Urban Scrawl 2011
Check out this awesome live mural painting festival going on later this month! It takes place downtown in the Franklinton Arts District on August 27th and 28th and features live […]
The Creativity Crisis
Here is an article from Newsweek (via the Daily Beast) that outlines the decline in creativity in children over the past twenty years. Also included is a description of the […]
More Links
For word cloudsТ Т and Prezi.Т Both are easy, fun, and useful for classroom use.
The importance of Arts education
Below is an article from Guggenheim.org stating the importance of Arts education in school. Т Their study states that including Arts education improves students’ problem-solving skills and creativity. Т This is especially […]
Reading and Writing Our 21st Century: CAWP conference
This is going to be a wonderful day! Т I participated in the Columbus Area Writing Project one summer and it was a fantastic place to get exicted my own writing, […]
Teaching texting as concise language
Check out this article from the New York Times about using texting to teach writing. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/opinion/20selsberg.html?scp=1&sq=selsberg%20text&st=cse Follow-up letters to editorial are here:Т http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/opinion/l29short.html?scp=2&sq=selsberg%20text&st=cse What do you think?
CAW: Creative Arts of Women
Hi Everyone, Here is a link to the next Carnegie Gallery Show. Hope to see you there.
School Blog
Here is the link to one of my school blogs used for summer reading. http://briggslitblog.blogspot.com/ Not much activity but a short clip useful for anyone teaching 1984.
Links for Builders show
Hi, all, Here are a couple more resources for House/Divided, the Builders Association show.Т One is a link to the Builders’ development blog, which has entries both from company members […]
What is media literacy?
What is media literacy? Take the PBS quiz and assess your knowledge of media tools and usage. After you take the quiz, ask yourself: What in the quiz surprised you? […]
PAGES 2011-2012 artists-in-residence
Elizabeth Harelik is a second year MA student in the History, Literature, and Criticism program in the Department of Theatre at the Ohio State University. She has a BA in […]
Artists and Teachers: Creating Meaningful Arts-integrated Curriculum Units
Arnold Aprill, founder of the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE) will hold a free workshop July 9, 2011, from 9am-1pm. Arnold Aprill is a dynamic educator and this workshop […]
Less is more (teaching concise writing)
Pages teacher partners, this article is right in sync with the conversation we had the other day. The NY Times just releases some great lesson plan ideas for short concise […]
Motivating Students to Write: Writing for an Audience
Writing for an AudienceThis article Writing for an Audience seemed timely as we approach the performing arts experience with Bill Frisell. Students will write music reviews and just in their […]
Things to listen to!
For this Music Monday I thought it would be hip to just post some mp3s for you to listen to. Some will be from Speedy, Jimmy and Bill, but others […]
The Pages Program (Wexner Center for the Arts) 