Aesthetic+Ed.+Resources

** Self-Portrait (I imagine myself as a hybrid of a grasshopper, frog and mouse) ** Watercolor Zack D. Age 8 Yerevan, Armenia http://www.naturalchild.org/gallery/
 * "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."** ** - Pablo Picasso **

Aesthetic Education Resources Assignment #1 The following are a few examples of Aesthetic Resources I researched on the internet. Please Review

You Tube.com Momix 2007 media type="youtube" key="BcWJQNnMr4I" height="344" width="425" The Momix dance video inspired me. I could not figure out if it was puppets on stage or dancers. I felt this was an Aesthetic Resource of dance due to how it made me feel, and notice. Every time I watched this video there was always something more to be seen-the lines of the dancers, the absence of color, the sound of the music. It opened my eyes to something I never experienced before and the desire to learn more about this art form.

VoiceThread.com VoiceThread New way to talk about and share your images, documents, and videos Perfect Picture by Mrs.Schimel's Second Grade media type="custom" key="2081571" VoiceThread.com effectively takes works of art and adds personal voice. The example I choose, Mrs. Schimel’s Second Grade reflects Aesthetics in how through this art form she took a very important day in school and added her student’s voice to their portraits. By doing this, the viewer could experience the art through the eyes of the child and reflect on their own “Picture Day”. We all had them. I can only imagine how the children changed through this process. Did it change their view of their picture day experience ? And then the parents?

Wordle.net Cloud art “Blog in a Nutshell” by [|amitphoto] media type="custom" key="2081663" Wordle.net is a very fun and exciting way to create art with words. It gives us an avenue to create without fear. It is easy to use and you receive instant results. This site is an Aesthetic experience when doing the process of creating a piece. The artist will choose words that have meaning to them and instant connections are made. Viewers find a place to meet with others through wordle clouds and become aware of their same feelings or differences and are easily inspired to create one of their own.

Del.icio.us.com search [|100 People] media type="custom" key="2020134" While on Del.icio.us.com, I came across 100 people. It is a project to find portraits of 100 people that represent our world. To do this, they selected schools across the world to ask children to select a person that represents them. No one famous or well known, a person from their community they value. This is a resource because how these children will research their culture, history and environment. The questions they will ask, their awakening to their world- past, present, and future. Then when the project is complete the effects it will have on everyone. How will we look? How will we be the same? How will we different? Do we value the same things in people?

TED.com Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, architect of Seadragon, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photosphotos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.

media type="custom" key="2020244" This video informs us of Photosynth software. It blows me away! I choose this as an Aesthetic Resources because of how this software is going to impact us visually through our personal photos. It combines our photos with others with the same location to create an amazing in-depth "enriched" connection with one similar view or object. By doing this, we create new and shared connections with a place to create a whole, a gestalt. As a result, it changes and enhances our own experience with that particle moment in time and place. I cannot wait to see how my photos(views) of the world will link together with others.

The thing I noticed about all of the resources I researched, You tube.com, VoiceThread.com, Wordle.net, Del.icio.us.com and Ted.com, is how amazing it is to have the internet. All of these sites gave individuals a voice- a place to be seen and heard. As stated by E.Booth **__The Everyday Work of Art__** page14 “Art became institutionalized, museum-ized, and separated from our daily life: it required experts.” The internet has knocked down so many walls and brought endless amounts of art in all forms and all levels of abilities to everyone. The points made by of Bayles, D. &Orland T. in **__Fears about Yourself__** (2001) of our fears and fears of reception by others, these Aesthetic Resources –along with many others- gives us many opportunities to try, to create our own vision. There is so much to see, to hear, to experience, to explore, and to learn. It is endless.

All of these Aesthetic Resources give a teacher endless resources to help educate students to the world of art and to expose them to different possibilities and different views. These types of resources also help a teacher to create rich and compelling content lesson plans therefore a more effective teaching environment. They give the students opportunities to create works themselves therefore enhancing their own process, noticing skills, and connections.