Need to check out Lynda Barry's Tumblr

http://thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com/page/4

AMAZING! Some really great insights and comics!

Really Cool Fun Text

Check this out, by artist, Sougwen Chen
http://kinecdysis.sougwen.com

Art meets Hip Hop

I received this link from Nicole Marroquin, about how a contemporary photographer/ advertiser Cecilia Azcarate juxtaposes images of rappers with images from Art History.  The juxtapositions are striking.  I just thought this was really cool and an interesting idea for an art project to do with students. She also use tumblr to publish her findings, which would be a cool platform to use. 

Left: “The Adoration of the Magi,” copy after Hugo van der Goes (late 15th century); right: Wiz Khalifa (all images via BFXVI on Tumblr)

Mallonnee, Laura C. (Apr 15, 2014). "Hip-Hop meets Art History". Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art and its Discontents.  Retrieved from http://hyperallergic.com/120555/hip-hop-meets-art-history/. 

Teaching Grit

I found this article on edutopia.com. Zakrzewski states that grit is, "...the interplay of thoughts and emotions, demanding a wellspring of inner resources to overcome the inevitable obstacles that arise when going full-force after a goal"(Apr 28, 2014).  Grit also helps to create more positive "self talk" which allows students to be more positive. This teaching of grit or toughness isn't often cultivated in schools, at least not in my student career.  The drive to pursue a goal even if it is difficult is hard to create and maintain in adults as well as in students.  It is hard to work through frustration and many times I think schools coddle students rather than help students work through these obstacles themselves. 

Zakrzewski, Vicki. (Apr 28, 2014). "Teaching Grit: Social and Emotional Truth." Edutopia.com. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/grit-social-emotional-truth-vicki-zakrzewski. 

Mortified Nation

So I just watched this documentary called Mortified, which documents adults reading from their childhood diaries. I have been struggling with a fear of working with high school students, not my main demographic. But thinking back and watching this documentary allowed me to access my inner adolescent and maybe make them less scary.



Anyways it is awesome and you should all watch it.

Using multiple intelligences in Arts Education

Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Bartlesville, Oklahoma utilizes art through out all the school's curricula. But through using the arts they target all 8 of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences.  Not only does the arts keep students engaged but they also target different ways students may learn.  This caught my attention because often we, or at least I,  think about art education and arts integration and thats it. But bringing in this other element to be cognizant of complicates arts education, but will make the curriculum richer and maybe more accessible. 


Smith, Fran. (2009). "Oklahoma's Arts Program Develops Multiple Intelligences." Edutopia. Retrieved from 
http://www.edutopia.org/arts-oklahoma-multiple-intelligences. 

Saw this on edutopia. It is really relevant to things we have been talking about when it comes mapping, critical geography, place and relvant/meaningful design all used to let students discover their personal power.

(2014). "How design Thinking can Empower Young People." Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/is-school-enough-design-thinking-video.