blogs and comments

We are so excited to be able to provide the opportunity the opportunity for two schools to get a chance to share ideas about art education together!  We hope you enjoy this experience and learn to love blogging! 

There are 27 blogs total under "My blog list".  You can comment on any of the blogs there from either school. Please try and label your blog with a title related to the assignment to help others read your blog post and comment on it. After the 27 blogs from this semester are 6 from last semester. They all have "z" at the beginning to make sure they are listed last on our list. Feel free to check them out if you wish. We also have a spot under under our blog list called "related Blogs to check out".  Listed here are some art teacher blogs and student teacher blogging about their experiences.  If you find an interesting blog you would like posted, just send it to your professor and she will add it to our related blogs list.  I hope this helps our site be less confusing!  

Happy blogging and happy commenting!

Rachel and Wendy

VP in Dubuque arrested

Just imagine how difficult this will make the lives of many teachers in the coming months. As a teacher you are held to high standards. One mistake or moral misstep could end your career. Parents, students, peers, and supervisors are always watching. If you consider the amount of trust society places in teachers this constant surveillance is just a small price to pay for such a noble calling.  Below is a link to a wonderful set of things to consider as a teacher.
http://www.tolerance.org/activity/dos-and-donts-student-teacher-conduct

 

Teaching Tolerance

Website for Thomas Kinkade

Just thought you might enjoy seeing his website...not sure enjoy is the right word.

What Kids Can Do

What Kids Can Do is the organization who helped to sponsor Kathleen Cushman's book, Fires in the Bathroom.
What a great organization!

Art for Social Change Hot House March 5-6-7 In Cedar Rapids

http://www.legionarts.org/theatre/Hothouse.htm

Welcome!!!!

Welcome to the Secondary Methods Blogosphere...
We invite you to join us on our blogging adventure. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you begin your own blog this semester.


Blogging Protocols

1) Use a pseudonym for yourself. Do not name names, especially the names of the school where you are working or the students with whom you have contact. This includes your peers.
2) Do not use foul language or language that may offend other people.
3) Do not use text abbreviations such as LOL or CUL8tr.
4) Take time to compose your writing well. Please spell check and fact check. These blogs are graded. While this is a novel way of recording your reflections on your experiences and reading, remember this is also an academic exercise.
5) Do not post photos where your identity or the identity of others is revealed.
(You can post pictures where the back of a person’s head if visible or their hand. You can also post things, but not recognizable places or people). Do not post any photographs which are incriminating.
6) When commenting on the posts of others keep an open mind, do not personally attack the views of others. If you disagree with something someone has posted feel free to engage in a discussion that provides sound reasoning to back up your point of view. Ask them to clarify what they mean in order to better understand their point of view.
7) Remember your audience for this blog is your professor and other pre-service teachers. So… be professional.
8) Please restrict your blog to posts about our reading, your experience as an artist and teacher, and your field experience. When this course is over you can expand on these themes, but for now…
9) Do not post advertisements on your blog.