A couple things:
1. I'm wearing pajama pants in this video. Don't judge me.
2. This was way more fun that writing all of the assignments I have to do.
3. I make a few mistakes in the video...deal with it ;o) As such, I tried to upload this video directly to Blogger so the world wouldn't be able to see my blunders on YouTube but it wouldn't let me for some reason. So YouTube it is.
4. Cheers!
Elvis Presley is the king of rock and roll. As far as I'm concerned, this is an indisputable fact. When my "art pretension" group was debating on an artist to choose to present on, someone mentioned to me that we should present on Elvis. I argued that we should try to pick an artist that would be appropriate to teach children about. Obviously, Elvis is an artist that all children should learn about (he is the king, after all), but I'm not sure Elvis is appropriate to learn about in school. You know, the whole man-whore, drug abuse, dying on the toilet thing may not fit in with current curriculum. However, whoever I was talking to argued that we could just focus on the positive aspects of Elvis. You know, his awesome sideburns and sequenced jump-suits! ;o) Just joking! Aspects such as his amazing voice and his commitment to his parents. Anyways, my question to you is is Elvis appropriate for elementary school? Thoughts, comments, concerns?
I must say, I think the art show was a huge success! I definitely wasn't the most excited person in the class about doing the art show, if I'm being honest, as I had my doubts about how many students would actually show up. This is one of those situations where I am happy that I was wrong. The turnout was huge! As I circulated around the room watching others in the cohort interact with their students I noticed a few things. First, our cohort is amazing at interacting and creating relationships with children. You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to see the strong connection that most of us had made with our students during this practicum. Second, not only were students very proud to see their own art work displayed in the art show, but they were also very excited to check out the rest of the amazing art that was on display. That is the real victory of this art show, in my opinion. We didn't just get children excited about doing art in the classroom, but to view and appreciate the art of others.
Hey all,
Hope everyone had a great 3 week practicum! Just a quick post to share a picture of the art project I did with my class. It was a mad rush to get it done in time (find usable leaves after it snowed, find time in the last two days to actually do the work, you know...the usual) but I think they actually turned out really nice. The actual finished products are laminated (you'll see those at the art show) but here is a preview of how they turned out.
