blog back to Emily and Ashely

Me to Emily: Videotaping is a great tool that can be used many ways for you, students and finding new ways of doing art. Teachers can notice what their students are doing or not doing and help change or re-work their programs. Emily just standing in front of the camera can be intimidating, but for me it’s a great tool for me to overcome what we do not like.
Adding the student’s survey into the curriculum maybe on a weekly or monthly basis could change the way we teach. I have been thinking of adding a survey at the end of the week to see what is on my student’s minds and pull from their thoughts to make me a better teacher.
What if you add the two group methods to the lesson plans as part of the lesson that the students do. They can chat about what is going on in the classroom. This way you and the student see the outcome. This could also be turned into a class art project that reflected back on through the progress that happens within a time frame. This way you have the data of their achievement within learning controlled group. This shows through their own artwork and what happened within that time frame. I might add something like this within my own lesson plans in the future.

Me to Ashely: Letting our past influence the way we see things can be great opportunities for teachers and students to see what the human mind can do. When we add each of these experiences to the curriculum or when we allow them to guide us through each different experience, these can be powerful ways for us to connect with our students. Ashley, I also try to identify with my students to help me understand them better.  In this way, I can make connects with them so that I can tweak the curriculum to help them become better students. You would not be a teacher if you were not passionate, caring and understanding.  Its being a real person that will help you connect with the students, they can smell blood in the water if you know what I mean. Having that interaction with students is a great form of relationship. You evaluating yourself and then finding the answer with the help of your students is something that I want to improve on. Having that one on one time works very well.