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= = =Amy B. =  Mercyhurst College Erie, PA [|www.mercyhurst.edu] 2010

//"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." // //- Pablo Picasso //



Welcome to My Education Wiki Site. This site was designed to hold all my notes, research, projects, and links on Elementary and Special Education. It will constantly grow everytime I am here. As I learn. As I notice more. As I connect to the world around me. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoy.

I first created this site for my Aesthetics Education Course EDUC 222 at Mercyhurst College Fall 2008.

Let's start with the definition of Aesthetics [] // Adjective - 1. // pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality // Noun - 4. a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place: // the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic

//The definition I like the best was stated by //// Maxine Greene (2001). Part 1:Defining/Notes on Aesthic Education page 6. // "** Aesthetic education," then, is an intentional undertaking designed to nurture appreciative, reflective, cultural, participatory engagements with the arts by enabling learners to notice what is there is to be noticed, and to lend works of art their lives in such a way that they can achieve them as variously meaningful. ** What did you notice today? You will find the following on this wiki site:

Aesthetic Ed. Resources
Create a page for Aesthetic Ed. Resources for your wiki. These can be links or relevant websites, etc.. Next spend some time researching at least five of the educational resources.Find or create at least one Aesthetic Education resource from at least five of the categories above and embed them into your wiki. This assignment is open-ended. That means that you will create or find something relevant to both yourself and Aesthetic Education. We are interested in diversity in ideas since there are many ways these resources could be used both personally and in your future classroom or other educational setting.

Create a series of at least 3 journal pages (that incorporate both images and text) that summarizes what you have learned about Aesthetic Education (readings, class activities, connections to other websites and resources, videos, etc.) using Glogster, Scrapblog or LiveJournal and embed it into your wiki page.

**Visual E-Journal Assignment Using Hands-On Materials**
Journals, diaries, and logs are written and visual records of student’s ideas, reflections, experiences, explorations, notes, studies, replies to teacher’s questions, and statements on goals and objectives. Student journals are useful as both teaching and assessing tools. Create a series of at least four visual journal pages with art materials, scan in the pages and upload them to your wiki.

Content and Self Reflection
Development of your wiki

[|Aesthetic Ed.EDUC222]
Our class page

Favorite Wiki Resources
check out a few examples of wiki

Culminating Project
Group project- Artwork -Luvenise by Evan Everhart 2008