I was not familiar and think that many would like to look at 4,000 vintage postcards of Niagara Falls that span 50 years. What views (rainbows, couples, distant views) are most popular that were not only created but purchased by someone and then saved and eventually ending up in a flea market. Thanks Heather for sharing this connection of postcards to fine art. Fluxus artists used postcards (mail art) as a democratic forum for art exhibition--more on this at http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/f/fluxus.html

This is exciting to me to learn of your experimenting with the ideas from the readings--and that students were engaged.

I envision what this might look like where intrinsic motivation for learning is fostered:

Alphanumeric grades become obsolete and instead evaluation, based on criteria set by the student in dialogue with others in areas of student interest, is presented to global teams of mentors via electronic multimedia portfolios that reflect student learning and thinking.

All the blog URLs are now available. If you would like a title or descriptor by your name on the participants page add it as reply to this topic/thread and I will add it on the course participant page.

A ED 813 Participants
e-address and blog URLs linked below

1. Kathleen Andrzejczak KZA126@PSU.EDU Blog: http://kateaed813.blogspot.com/

2. Rodney Draughn rud142@psu.edu Blog: http://rdraughn.blogspot.com/

3. Heather Fry HJF110@PSU.EDU Blog: https://protected.personal.psu.edu/h/j/hjf110/blogs/heather/2011/01/1-public-pedagogy-meet-and-greet.html

4. Stephen Izzo SWI100@PSU.EDU Blog: http://www.personal.psu.edu/swi100/blogs/s_izzos_aed_813_blog/blog/

5. Laura March lmp254@psu.edu Blog http://lmp254.blogspot.com/

6. Laura McGowen LLM5024@PSU.EDU Blog: https://lauramaed813.wordpress.com

7. Stephanie Melachrinos SNM150@PSU.EDU BLOG: http://defineartabroad.blogspot.com/

8. James Rickard (James_Rickard@mcpsmd.org - Gaithersburg High School, Maryland) JLR530@PSU.EDU
BLOG: http://artinmypocket.wordpress.com/

Please reply to this topic with the URL to your blog. I will gather the URLs from here and put them on the course site at the "Participants" "blogs" link on the left menu at https://elearning.psu.edu/courses/aed813/blogs

Thanks James, I added yours http://artinmypocket.wordpress.com/

Heather, I still can not access your blog at https://protected.personal.psu.edu/h/j/hjf110/blogs/heather/2011/01/1-public-pedagogy-meet-and-greet.html I get this message:

Authorization Required
You do not have permission to access this page. In order to view this page, the page owner must grant you permission using the Access Control Manager.

Heather's blog is now available to me--is it to others? I paste below Heather's blog entry for the meet & greet to generate comments. If you can comment at https://protected.personal.psu.edu/h/j/hjf110/blogs/heather/2011/01/1-public-pedagogy-meet-and-greet.html please do. If not comment here.

1. Public Pedagogy Meet and Greet
By HEATHER JOAN FRY on January 18, 2011 6:40 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
When I try to locate a public sphere of influence, among the many, that may describe the person I am, I don't narrow it down to spaces such as TV, Internet, news, advertisements etc. Instead I'm pointed towards travel. I love to travel, I would go so far as to say I love even the transit of any route that takes me to the destination.
There is something about other physical places, cultures, landscapes, smells, other than my own, that I've always found intriguing. Knowing that there isn't just one event, buildings, a few people, or a comfortable proximity of personal space that is different, but a whole everything.... and that is both entertaining and humbling.
The places that take you in, expand your horizons, and teach you about yourself become what are better known as "sacred places". I remember while traveling alone in my younger years I never came to know myself better than I did then. There were such a collage of places that I involved myself in, rather than just have an outside view of or interface with. Whether it was the lure of the ancient art and old cities of Italy, the huts of Fiji, and the pleasant sound of Australia's slurred vowels, those places still resonate with me.
I find that now in my early thirties, I view places I go slightly different. I don't think I view it so much as a tool to know myself while still learning about others, but how might I stretch what I've experienced (cultural beliefs, ways of doing, art practices or techniques) back to my classroom for my students to have their own experience...enough to ignite an excitement for them to want more. I travel now more through books, stories, and short field trips, but still try, even through that, to develop a motivation or capture enough special spaces for my students to desire to seek and find outside their TV shows, video games and "home-base".

Exciting to read this. I have used the draw a chair activity in many contexts and it always seems to be an eye-opener that there is not just one way, that art and visual communication has varied forms.

BTW, Cyberhouse is now working. We had to reformat the server and reinstall. It is linked in the course site and at http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/~cyberhouse/

I am working on response/feedback/grade letters for exploration 1 that I had hoped to finish yesterday. It is coming.

I saw Waiting for Superman tonight. Did anyone else see it? Karen

Karen,
No. I did not see Waiting for Superman yet. How was it? My union suggested that we see it.

Where did you rent it? Can I get it at a Red Box or Blockbuster? Or was it special order somewhere?

-Steve


Waiting for Superman is playing at a Theatre in State College where I live. I don't think it is for rent yet. The trailer and locations of showings is at http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/

AFT union is contextualized for how it came about and why needed, but also as not current with the educational issues today.

For me it supports what I have found from preparing art teachers for certification, and that is the need to build-in mentorship during the induction years, at least the first year if not the first 3 years.

Karen

I took a look at the site. Amazing the energy, care, and time given to these visual creations! It appears that there is a strong desire to communicate with images in public spaces.