I rewrote the Middle level curriculum this past school term. I was aked to structure all my work using KUDs. (Know Understand Do). As part of this work, I wanted to expand my program to include concepts and organizational approaches that might benefit my student and the community as a whole. I began researching other district sites in all grades levels outside of the area. One overwhelming area that I notice I lacked, was the use of a Blog. I found myself taking so much time reaching out to resources to promote the smallest of opportunities that were being offered to students. By doing this, I was neglecting some other aspect of my program. Time is everything. You need to promote the arts in the greatest possible way for the most impact on your program. Basically...show and tell!!!
When we went over E-Blogger in class on June 21st, my mind got thinking back to what I came across and how might I organize a site for the CMS ART DEPARTMENT. I set up the account. Over the break, I entered a simple "welcome to..." entry. I was amazed at how easy it was to write, post, and change mistakes after posting to this blog. I got intrigued. I had to see what else it could do. While watching a movie, I decided to add another posting. This time I thought...what do I put on my blog....I remembered back to my work on the curriculum, essential questions, and exemplar sites seen. I would use this blog....
1. Communicate the smallest of positive connections made by me as a teacher with students
2. Offer connections to the surrounding community resources in the arts for all ages
(example...Burlington City Arts, Art Contests, local exhibits, etc)
3. Inspiration through other artists works outside of CMS(websites, digital portfolios, etc)
4. Continuing Education Opportunities (courses, workshops, higher level institutions, etc)
5. Exemplar connections made by students in the arts
6. And so on!!!
It was like a waterfall! So many things that I wanted to tell people that we do at CMS and the amazing connections made by students. I wanted to add so many pictures with full descriptions of what was being shown. I had to hold back adding to the CMS Art Blog so I could get the rest of my blogging done for this class. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn such a powerful tool! I look forward to showing others how to set up an account and get off and going. Oh yeah...I never realized it but some of my favorite art/motorcycle websites are actually Blogger sites! To funny...never took notice to this until now!
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