I have officially graduated from TEACHERS COLLEGE!!! WOOO HOO!!
Convocation was held on June 17th, 2011.
May 28, 2011
Artist to Arts Educator
The grand finale! Our year end presentation is meant to be a representation of our journey through teacher college at York University. We had a few guidelines to follow; it had to be under 10 minutes, we needed to explore another art form other than our own, and if we were visual arts (me) we needed to incorporate technology into our presentation.
My good friend Lana and I decided to pair up, as she is a music major (jazz voice), and I am a visual artist. From the beginning of the year we started to record little snippets our our journey. We then compiled these videos in order, and then reversed them. Lana also wrote some music, while also combining music with preexisting songs to make a music montage. Our artistic representation is titled “Look Forward then Look Back”. This theme and title of our presentation is starting with the end in mind, which is needed as educators.
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April 21, 2011
At Promise Student
Yesterday we did a performance in the Human Development course at York University, which is apart of the BEd program. My friend Tyler and I partnered up for this performance which was to represent an ‘at promise’ student. I chose to represent a low level student in an HSP program, where Tyler chose to represent a gifted student. Both students we felt were not having their needs met in their educational growth.
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April 7, 2011
Pop Ups!
As you may have already noticed from previous blog posts, I am a little addicted to pop ups! This week in the Arts Integration course we learned some new awesome Pop Up skills. I was able to teach these techniques to the grade 7 & 8′s at my current placement. So much fun, and so magical.
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March 26, 2011
Photography Club
I have created the first Photography Club in my teaching placement. Currently this club is only offered to the grade 8′s, due to such a high volume of interest. I am only one person after all! We learn digital imaging, photography skills, and also take time to critique at the beginning of each meeting. I’m so proud of the members, they continually produce amazing images!
Check out our blog at www.rhphotoclub.elizabethlouter.com
There you can see our weekly lessons, student posts, and our own student gallery!
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March 25, 2011
Rod Puppets
This week we created rod puppets using Crayola’s Model Magic. This was one of my favorite projects yet! I’m excited to create puppets during my teaching placement. This is a fabulous way of integrating literacy into any subject.
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March 5, 2011
Triarama
Exploring the arts is always fun in the Arts Integration course at York University. This week we made triarama’s, which is like a diorama, but with only 3 sides. I wanted to use this activity for my geography lesson, but wasn’t able to due to time constraints! I hope to use this art activity in the future.
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Book Binding
We have started our new semester, and we are now in a course with Heather Miller called Arts Integration. This week we have learned how to make our own bound books, which we will be specifically using as a visual journal. I’m looking forward to creating these books with my grade 8 class this week! These books will be used for Visual Arts & Poetry.
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February 5, 2011
The Arts Part: Arts & Literacy
I just received my certificate for taking the course; The Arts Part: Arts & Literacy. I learned from the wonderful instruction of: Kathy Lundy, Junia Mason, Heather Miller, and Karen Steffenson.
This course was 5 full Saturdays starting in the new year, and I was completely inspired! We were taught different approaches to integrating the arts into literacy, or literacy into the arts. Every week was spent focusing on a particular art (ie. Visual, Dance, Drama & Music). The final week we put all of the art forms together! I had so much fun, and I am excited to use this information in my current practicum placement. Below is an image of the mask I made in the Visual Arts week, which we also used for Drama and Dance!
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June 28, 2010
Nature Photography Instructor
I am now a photography instructor at the TD College (Toronto Digital College), teaching Nature Photography this fall. They also have other great classes to take such as; Photoshop, Portrait, Fashion, Lighting… all taught by professional photographers.
Feel free to sign up for classes, as I would love to see you there!!
Take a look at the TD College website at: www.tdcollege.ca
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