Education & The Arts O Fall 2022

  I Mini-lessons   Dharma Wong Antonio Couto II  Creativity in the Classroom This video illustrates how creativity can be used in a classroom context by supplying teachers with strategies to use creativity in the classroom every day. Through the use of interviews with renowned scholars in the field and practice based narrative, this video gives an overview of the use of creativity to enhance academic outcomes. The main message conveyed by this video is to have creativity as part of every teacher’s toolbox and develop the strategic use of eliciting creativity.   Segments & Themes Discussed in this Video    Segment I: Why creativity now? (min. 0:00 - 12:20) Creativity involves newness. Creativity is a capacity everyone has  Creativity and learning can go hand in hand Creativity enhances subject matter learning and vice versa. Creativity requires for one to be comfortable proposing creative ideas.   Segment 2: What Can Creativity Add to Y...

    I   Warm Up   II   Mini - lesson 3 Delaney Greenwald III   EDUCATIONAL VIDEO  Watch the following videos and come up with your own conclusion. See the question below. Passion Projects for Children  Question 1 In which way do Passion Projects enhance the quality of the learning experience of school children? IV Question 2 What do the statements "self-starting" and "managing conflict" mean in the context of Passion Projects?   V    Question 3 After watching the video above on a specific type of Passion Project, (which is the Enigma Project); what kind of skills do students develop through it? Question 4 List the parts of the Enigma Project and explain the role of each part.   Question 5 Why would the Enigma Project be an important methodology to implement in the classroom? Question 6 What is the mission of the school where these Enigma Projects are implemented? VI Activity American Expats Our Enigma Project will be to foc...

   I     Mini - Lessons  Hannah Arsianian Grace Johnsen II   Activity Write your feedback about each lesson using affirmations.   III   EDUCATIONAL VIDEO A real education: The plight of teachers   QUESTION  After watching this video, please write your response to the situation teachers are currently going through financially, professionally, socially, psychologically and emotionally.      

   I Question 1. After watching the video, write your reflection. II The Warm Up Parts of the Brain Dance Breathing Tactual  Core-distal Head-tail Upper-lower Body-half Eye-tracking Cross-lateral Vestibular Breathing Question 1 What is important about this warm up?      Question 2 What would you change if it were your class?   --------------   III   INTRO TO CREATIVE MOVEMENT   Creative Movement is a joyful way for children to explore movement through music, develop physical skills, channel energy, stimulate imagination and promote creativity. Creative movement uses body actions to: communicate an image (the wind), communicate an idea (a journey) or communicate a feeling (strength). The Class Tips Keep it simple Easy Steps Music current and appropriate Face the students Age Appropriate Scattered dances Allow students to apply the concept  Do not talk too much Let students to express through movement. Ques...

    I   Check In  Warm Up Meditation   II CONCEPT   Tableau Vivant: A tableau vivant, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theater and the visual arts.     Teacher Toolkit: Tableau   Question 1 Based on this video; how can we use tableaux to teach subjects other than theater? ---------------------------------------------   III      Santa Monica Repertory Theater: How to Create a Tableau     Question 2 Based on this video; why are tableaux useful for young students? ---------------------------------------------     IV    Review Concept    What Makes an Effective Tableau     Question 3 Which elements of tableaux are emphasized in this  video? -----------------------...

I         Visual Thinking Strategies: Terra Foundation Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a learner-centered instructional method used to examine and find meaning in visual art. Using a painting from the Terra Foundation collection, Samuel F. B. Morse’s iconic Gallery of the Louvre (1831–33), Yenawine facilitates a VTS discussion, followed by an examination of how the discussion was constructed. Classroom and museum educators and docents interested in learner-centered teaching methods will find this video to be a very useful resource.      QUESTION 1 Explain in your own words the meaning of VTS.     ---------------------------     II   Use the link bellow to check the Collections section of the Lowe Art Museum. Lowe Art Museum - Collections https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/collections      QUESTION 2   Out of the paintings shown in the Collections section, which painting did you like best...

  I   WARM UP   II 6 Musical Ways to Begin a Class https://mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/2016/07/six-musical-ways-to-begin-class.html   Activity 1 Students get in 6 groups and each group puts into practice one of the ideas shared in the link above. Then, they share with the class.     Question 1   Explain in which way this musical beginnings help your students to be better learners? ---------------------   III   INTRO TO MUSIC Music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. It is one of the cultural universal aspects of all human societies. Watch the following videos and answer the questions:   Question 3 What do you think about this teacher's class?   Question 4 Compare and contrast the class shown in this video with the class from the previous one. ---------------------   III ACTIVITY 1 Creating group harmonies with random instruments! ...

  Part I Check in  WARM UP Meditation   Activity 1 Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation , mindfulness and relaxation techniques. 12 reasons why teachers should use warm-up activities   Question 1   After reading the article above, why is important to warm up?  Post your answer on Discussion Board.   -------------- Part II    INTRO TO THE CONCEPT OF ACTION PLAN   An action plan is a detailed plan outlining actions needed to reach one or more goals. Alternatively, it can be defined as a "sequence of steps that must be taken, or activities that must be performed well, for a strategy to succeed."  VIDEO Question 2   What is your impression of the action plan descri...