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Comment on One-to-one computer/student ratios by breabexporo

breabexporo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:56:24 +0000

Thanks for the post

Comment on Updates! by ready2blog

ready2blog — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:56:22 +0000

Thanks for the reminder about the portfolio in EPS 100. I also noticed that you had added some of your tasks from that class to your online portfolio as well. Thanks for the idea! I hope you don’t mind that if I borrow the suggestion. As for the two portfolios, I think that for this point in time both are relevant and can be used equally so both probably can shadow each other and be kept up to date together kind of like one. You never know if an employer will want to look at the actual portfolio in person, or surf it online. A computer may not always be available or discussed properly in person, but at the same time a portfolio on paper is tending to be old finished with the technology available today. Either or I wish you up and thanks again for the heads up! Your site always seems to have given me a lot of help this semester for ideas. You are always ahead of the game and outgoing both in class and in your work, which is great to see from a future teacher.

Comment on One-to-one computer/student ratios by Tech Task #7 | the beginning

Tech Task #7 | the beginning — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:18:40 +0000

[...] some of which turned into my own blog posts. Just as In Schools Today was a response to one of April’s posts, that I just had to copy and paste into my own [...]

Comment on “Pay Attention!” by Spastic

Spastic — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:34:30 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Spastic

Comment on Thoughts on Blogging by Libra Lemons

Libra Lemons — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:52:13 +0000

Wow, thanks for acknowledging one of my post in one of your own posts April. No one has ever done that for me yet. I regret that I didn’t submit more posts and comment more on other’s as it really does help create an on-line support community for teachers and other like minded individuals. I hope everyone continues to contribute to their blogs as I know I will. It’s nearly pizza time!

Comment on Talent & Art by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:41:09 +0000

Hey…good thoughts. Actually, if you ever get a chance, take a class from denis morrison….shes AWESOME! and she does some work with aesthetic experience, and what art exactly is. I look at art in a few ways… art can be a traditional strand (dance, visual art, music, etc) and is done in both formal and informal ways, it is more like a noun in this sense. I also look at art as a sensation. Does it make you appreciate beauty, or in some case, extreme ugliness….what even is beauty ( in the eye of the beholder, right???) So, in saying this….anything could be art! If you’ve ever watched a meteor shower on a cloudless night…that could be art. Or watched a baby stare in wonder at something…that can be beauty. So, I think it is hard to put a definition on what art is….I agree with Lindsay in what she says about art being all around us…whether we realize it or not. Art can be a release, or a creation, or simply an appreciation….it makes it hard to define, but I think we spend too much time trying to define black and white anyways….
Great thought provoking post!

Comment on Obesity Video by Fredrik

Fredrik — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:27:09 +0000

Nice video and love that squirrel picture. Looking forward to your next one.

Comment on Obesity Video by kkrug

kkrug — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:59:57 +0000

April, that video was awesome!!!! Made me laugh, and it was entertaining, but you still get a really great point across. Well done

Comment on Obesity Video by Leanne

Leanne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:29:54 +0000

Love the video April, well done. How did you manage to get these clips into microsoft movie maker? I think it is very well done and good job with the credits at the end. We did a video that took a lot of editing but I am still curious about how you did yours! Email me back if you can! Tahnks and good work!

Comment on Talent & Art by Lindsay Millar

Lindsay Millar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:48:07 +0000

I’ve thought about this question a lot. I have viewed the possibilities of what is art and what isn’t, and have discovered it is hard to create a difference between the two sometimes. But I do have a theory. I believe that art is one of the biggest influences in our lives, whether we realize it or not. Art is essential to our development as human beings. The word art spans many genres and abilities, as the internet displays. I believe that our schools, our lives and our ways of education would be incomplete without art. All the media we view on tv, on commercials, in ads is a product of artistic vision. Music that plays in every store, on our ipods, basically everywhere is art. Without art, we lose a part of enjoyment. I think that there are other subject areas that fulfill similar purposes, but everyone has been touched and involved in art at some point.

When I look at how do we categorize art, I think about where art comes from, which is an inspiration, a spark. I think about the possibilities of that spark, while talent sometimes lends itself in art practices, talent is not necessarily needed to create powerful art. I think it is more about acquiring the skills for the task, just like we learn to count and read. We have to teach art and teach students to think artistically to help generate the spark or inspiration. Art is objective and subjective, unfortunately, in answer to your question, there is not one box I can put art into, and that is what I love about it. I have views on it, but I do not believe my views are the only way.

Good post!