<br/>Currently use a lot of crafts, dancing and physical movement. I have also used music to learn different math methods to help the students remember how to use them and what they are.
<br/>Other reactions?
<br/>Currently, I haven’t used art standards to integrate art in the classroom, but this gave my the idea to see if we are meeting different standards in the regular classroom and not just in the specials (art, music etc.) classrooms.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17477Forum #32021-06-22T05:18:17Z2021-06-22T05:18:17Zlisaleroux
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<br/>What speaks to me? I have been enhancing my regular curriculum assignments with art for a long time; however, I look forward to now integrating art into other areas of the curriculum with the help of the regular classroom teachers.
<br/>Does it give me any ideas? Yes, I am going to begin gathering those visuals so that students can begin the dialogue and appreciation of pieces. I feel that perhaps I have been a product of the lack of education about really looking into an art piece. I love that students come with the ability to use their visual skills, and I am excited to teach them to use dialogue to tell about their observations.
<br/>How do you integrate art in your current curriculum? I have been a regular classroom teacher for many years. I now have the opportunity to be the art educator for grades K - 8. I look forward to being the expert that the teachers count on me to be, but to also let them know that I am ready to work together to integrate art into the classroom subjects. It should be an exciting year!
<br/>Other reactions? I love that we all have our own unique way to perceive things. It will be fun to develop in myself and my students the skills to share those observations with others. A great way to learn acceptance in others.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17440Forum Post 32021-06-17T13:54:15Z2021-06-17T13:54:15Zalschneider
Something that really stuck out to me was the difference between arts integration and arts enhancement. In my classroom, I frequently use song, movement, and art projects to supplement English Language Arts and math activities. Although I would use these forms of art, I never took the time to look at the art standards. Going forward, I will utilize the art standards to truly integrate art into my lesson plans in a meaningful way.
<br/>An idea I have going forward, is to remember that students want to explain their thinking and learning and integrating art into other subjects is a great outlet for them. As stated above, I currently use art in my curriculum by using song, movement, and art projects. I utilize these different things without being mindful of the standards. So although I am using art enhancement, I am not truly integrating the arts. I have seen growth in my students using art enhancement, so I am excited to see even more growth when utilizing arts integration.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17416VTS- Benjamin2021-06-14T10:53:49Z2021-06-14T10:53:49ZShannon Benjamin
Integrating Arts into daily lessons has to be done purposefully and with intention. This cannot be done well, however, until an educator is comfortable and familiar with the arts standards for their grade level. Both general education and art teachers must be able to work together for these concepts to be learned with understanding.
<br/>Every student sees art through their own lens. This is the first level of comprehension. For students to be able to process, think about, and then comment on forms of art, they must be encouraged to think deeper using Visual Thinking Strategies. This will develop their cognitive skills in not only art, but in other aspects of education.
<br/>I have to admit that I never liked art much, especially going to museums and looking at different pieces. I was never taught how to critique something that I didn’t understand. Watching these children talk as easily as they do about their thoughts or feelings when observing pictures or sculptures was very inspiring. The teachers are to be commended for getting children past the first level of just observing art forms and getting to be able to talk about them showing how the students are understanding what they are seeing.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17356Discussion Assignment 5: Timothy Kuenzel2021-06-02T20:13:07Z2021-06-02T20:13:07ZTKuenzel
What speaks to you?
<br/>These were very good videos with some great information. One aspect that really spoke to me was how humans have a strong useable sense of seeing things that are around them. People look all around them to find information in things that we see, yet, the school systems typically do not use this skill for educating.
<br/><br/> Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>This does give me some ideas. Visuals can be used to enhance learning, and they typically are through pictures in textbooks, and other references we use for learning. Perhaps using art from different time periods would be helpful to further teach history lessons. This could be done through video, pictures online, or even by touring an art gallery. Art displays a specific mood, much like the kids in the video's were noticing, this could be used to show what type of state our country was in at a specific time.
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<br/> How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>One way that I have integrated art is in a math class I teach. Students were learning about transitions and reflections. They use a grid to make specific designs. When they made reflections they could see that the shapes made were isometrical. We made this work along with their names. Each letter of their name was a different point on the grid, they would draw lines from point to point, then plot the reflection. They would color each grid and each design was specific to their own name.
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<br/> Other reactions?
<br/>These videos made me want to incorporate more visual learning through art. I want my students to use the visual skills they have and learn from their surroundings.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-17317Forum post 3: Kirah Johnson2021-05-25T14:45:48Z2021-05-25T14:45:48ZKirah Johnson
I was encouraged to discover evidence-based reasons for practices I already have in my classroom, as well as challenged to go deeper.
<br/><br/>I appreciated the video explanation of the difference between art enhancement and art integration. It helps me recognize that I have mostly been doing enhancement - which is fine - but not as rich, meaningful, or long lasting as integration. I need to develop a better knowledge of art standards and objectives to pull that off.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16989FORUM POST 3: DISCUSSION FOR ASSIGNMENT #52021-02-17T14:18:07Z2021-02-17T14:18:07ZShelley Stallons
What speaks to you?
I loved the videos. One thing that I enjoyed was that on one video the comment was made that kids use their eyes to make sense of the world, but school seldom takes advantage of this. In music, they use their ears to make sense of what is happening within pieces of music within their part, but that statement will help me to revolutionize how I teach some aspects of my classes. I also liked the art standards explanation video, and how art in the class needs to be paired with a standard.
Does it give you any ideas?
It gives me many ideas for using more visual materials to teach both band and general music classes - whether it's visual art or paintings or pieces of artwork.
How do you integrate art into your current class?
Several ways - in elementary music, we have several units that all come with coloring packets, so while they are listening to the music they color the appropriate page in their packet. We do Carnival of the Animals, Peter and the Wolf, and Seussical the Musical to name a few. The students really enjoy it and they get so much more out of the music and the storylines by doing this. In jr high music, we do Just Dance from youtube, which helps them visualize movement while finding the beat - they love it and it really helps them break down walls with each other and just have fun learning.
Other reactions?
I really enjoyed all of the material. It was insightful and helpful to my work as an educator,
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16886Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #5-Stacey Bunting2021-01-30T11:20:05Z2021-01-30T11:20:05Zbuntings@waterlooschools.org
What speaks to you?
<br/>I loved these videos and the topics. I have always thought bringing in the arts was important to helping students learn and retain the curriculum. It makes me want to do more to help students critical thinking improve.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>Yes, I have already emailed my partner teacher to figure out what we can do so our students are thinking and how we can actually to a true art integration not just enhancement.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>I've always thought art integration is art enhancement so I have actually been doing art enhancement this whole time.
<br/><br/>Other reactions?
<br/>I realize that my art teacher really isn't that great so where do we go from here with if the instruction is not strong enough. I am really going to have to have a talk to see where we can go to improve this so we can integrate more art correctly into the classroom to get students thinking more.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16855Forum post 3-Anna Denniston2021-01-26T14:50:58Z2021-01-26T14:50:58Zadenniston94
What speaks to you?
<br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>Other reactions?
<br/><br/>I love the video about art integration. I have used music within my classroom for learning about the days of the week, the months of the year, and weather. I didn't realize I wasn't doing the integration. It makes sense to me to do art integration because any type of art is in my opinion, pushed down within the schools and in life. So to be able to enhance students learning by taking them outside their realm and challenging them using art is interesting and sounds fun to me! I have a few ideas with doing social studies and different types of musicians who lived during the time we are learning about, or even taking what the art teacher is teaching and tie that into a math lesson where we are working solving word problems and creating pictures to go with their word problems. I have yet to incorporate into my teaching rather, they have the option to read to self or draw/color during their free time. I play music in my classroom while the students work and especially during these times of pandemic, I allow for the students to sing/dance at desk if they are truly staying focused and calm.
<br/>I think art is important and allows for students to dig into something deeper with their learning.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16682Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #5- Rob Fix2020-12-30T11:48:34Z2020-12-30T11:48:34Zrobtranm
What speaks to you?
<br/><br/>As I was watching the video, it reminded me that students have amazing powers of observation. That when students are allowed to interpret and describe what they see without adhering to the standard rubric of understanding, amazing things come out. Listening to them explain why they see something a certain way and then to hear another student explain what they saw and have that be completely different is wonderful! Reaffirms that all students do not see things nor learn the same way. Watching them view the pieces of art in the museum, they truly were engaged and enjoyed the chance to share what they saw in the art.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/><br/>It does, by using art enhancement and integration with my special education students several different ways to access learning become available. Using these approaches with my students should help them better access the general education curriculum.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/><br/>Currently I use art with helping my students understand and demonstrate that understanding of taught math skills. It is useful with multiplication and division stories, basic fractions and equivalents, and adding and subtracting for my younger ones. I have laminated pictures of classical art pieces that I use for writing. I use them to help with descriptive language, details, and interpretation. I do need to find ways to utilize art in more ways.
<br/><br/>Other reactions?
<br/><br/>It was mentioned that it is beneficial to have a strong art program already established in your building to help integrate and enhance art across grade levels and curriculum. My current site has an amazing art and music staff. They are incredible at tying into lessons being taught and projects with their respective disciplines.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16671Forum 32020-12-28T15:21:40Z2020-12-28T15:21:40ZBillieb15
The power of visual thinking strategies and art integration into the classroom helps students develop academically. Whether it is a song, a movement, or a picture that helps them remember or express their ideas and thoughts, it is beneficial. It is much better than having a teacher talk the entire class time or telling students what and how to think about various topics. The conversations and teamwork that can be achieved through art, promotes interpersonal skills that will be needed in their future.
<br/><br/>I usually try to use art integration as “the hook” to captivate the interests of students when teaching. From song, “Mr. C; when followed by ‘i,’ ‘e,’ or ‘y’. He says /s/, /s/, /s/, /s/” to teach phonics rules. To picture walks before reading a book or doing movements before teaching verbs, art is a fun and interactive way to learn.
<br/><br/>When I was watching the VTS videos, it stressed the importance of Bloom’s Taxonomy and creating higher order thinking questions. These questions need to be pre-determined and thought out beforehand so students can be challenged. This will not only encourage and motivate a student’s thought process but also create a sense of ownership in ones education.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16509Forum Post 3 - Jilian Heatwole2020-11-25T12:56:18Z2020-11-25T12:56:18Zjilian.heatwole
I loved the video showing the students discussing what they saw in various pictures. You could "feel" the thinking that was going on and could see the excitement in their facial expressions, they were passionate about what they saying and had confidence in their voices. That is what learning looks like. I need to incorporate more thinking and verbal discussions in my PE class. I often get caught up in what we need to get to that I forget to slow down and ask them questions about things. Share what they already know and what they see when I model a movement or introduce a new sport or activity.
<br/><br/>When talking about Visual Thinking Strategies having my own child and being with him as he develops I can really relate to the idea that children use their eyes to make sense of the world. He is confident because he does things, explores and takes chances. I can see him transfer what he already knows to accomplish a new task. For example when he started climbing, he started slow but as he practiced he got more confident and was able to go higher and move across plaines.
<br/><br/>Children use their cognitive abilities, visual and personal connections in PE all the time. Gymnastics is a good example, they use their visual and spacial awareness to move and manipulate through different movements. They problem solve different ways to move across a balance beam and parallel bars. Connecting force, space, body awareness and motion with deep thinking, problem solving and applying what they already know to make a movement successful. Students can meet Grade level expectations for gymnastics while also completing science, music and dance concepts. This would be art integration.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16495Visual Thinking Strategies2020-11-22T22:03:04Z2020-11-22T22:03:04ZEsther Mwelwa
What speaks to you?
<br/>The video on VST are very interesting. Children are discussing a piece of art. What make them to understand better. They getting ideas from each other. They getting ideas from each other. They are giving all different ideas and what makes it easier for the teacher to teach the lesson. The discussion between students is very important, you watch them as a teacher our they will conclude. You see them building their confidence.
<br/><br/>Give you ideas?
<br/>Yes I think of giving a piece of art that have numbers and different colors to my students and ask them to say the numbers and the colors in French. I will ask them to describe the piece of art using French adjectives learned in the class.
<br/><br/>How do I integrate it in the curriculum?
<br/><br/>I always sing with my students the French Alphabets song, the days week and Simon says song. We watch a video of a french song and we act it out.
<br/>We mostly use this in the culture part
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16308Forum Post 3-Sydney Paustian2020-09-19T18:46:35Z2020-09-19T18:46:35ZSydney Paustian
What speaks to you?
<br/>I really enjoyed the video on visual thinking strategies. I loved hoe engaged the students were and were interested in the art they were observing. I also believe that students need to understand and know what they are looking at for them to fully process what it is the teachers wants them to learn and understand. Giving them the opportunity to talk with each other in what they notice and see in each picture or painting. They are then able to hear others opinions on what they see or think and it gives someone another perspective they may not have noticed.
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<br/>Watching that video did give me ideas. I teach kindergarten and often times we don't think they would be able to make observations like that but i think an activity where they observe a piece of art and make predictions on what they think would be a cool experience. we do a lot of "exploring" things in kindergarten so incorporating art and music with exploring would be great. I used to do an activity where they listen to some tunes and try and figure out what song it is. I would love to do more things like this because they LOVE it!
<br/><br/> How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>I teach kindergarten so we do a lot of coloring, painting, dancing, physical movement and things that incorporate art but not directly the art standard. My students fortunately still have the opportunity to go to art, music, Pe specials so they are able to focus more on the standards in the subjects. In our classroom we do a lot of dancing, singing, coloring and painting so that incorporates the things they love.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16120Forum Post 3-Katie Schwartzlose2020-08-02T20:30:37Z2020-08-02T20:30:37Zschwartzlosek
What speaks to you?
<br/><br/>What really speaks to me was the first one. One of the speakers lines was that "Education is knowing what to do when you don't know." I feel this really applies to us in the education world in this year 2020 and at the end of 2019. Everyone in the education world is at a stage of not knowing but we are expected to know. Student look to us for guidance and we have to work with what we know and apply what we have learned and teach these students.
<br/><br/><br/> Does it give you any ideas?
<br/><br/>Yes, I will not be able to have one on one with my students. They will not be able to have group projects unless they are able to collaborate with each other via online. I will need to use more visual learning to create critical thinkers. Many students want a yes or no answer but that is not always possible.
<br/><br/> How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/><br/>When I have my students create art it is usually them creating a powerpoint or something of a visual project involving what we are talking about. I feel I am going to have to expand on that and make them more critical thinkers to help them be able to expand on their thinking in order to solve problems.
<br/><br/> Other reactions?
<br/><br/>I really liked hearing the students talking about the art piece and asking each other questions about what they think and what they saw. It was really inspiring for me to try this with my students in order for them to collaborate and talk to their peers more.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16049Forum Post #3- Kelsey Goede2020-07-12T16:27:47Z2020-07-12T16:27:47Zkgoede
What speaks to you?
<br/>While I was watching the videos I was very impressed with how the students were responding to the art and how engaged all of them were. One thing I really loved hearing was that the student responses were different, that shows me that each student was viewing the art piece in their own way and they were interpreting it in different ways. Another thing that really spoke to me in the videos was the all the students were truly focused on the art work and their discussions, they were not off topic or bored, this shows me they were engaged and enjoying what they were doing.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any other ideas?
<br/>After reading the article and watching the videos it gave me an idea on how I can integrate art in with writing and reading lessons. I think that integrating writing with art will help the students be more engaged and enjoy their writing. One thing I would love to try would be to show the students an art piece and have them write a paragraph about what they notice in the art piece. How is the person in the art piece feeling and why do you think that? Where is the art piece taking place?
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>This is an area that I truly struggle in, I have a hard time figuring how to incorporate art in with my general curriculum. When I do integrate art I do it in very subtle ways, I will have students color a multiplication table or cut out shapes to form others. After taking this class I have learned so many new strategies and I am really looking forward to being able to integrate art even more in my classroom.
<br/><br/> Other reactions?
<br/>One thing that I thought was very interesting was that there was a difference between art integration and art enhancement in the classroom, I always thought of those two things as being the same. I now know that in order to integrate art in the classroom it is best to match it with two standards, what you are teaching and an art standard to fully integrate it in the classroom. Another thing I found very interesting was that in order to be very successful in art integration it is best to have a school with a good arts program. The school that I teach at does fairly well with the arts, however; we do not have an art teachers so it is the general education teacher teaching art.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-16031Forum Post 3: Garrin Jost2020-07-08T09:31:47Z2020-07-08T09:31:47ZGarrinJost
I have always been interested in the idea that students can be responsible for their own learning. The concept that students can engage directly with phenomena itself is something that I think is drastically important to students being able to develop authentic perspectives. Traditionally, the argument for the “core subjects” is that students need the raw mental material that math and reading provide, but science seems to suggest that children, especially younger ones, need concrete experiences to develop their thinking. This aligns perfectly with the ideas that were discussed by Phillip Yenawine. When given visuals or manipulatives, students have the opportunity to observe not only phenomena but also to observe their own perspectives.
<br/><br/>I also love the stages that were discussed in Phillip Yenawine’s article. Moving from personal and anecdotal evidence for artistic interpretation to communal and historical evidence is an excellent analogy for children’s journey from internal and self-centered to external and other-centered.
<br/><br/>In my classroom, I like having students draw and write interchangeably with one informing the other at differing points in the process of creation. This applies to science, social studies, and English Language Arts. I also enjoy using theater in English Language Arts as a way to help students work on expressive reading, close reading for details, tone, and purpose. By letting students “run the show,” it allows them to work on their communication and collaboration skills as well.
<br/><br/>Watching these videos makes me want to begin to include art interpretation as a regular process in the classroom. I think the personal and communal engagement with a piece of art as phenomena will help my students to respect other students’ perspectives and foster the development of their own.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15979Forum Post 32020-06-24T09:36:51Z2020-06-24T09:36:51Zlibby
I was very interested in the visual thinking strategies idea. Right away it had me thinking about how much it could enhance students writing. The idea of making a claim and backing it up with evidence is a constant writing and reading skill we teach students. Incorporating this with art and starting lessons with making claims and evidence using images would be a very engaging and fun way to teach students. Watching the videos I was so impressed with the claims the students were making. It is also a great way to enhance students speaking skills and their communication between one another. The way the students could agree and respectfully disagree with one another is a huge life skill students need. The main idea I pulled from this is somehow starting the day or starting lessons with discussing an image or sculpture of some sort. It would wake the students up, get them excited, be an opportunity to integrate art, have positive conversations in the classroom, and build community within the classroom.
<br/>I integrate art a lot within writing units and writing curriculum. Writing is such a hard skill for some students and it can be difficult for them to express themselves through writing alone. I like to pull in a lot of different art activities with the writing. I may encourage students to illustrate their writing. They might start with some sort of art project like creating a monster and then they have to write a story to go along with it. They might have to mix paint colors and then in writing explain what they did. Art is such a fun, hands on way for students to express themselves and it can be so positive in the classroom in all subject areas.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15938Forum Post 32020-06-14T12:28:55Z2020-06-14T12:28:55ZThomas Briscoe
What speaks to you?
<br/>Today, most schools are emphasizing critical thinking skills. Teaching a student critical thinking skills is not always an easy task. Asking a student to memorize something and then answer questions about what they just memorized is a much more straightforward task than asking a student to think about what they are thinking or what they think other people might be thinking. I love the idea of using Art to develop critical thinking skills through the use of Visual Thinking Strategies. I really thought it was impressive the way the students engaged in the lesson and were able to demonstrate, without even being prompted, critical thinking.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>As a special education teacher, I often work with students on developing critical thinking skills. I have found this to be a difficult task, especially when working with students who are on the Autism Spectrum. I think in the upcoming school year I would like to try applying some of the Visual Thinking Strategies during my methods classes… having students analyze pieces of art and having them describe what they notice, what their thoughts are, and why they think that.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>As a high school special education teacher, I have never thought to integrate art into my curriculum. However, as I mentioned in the previous response, I would like to start to integrate art this school year.
<br/><br/>Other reactions?
<br/>I did not see much information about using Visual Thinking Strategies at the highschool level. I wonder if it would be difficult to teach this concept to HS students? Would different teaching methods need to be applied?
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15729Forum 32020-05-03T14:30:48Z2020-05-03T14:30:48ZAnn McCall
What speaks to you?
<br/><br/>While watching the videos of the students, I was very impressed by their level of thoughtfulness while responding to the art they were viewing. They were eager to share how they felt about the art because all of their answers were accepted and there was no right or wrong answer. I felt they were very motivated to share their thoughts. While watching the students respond verbally to the art they were viewing I also thought how great the arts are at supporting language development.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/><br/>It made me realize how important it is for students to discuss ideas verbally with peers before they begin writing. Therefore, during writing I will make sure students have ample time to talk to their peers about what they want to write before asking them to sit down and write their ideas.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art in your curriculum?
<br/><br/>One way I use art in my curriculum is by encouraging students to explain their thoughts and ideas by using labels in their drawings. My curriculum also incorporates a lot of movement and singing.
<br/><br/>Other thoughts?
<br/><br/>While watching the video from Education Closet, I noted that the speaker talked about the importance of having a strong art program in your school and that art integration does not replace the art program. Therefore, art teachers and the arts are extremely important for
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15666Forum Post 32020-04-26T10:03:18Z2020-04-26T10:03:18ZJLodge1
What speaks to you?
<br/>I enjoyed both videos. In the first video the kids were in the moment and enjoying themselves by expressing what they saw and how it made them feel or why they thought that. The fact that everyone's responses were accepted was a positive. The second was informational for me just to get a few ideas on how to incorporate art more.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>Absolutely. Before beginning a new story or unit we look at the pictures and predict what it is going to be about. I could take a step further and incorporate journal entries on their thoughts.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your curriculum?
<br/>Art is mainly done during holidays. I learned new ideas from this on incorporating music with math. I will have to give this a try, after talking with the music teacher of course.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15528Form 3 Post2020-04-06T16:23:12Z2020-04-06T16:23:12ZBrittany Willett
What speaks to you?
<br/>-After watching the videos I was very intrigued by the thought of just letting the children speak about the art. It is so important for children to voice their opinions about what the art is saying. They don't need to express their thoughts with big words but being able to just tell how the people look, what the colors may represent is so important.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>-We do a lot of book walks before we read books. I will try to ask children deeper questions when it comes to looking at the pictures. When we see a character we can look at the expression on their face and ask what we think they are feeling. After that I could have the children look for more clues in the picture to explain why they believe the character is feeling that way.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>-I try to do a lot of crafts in our classroom, unfortunately these crafts only come around holiday times. During writing time I also have students draw pictures to with their stories.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15540Merydith Marshall (Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #5)2020-04-07T23:46:09Z2020-04-07T23:46:09ZMerydith Marshall
When reading and watching the videos on Visual Learning Strategies I was very impressed with the students response. It was encouraging to hear the students getting deep into conversation with one another. They were also very engaged throughout the entirety of the lesson. Also, the video on Arts Integration was extremely helpful. There were several strategies mentioned that I could definitely take back into my classroom that are very easy to incorporated.
<br/><br/>All of the readings and videos gave me several ideas for my classroom. Whether it is using songs to remember concepts or just giving students the chance to look at a visual and discuss their thoughts and opinions freely.
<br/><br/>I realized after reading more about VLS that this is already integrated into my math curriculum. The math curriculum I used, Illustrative Mathematics, is very big on using visuals and having students think and share their strategies and thoughts with others. For example, for a warm up, students may be given a visual of a hanger diagram. Then the students are given time to look at the diagram and think about what they notice, wonder, or even know to be true. I will use the strategies given in the reading and videos to deepen the conversation with my students. I also always seem to forget that songs are a great way to help students really understand a concept. For example, using songs to remember rules for division of fractions.
<br/><br/>Can't wait to try out some of these strategies in my classroom!
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15498Arts Integration Videos Assignment #5 Ellen Stoltz-McGinity2020-04-02T13:37:32Z2020-04-02T13:37:32ZEllen Stoltz-McGinity
What speaks to you?
<br/>I really enjoyed the visual impacts of the first video, with the Visual Thinking Curriculum. I love that it helps work as an equalizer between kids of different SES and races, as well as different backgrounds such as immigrant or ELL. Giving students tools to improve their thinking and open their horizons is such a gift.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>Yes, it makes me want to use listening maps, story books, and associations between aural and visual works of art more. It makes me want to spend more time having kids describe what they see and be able to justify their answers. Helping them learn that others may see things differently is also an important part of this process. I will want to focus on that as well.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>Being a music teacher, my curriculum IS arts based. But this gives me ideas on how to help students see and create connections with other subjects even more than I have in the past.
<br/><br/>Other reactions?
<br/>I just love the idea of helping students see that there are multiple perspectives, and of giving them tools to observe and maybe even create qualitative judgments based on what they can see (and hear), and to be able to back these judgments up with evidence-based reasoning. There are so many possibilities here. Helping students develop a life-long appreciation of the Arts is one of my goals, and I can really see this approach helping with that goal.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15458Forum Post 32020-03-31T04:52:35Z2020-03-31T04:52:35ZAimee Flynn
What speaks to you?
<br/><br/>Visual thinking strategies enable kids to use and develop skills they already possess and allow them to have a jumping off point to their learning. I always enjoy listening to students discuss and reason in my classroom about different topics because it gives teachers an insight into how or why a student may think the way they do. I also liked the comment that kids want to understand what they are looking at and by using their instincts and previous knowledge, they can build their critical thinking skills.
<br/><br/>I haven't used a lot of art integration in my classroom this year but I would like to incorporate more in the coming year.
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15422Forum 32020-03-24T10:12:48Z2020-03-24T10:12:48ZMiranda Davidson
What speaks to you?
<br/>After watching the videos and reading, the thing that spoke to me most was how the children were so engaged in the artwork that they were looking at and the questions that they were asking each other about what they saw. It was amazing how they stayed on topic and were so intrigued by the artwork. Another thing that spoke to me was in the last video, how music can be incorporated into subjects, not just by singing songs, but in many other ways like musical notes.
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>After reading and watching the videos, it does open the idea of how children use their eyes and how they want to know and try to figure out what they are seeing and looking at. I have never thought about his before and plan to start using more visuals and visual discussions in my lessons.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>We have an art class as one of our specials that students go to every third day. Also, as a kindergarten teacher, we do lots of crafts with our work. We are constantly making things with paper, scissors, markers, crayons, and glue, and sometimes we even get the paint out.
<br/><br/>Other reactions?
<br/>Other reactions that I had were how important songs are in helping students to remember things. In kindergarten, we sing songs all the time, but it just reaffirmed in my mind the reason why we do this.
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tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15247Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #52020-02-13T08:45:35Z2020-02-13T08:45:35ZMorgan Crosby
<br/>What speaks to you?
<br/>I really appreciated the video from Philip Yenawine discussing Visual Thinking. He put an enfaces on the eyes and how children use them as a tool the first time they open their eyes "to make sense out of the world when they open them as infants. They look around them and they reason - they figure out what is going around them by looking". I never had really thought about it from his perspective. Also, in the video Art Integration by EducationCloset
<br/><br/>Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>I loved the emphasis he put on the importance of the eyes. I have been learning a lot about the importance of sensory learning in younger kids and I appreciated his take.
<br/><br/>How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>I have made it a goal this year to do more crafts in my class. It has helped motivate the students to complete work and studies have proven that it else deescalate behaviors. My building is a BD building so that is always the goal!
tag:nabble.aealearningonline.org,2006:post-15381Forum Post 3: Discussion for Assignment #52020-03-19T12:52:40Z2020-03-19T12:52:40ZCandice Wake
• What speaks to you?
<br/>I really appreciated the explanations on the difference between art enhancement and art integration. That makes so much sense and what it takes to really integrate the arts into other subjects. The need for a good arts program would definitely be important and the ability to collaborate with the arts teachers.
<br/><br/>• Does it give you any ideas?
<br/>Yes! It is making me access how I can really practice integrating arts into my special education classroom. I have a student coming into my classroom next year with very high needs. This may help give her access to the general education curriculum in ways I had not thought of before.
<br/><br/>• How do you integrate art into your current curriculum?
<br/>Currently, I must say that I do not do much, if any, true integrating. I have a student with significant disabilities draw a picture to go along with the reading passage we do, but that is more for her “writing” than as an art component. I do art and music in my classroom with another student, but that is me using the art and music curriculum just in an alternate setting.
<br/><br/>• Other reactions?
<br/>I saw on another post that the writer questioned starting with art enhancement and then moving onto art integration. At first, I thought that seemed like a natural progression, but then I changed my mind. I think they are too different to be used in a progressive manner.
<br/>I really am going to work on this. I think it’s great!
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