Sean and I continued where we left off with our last PLC meeting. Today we discussed our individual together) class's smart goals.
Sean's smart goal is for his IB class. His goal is to revise the rubrics for investigation workbooks in order to meet new requirements and language challenge for the IB exam. His main challenges are preparing students for external assessment for they have limited pages that they can submit to reveal their success. The students need to show "more" with less. Furthermore, students will need to reach all categories and levels of the requirements. Sean plans to collect the students "investigation workbooks" every two weeks and assess their progress using a newly revised rubric. The rubric is designed/based on the requirements of the new IB language for final assessment. This will reveal student goals that need improvement on.
My semester's smart goal is for my Computer Art II class. My goal is to have students create a new work of art (a graphic novel mural) that is designed primarily for the 2009 Ohio Governor's Art Show. There are many smaller goals contained in the project itself but the main goal is new to the program which I hope will provide an authentic experience for the student as an artist. The goal's success can be measure through various tools but truly if the student's work is accepted in the show, and if they do then they have succeeded at the "highest" level. The original challenge of this goal was to provide the students with a long range goal for their art work... not just to create it for a grade.
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It's like "Jazzamacoolbaby wow".
It's....
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department blog site.
Yes, it's here, and it's in stereo! Coming to you live in more then three colors.... not to mention with cool and witty blog "thingys" like PLC's, department meeting notes, and lots of cool pictures of kids working (or at least their works... who knows). We might even throw in things like... what really does the color 9 smell like? Who knows?
So check back often for updates.
It's like "Jazzamacoolbaby wow".
It's....
the Aurora's Art
department blog site.
Yes, it's here, and it's in stereo! Coming to you live in more then three colors.... not to mention with cool and witty blog "thingys" like PLC's, department meeting notes, and lots of cool pictures of kids working (or at least their works... who knows). We might even throw in things like... what really does the color 9 smell like? Who knows?
So check back often for updates.
5 comments:
I love the graphic novel idea & think the students will truly love it! I'm wondering if Sean could get assistance from someone like an AP English teacher for his rubric Smart Goal? Just a thought, as I've been involved recently with Power of the Pen competitions with my daughter, and I've found writing rubrics are a whole different ballgame! Plus, back to a prior issue, I'm very sorry to hear that you guys can't rank another bit of space. I mean, isn't there a any hope? Does it hurt to ask?
Asked and denied.
The best we could hope for is next year the Apple Computers (MAC's) are in their own lab... which would solve a lot of headaches... but not all.
Well, that's demoralizing isn't it? With the huge focus on 21st century skills, I sure hope the iMacs get their own lab if even that helps a little. You know, I've been following the secondary education thread at Art Ed 2.0, and pretty much most HS programs have more than 2 teachers, as you know.
I found out yesterday morning that"if" (and that's a big if) there is a lab for the MAC's, it won't be for another two years. But from my conversation with Pat, it probably won't happen.
I understand the economic troubles the district is in, and I understand that art isn't important to the powers that be... But with a little less micro-managing and a little more support we could make Aurora's art department even stronger and more recognized. then it is now.
Perhaps it is time to start thinking about grant writing?
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