Jake's College Graduation Announcement

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21st C Women via Toms

                       21st C Women via Toms

When "Toms" asked for photos and posts of their shoes & flags, 

I decide to post a painting that I am working on. 

It represents women, 

or more specifically mothers 

and the struggles that they face globally. 

I suggested that "Toms" consider using donated,limited edition artwork, printed on shoes as a special money-raiser.

So check out the "Toms" One for One Community Wall

and become part of the movement.

Trendoffice: Fashion and Interior Design: Milan’s new Max Mara store

                 Trendoffice: Fashion and Interior Design:
                     Milan’s new Max Mara store


For all of you trying to make a connection between various areas of Design. Check out the Trendoffice blog. Very timely news on all areas of design, trendy styles and a nice place to network about design in general. 

JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out

How will you use art to "turn the world inside-out? What message is the artist trying to impart through his art and his travels across the world? Why should we wake up and take notice?

How To Tackle Hard Creative Projects - ArtBistro.com

How To Tackle Hard Creative Projects - ArtBistro.com

GAP

Google Art Project

This is incredible and was shared by one of my favorite blogs, "The Carrot Revolution". Anyone who loves art should check out this site. I am not sure that I agree with dsgran's blog that we will no longer need field trips, in fact I think this site is a great preamble to a field trip. But what a way to virtually visit most any museum in the world and get a better feel for the reality of Art as it exists in real time. 

detailed closeup

This site is rich with layers of discovery from museums, to artists, to history, to even setting up your own "private collection" which would be valuable for students or teachers. So enjoy!

Surrealistic Landscapes

                                                
  AP 2D Design - Surrealistic Landscapes - these are a series of landscape photos taken by my AP 2D design students and modified in a surreal direction for a class assignment. Some are humorous, some simply surreal, but all are creative. Good job!

              Educational Networking - Steve Hargodon

Those of you that follow Steve's Blog and the wonderful resource of Classroom 2.0 should all peruse a copy of this whitepaper. The span and scope of pertinent information is worth the time to read!

Edublog

Edublog is a great way to integrate online communication with your classroom assignments.This particular link highlights suggestions to get started.

Top100 Tools for Learning 2010

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Top100 Tools for Learning 2010

View more presentations from Jane Hart.

Social Networking

along with this general introduction video - check out this extensive list of social networks by Wikipedia - ridiculously long maybe - but impressive.
 List of Social Networks

Educational Networking

Communication Media History Video

Classroom 2.0 - Excellent site for teacher's to connect
Online Peer Review - Jobe Thesis
AP 2D Design Ning site - class specific social networking
Center for Learning & Performance Tech

Networking

Public Art

Mural on a public wall in downtown Park City, Utah.

To all my AP 2d students - please comment below...


Describe your first impression of this piece of public art. 


What Principles of Art have been employed to make this a successful work of art?  


Why do you think the artist chose to use color in the way he/she did? 


What inspiration does this piece give you for an art project?

Some of my students thought this was really a cool video. I have to agree. Kids still love to see something simply creative - and it is clean!

Mesa State Men's soccer

Voicethread Example

Women in Morocco - This "voicethread" is an example of an interactive process that can allow students and teachers to asynchronously communicate about almost any topic. It is a great teaching and networking tool for any age, level, or curriculum area.

A nice quote by Homer

A nice quote by Homer

Cindi Jobe: Media Presentation - EMDTMS

Cindi Jobe: Media Presentation - EMDTMS

Italy

If you click on each of these links, you will see my pictures of the Art Trek and NHS trip to Italy over spring break. This is an educational opportunity for our students to experience the culture of another country.

Milan to Venice via Verona
Venice
Adriatic Sea
San Gimignano

Florence – Day 1                                    Florence – Day 2
Assisi
Rome – Day 1
Rome – Day 2
Rome – Day 3

Week 4 - PBS Video: Digital_Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

Here is a fascinating video shown on PBS and shared through arted2.0. With all our discussions this week surrounding our teaching environments and dream jobs, I thought this documentary goes a long way in describing the world we are teaching within and our students are learning within.



Retrieved on March 24, 2010 from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/

Week 4 - Comment on Bianca's Post

Week 4 - Post 1 - Getting past the wall

Posted by Bianca at 10:51 PM 

*sigh*

I had the worst problem getting started on my media project. Well, to be more specific, I had the worst problem getting started on themedia portion of my media project. I'd had my idea, a branching dialogue customer service simulation in Udutu, solidified since our first week. I had the whole idea all mapped out, but when it came to actually creating it in Udutu I had the most terrible time getting started. I hummed and hawed and vaguely poked in its general direction until just finally getting it properly rolling and working today (status update: got a great chunk of it in order and I feel confident about having it more than 75% done by the time I do my presentation).

It's not that I wasn't excited about the media project; in fact, I was kind of elated to be putting my thesis materials into practice finally. It's more that I'm starting to just get TIRED.

I've been pushing myself in both my school and work life for the past 11 months and it turns out pushing myself past exhaustion is finally starting to catch up with me. I just want to crawl into a fetal ball and sleep for a month or so to recover. Alas, there's still 5 more weeks to go, so no recovery hibernation for me just yet.

I thankfully hit a second wind (or, well, maybe eightieth wind to be more accurate) today and getting the project to work finally will definitely get me through this week at the very least (although I'm hoping the delight of finally getting a breakthrough will boost my energy for longer).

I'm hoping this will all work out like the exercise class I took the other week. It was my first yoga/pilates/tai chi-style class in a long time and around the middle I honestly thought I couldn't go any further. Not long after that, though, I caught a second wind and by the end of the class I felt fabulous.

So here's to us ALL catching that second wind, making it through the rest of the program, and coming out the other end feeling amazing and refreshed... or, at least surviving the next 5 weeks. Yes, just surviving would suffice ;)

(Anime self portrait made with the help of the Anime Face Maker v1.0 by ~geN8hedgehog, which is an excellent stress reliever, might I add)