Elluminate

Well, good grief!  Elluminate is completely different and apparently none of you could find me for class this evening. It seems that somehow the update has severed the connection between our course and the live link.  DOINK!

I HATE that we did not get to meet for our last class.  I don't have any idea at this point what to do except tell you how very much I have enjoyed having you in my class this semester.  I hope that each of you is leaving this course with that "teacher toolbox" just a little bit more full!

I am counting all of you present this evening, since I know it is not your fault that you are not here in the chat room with me.  I will finish grading papers this week and plan to post your grades this weekend.

Again, I am so proud of how hard you all worked this semester.  

Fondly, Dr. Walts

Call me

Hello, everyone. My computer is cooked. Call me if you need me.


- Posted using B
logPress from my iPhone

THANKS!

Thank you all for taking such good care of me today when I was in bad shape.  I appreciate how you made me feel so "cared for".  Hugs, Dr. Walts

SATURDAY SEMINAR

I can't wait to see all of you on Saturday!  

We will meet on campus in the Jordan Building at 11:00 a.m.  On our agenda, we will:
~ have our art show (please bring copies of the rubric),
~ discuss any questions you have about the final paper,
~ do the course evaluation, and
~ share final thoughts.


We are on the home stretch; I am so proud of each of you!

ART IS EVERYWHERE

Here is a video compilation of your art projects this semester.  You have done an awesome job creating and sharing projects.  I know your "teacher toolboxes" are overflowing with good ideas for bringing language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies to life through the use of art.  Remember, art allows students to become personally connected with the content; it is that personal connection that helps move information into longterm memory.  Enjoy!

NICE REFLECTION: WEEK 6

As I sit down to write this reflection, I find it hard to believe that we are nearly done with this semester.  It has truly gone by quickly. 

This week we presented lessons using art in math.  Many of us used geometry as the basis for our art projects and all of them were very interesting.  I am fascinated at the number of different ideas that can come from people on how to teach the same subject.Our textbook is certainly going to be a good resource for future use as it has really good ideas for using art in different subjects. 

 Eisner’s paper this week was certainly informative.  As I have read each of his papers I have gained insight into how we can make schools better for our students.  So many of the ideas that Eisner sets forth are ones that I can agree with and see as positive reforms to the present system of what I call the “cookie cutter” student.  In this latest paper, the discussion was on the six distinctive forms of thinking, artistically rooted qualitative forms of intelligence that education can learn from art.  The concepts were amazing and included such things as having students use how they feel about whether or not they have done a good job on whatever work they were doing, being willing to change the aim of a lesson in the middle of that lesson if it would be more productive to move in a different direction, the fact that everything we know cannot necessarily be articulated in words, and that the motivation for learning material should include a sense of satisfaction about learning that particular thing.  I find all of this to be radical thinking and yet, I would really enjoy working within the parameters of these ideas.

Enjoy Our Math Projects

Create a free slideshow