Class+Notes


 * Asthetic Education 222 Class Notes**

we watched video of Maxien Greene-involved-percetions-process vs product-process to notice things. Spark. Today assignment build clay figure/scuptures. First-We made several noticing about the room- smell-dirty-music-low seats and very empty. Then, we started are little people. We were given thin wire for its skeleton and then we added clay. I felt my figure was fine. I just had a hard time getting him to stand. Once we completed our little people, we positioned then around the ceramics room to give it a story/setting. I placed mine by the door way so he could blow kisses goodbye. I enjoyed doing this assignment. It was familar to me and brought back memories of my past art classes.
 * Class 1 Monday, 9/1, (HIRT 306) ** Survey, course introduction, syllabus, arts name tags
 * Class 2 Wednesday, 9/3, (MAC LAB) ** Special topics in addressing aesthetic education - wikis, visual journals vs. e-visual journals, glogster, delicious, visual culture.
 * Class 3 Monday, 9/8, (Zurn)** Warm-up visual art (Camille)

Visiting the annex to see the Barber Insitute Program Artshow- Large, fun, colorful, repetition, beautiful pieces of work.-embrassing differences Met with one of the artist. Class 5 Monday, 9/15, (TAYLOR LITTLE THEATER) ** Theater Games (Avalon) Today, We were on stage. Language -What things do we not say-Noticing body position and body lanuage. I was very uncomfortable but I made it through. The boxes and being in back of the stage gave a sense of security. My scenes- Mom waiting for dad to come home and deal or no deal. After awhile I felt more comfortable on the stage. We reflected on the Avalon-interactions-connections-expressions-preceptions. *Classroom - act out vocab. words - conections between teachers and students. Be present-be engaged-notice.
 * Class 4 Wednesday 9/10, (ERIE ART MUSEUM, 411 State Street) ** Visit Avalon installation Work of Art, art exhibition activities . Our class met at the museum. After a breif tour we gathered around to make noticings of the Avalon Diner installation by Lisa Lichtenfels. See link/notes http://mercyhurstaestheticed.wikispaces.com/Works+of+Art
 * Class 6 Wednesday, 9/17, (HIRT 306)** //** Revisit/Contextual (Avalon) **// Lincoln Center Model & AEI -engage personnally to art through process. -makes you feel alive -soulful. Build critical thinking skills, preception, dicover thier own voice. Aesthetics process creates individuals to notice and connect to their surroundings.- able to express themselves. We discussed the Avalon.

Research the **Elements of Art** and **Principles of Design** online. How can they be used in the context of Aesthetic Education? You will need to: post an example of how they are used or could be used in a teaching context (and POST UNDER "DESIGN" ON OUR CLASS PAGE). You will need to find a relevant link and include it below also. You also need to include a link or your own description about the significance of the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Don't forget to post your name and a description of the link(s), video(s) or page(s). Student Responses: Amy Blicha: The Elements of Art and Principles of Design give us the tools (concepts) that are needed in creating art in all forms. The seven Elements of Art are ** color, value/tone, form/shape, line/point, space, texture, time ** and seven Principles of Design are ** balance, contrast and emphasis, pattern and repetition, gradation, movement and rhythm, scale and proportion, unity and harmony. The elements and principles ** guide an artist to make choices to create a piece of work that is aesthetically pleasing. Without the understanding of these tools a piece of work will lose its meaning and impact the artist is trying to make. As for Aesthetic Education, once these basic concepts are understood, one can bring more meaning and connections to a piece of work by knowing how to ‘read’ it. Then Aesthetics continues to enhance the art experience by bringing acknowledgment of content, symbolism, and meaning into the artwork. [|Composition and Design] This site links the understanding of Visual Art to Language Arts- simple ways to teach children [|Questions to Foster] This site give teachers ideas to -//Encouraging Creative Thinking  with  Awareness  Questions  // Aesthetic Education has been an awakening to how powerful and important the skill of noticing and making connections through art can be for an individual. The activities we have been experiencing in our class have given us the opportunity to step into the shoes of a clay sculptor, and observer and an actor on stage. These activities have allowed us to learn basic skills and terms, to experience art, and to learn how to notice and make connections, resulting in a new understanding of the arts. The Avalon has been our focal point of these experiences and the bases of our learning process of Aesthetic Education. As we revisit the Avalon in each class, our noticing became more detailed and our connections to the piece became more meaningful and even changed. By using only one example in depth, we are experiencing the meaning of Aesthetics Education and are now able to apply it to our own lives. After reading the article //Rich and Compelling Content//, //Notes –Governor’s Institute for the Arts Educators, 2008// the link between how this concept of depth vs. breadth can be used to teach and be effective became clear by simply looking at our own class. Therefore, showing us how a teacher can effectively use Aesthetic Education by choosing rich and compelling content in their everyday lesson plans in all subject areas. When a teacher chooses to use rich and compelling content instead of a large quantity of general information, a teacher can guide the instruction to help students make personnal connections to what they are learning and experiencing. The teacher is also able to modify lesson to the student’s level of knowledge, relevance to the student and their environment therefore as stated by Sizer “achieving a greater level of understanding and more appropriate learning outcome.” -which we all should hope for. -As stated in the ** //WikEd article by G.Vigneron// “Teaching it (Aesthetics Education) helps students become more aware and accepting of all people and cultures and abilities” **
 * Class 7 Monday, 9/22, (MAC LAB)** Basic design overview and compelling content Discuss midterm project due 10/6 – wikis and e-journals

Podcasting and vod Casting wiki page   artseducator20.wikispaces.com giae podcasting Podcast all but video.
 * Class 8 Wednesday, 9/24 (MAC LAB) ** Special topics in aesthetic education – considering technology resources (podcasts, vodcasts, machinimas, VoiceThread, YouTube, TeacherTube, Zamzar, Web 2.0, etc.)- in researched many wiki/web sites in our lab class

Teachertube.com-video- is a statement made by students on how teachers can not be "Old School" Digital Students @Analog Schools
 * Description- Marco Torres, was a keynote. Movie: Digital Students @ Analog Schools Students today are native to technology and schools seem to be stuck in the past. They are not accommodating to todays digital learners. Here is a video where students speak out on what it means to be a digital student at a analog school.**


 * Class 9, Monday, 9/29 (HIRT 306) ** Warm-up music (Cherie) http://mercyhurstaestheticed.wikispaces.com/Music+Resources Music is very abstract and creates a deeper kind of learning. First step inflection -say your name. Play instruments. Geico Commercial- see Wiki site examples. We then grabed a partner to write a commercial. Commercial -I was frustrated with creating my wiki site-Edit, Links,Widgets OH MY! So I sought help from my wise instructors.halailuiah.And now my wiki is complete. Next we listened to Highway 61 then wrote our own Song-Oh Lord Oh Lord how hard it has been, Oh lord how hard it has been, As I am staring at my computer screen again....... Write a blue song"the wiki blues"- This came very easy to write. Nervous to perform but I did get into it. I had a great team!

Mary statements " ** the rhythm is in you" "the spirit of a teacher is the Blues."You are only as good as your instrument-if you do not make a mistake you are not going to grown-Music is the key to life's spirit.
 * Class 10, Wednesday, 10/1 (walker recital hall hirt theater)** Mary Alice Brown-wow! I could not believe it. My favorite class. I could have listened to Mary Alice all night. Mary Alice reviewed the history of blues. Robert Johnson, Bessy Smith-her favorite. Blues is an American Tradition. Music is the key to life. 3 cords. I experienced so much about blues. They way she sang-moved across the stage- 80 years old-no way. To top it off she sang my song! and with me! It was an experience of a life time.

Class 11, Monday, 10/6 (MAC LAB)** Midterm Project Due – Peer Assessment of wikis – ejournals Wikis are hard- I hope I did OK! I spent hours and hours and hours on it! Class time was used to look at each students wiki. My site was the very last one. Revisit Mary Alice Brown.


 * Class 12, Wednesday, 10/8 (HIRT 306)** Avalon – Diner Blues (Cherie) We assembled in groups and wrote a blues song about the Avalon diner- ours was about the old lady in the house coat and old man. Instruments were diner items-cup, spoon, sugar packets etc. We listen to //Give me one reason//- Tracy Chapman. The Blues- the only origianl art form-beginning in america. Reviewed 3 Chords I I I I, IV IV I I, V IV I I 12 bar blues, Texture-layering of sound in music.


 * Class 13, Monday, 10/13 (Dance hall-zurn)** Dance activity (Music) (Christine) First, we observed the dancers perform Born to Hand Jive musical number. I was great to see them perform -also act silly. Were they nervous because we were so close? We then moved to a dance studio to learn how to move through space by leaping across a room, walking, skipping. We then performed tribal moves - this was very fun. The part that was scary was when we had to make up and perform infront on the group. We did not do very well but at least we tried. We all lived.

** Class 14 Wed. 10/15 (Hirt 306) ** NIN activities http://mercyhurstaestheticed.wikispaces.com/Music+Resources-see videos I love the Nine Inch Nails. We analyized and compared the NIN release of hurt to Johnny Cash. compare original to copy. NIN-helplessness-no hope- going to kill himself-sound is hard-graining-dicord. Cash-life over-life reflection-regret-career over-soft-train-wants to live. Recommend book-Dan Pink- "a whole new Mind" Number one in sales- containers to hold our stuff Can not outsource Ideas-Imagination Created a CrossRoads Album Cover/Poster- My group- Madonna at a crossroads in her life.

** Class 15 Monday, 10/20 No Class

Class 16, Wednesday, 10/22** D ance Warm-Up (Christine) Hirt Stage- We designed a walk/path/patern to do on stage. Then we learned the dance step to the Saturdays performance. This was done with excersize balls. I thought I was going to hit the floor. I didn't. Being on stage makes me very nervous. As i talked to others we all felt the same way -very uncomfortable. Oddly enough this made me feel comfortable. I relaxed and really enjoy the experience. I think we all did. Christine gaves us the details/meaning of what this weekends performs were about.

**Saturday October 25 2pm show-MercyhurstCollege Dance Performance- Ballet to Broadway** Favorite performance was the Circular Thoughts. After our class with the dances and Christien -knowing the meaning of the ball- lifes stressers. To watch the performance was magical and deep. The use of the lights, costumes, lines and spacing of the dancers had such meaning in relationship to the music.


 * Class 17, Monday, 10/27 (HIRT 306)** CULMINATING PROJECT DUE Dance post-performance follow-up session (Christine)

Course Summary- more hours on the WIKI!!!!!
 * Class 18, Wednesday, 10/29 (MAC LAB)** FINAL E-VISUAL & WIKI JOURNAL DUE – presentations & peer assessment
 * Class 19, Monday, 11/3 (MAC LAB)** Culminating Project Reviews-Special topics in addressing aesthetic education – Arts resources, arteducator 2.0, arts standards for aesthetics, aesthetic response

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**Class 20, Wednesday, 11/5 (MAC LAB)** Culminating Project Reviews Special topics in addressing aesthetic education – special learners, keyarts, differentiated instruction

Wednesday, 11/12 FINAL PAPER DUE