Thomas Jackson

ISU student working to become an art educator.

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@DylanRusinski I think there's great opportunities for art and English classes to collaborate on projects, especially creative writing. It'd be cool to have students make illustrations for a short story they wrote or something.

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Q4 What I want for my students is to appreciate the world around them and for them to realize that they can create things to impact other people. I don't want anyone to think that they can't create meaningful things because they aren't an "artist".

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@mil_peyton I think it's a great idea find ways to tie in content with student's interests. I feel like like giving them the option to provide feedback and guide their own education in a way is a good way to keep them engaged and motivated.

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@AudreyD42286041 I agree, I think different subjects would benefit from assessments tailored to the content. Written essays may work well for the language arts but not capture a student's understanding of skills in physical education.

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@kye_lopez Yeah I liked that too, I think that's where standardized testing fails the most in making students memorize facts and figures with little to no practical application.

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Q3 I do think there needs to be some restructuring in our school's curriculum. I don't think there is enough emphasis on making connections between the content taught and what it can be used for. When I was in high school calculus I didn't know what I would-

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I also want my students to have fun and be excited about creating and expressing themselves through art.

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on content that would that would broaden the students view on the content and improve their literacy. I think a way to for assessments to be more comprehensive is to give students a choice in how they are assessed (written, oral, visual) to let them prove their competency.

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Q2 I do agree Diane Ravitch in that the testing culture of our schools is hurting them. I think it creates situations where schools that were already doing well will continue to get the resources they need to do well but struggling schools will continue to fail-

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by being denied the help that they need. Also I agree that it limits the scope of what a teacher can include in their lessons. They will have to cover content that will be on the tests so there won't be consequences for the school, but at the cost of possibly missing out-

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By developing their understanding of working with different mediums, influences, and tapping into their own experience, fluent students will be able to express themselves in through their art in meaningful ways.

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Q1 For art I think having students ask and answer questions about art is a good way to foster their critical thinking skills. By analyzing a work of art they are engaging with it more than just what they physically see.

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To develop literacy in art I think it's important to have students examine the influences in their life and make connections between other artists and their own technical skills.

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@mil_peyton I think it's important for all of us to try to be on the lookout for new ways to teach our content and shake things up every now and again. Not just to keep the students engaged, but for our own sanity and preventing getting burnt out.

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Q3
Some ways I could implement UDL in the classroom is by providing different kinds of examples. When introducing a new medium I would do a teacher demonstration, and then could provide a handout that outlines the steps and also provide video demonstrations as well.

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@kye_lopez I think connecting art to something the student is already interested in is the best way to get them motivated, especially if they unsure of their skills.

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@TheReal_IzPiz I also like concepts maps for their versatility, especially for art when combining information about artists, their works, and they culture they are a part of.

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@wilder_savanna I agree, I think it's important that we make sure to spend time building a language foundation for our students so they don't get left behind.

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Demonstrations allow the students to visually see how a medium is used. They also allow for the teacher to introduce vocabulary in a way that the students can make connections with what is going in the demonstration.

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Q4
I think the most effective literacy strategy for art is demonstrations. Many students when they see a painting or sculpture may have no idea where someone would even start to make something like that.