Posts Tagged ‘art’

The Shape of Poetry

17, Apr 2009

As part of our poetry collaboration project, we’ve been creating shape poems this week. You can see selections of shape poems by numerous students from different schools at our project wiki. Below are some of the wonderful shape poems that I selected to share on the wiki. All of the students did a tremendous job [...]

Thank You To Mike Artell

18, Mar 2009

Mike Artell Skype Poll

17, Mar 2009

Please take this quick poll to help me know what you thought of our Skype session today. What did you think about our Skype session with Mike Artell? ( surveys)

Number Mural

22, Oct 2008

I’ve been meaning to post a photo of the number-inspired mural we created a couple of weeks ago. This is not the greatest photo. It is three individual shots stitched together (with minimal skill). You lose most of the reference points for how large the mural is, but it is quite large…about 22 feet wide!

Update for Wednesday: Art, Progress Reports, and Elections

8, Oct 2008

I started the day welcoming the students to another “Wonderful Wednesday”. (Okay…I realize it sounds a bit cheerleadery or kindergarten…don’t judge!) It quickly turned into “Whirlwind Wednesday”, however! So much packed into a shortened schedule is enough to exhaust my very limited supply of hair. I announced to the class, today, the details of next [...]

MidWeek Madness!

10, Sep 2008

  We hit the halfway point of our second week…and we survived! We’re nearly done with the MEgazine presentations and, I’ve got to tell you, I have been really impressed with both the content and the quality. We have an interesting group of students here in Room 10! We have no official homework tonight…just the [...]

Day Two: Art Attack!

3, Sep 2008

I love the second day of a new school year. The first day jitters are mostly gone, and you know pretty much everyone in the class. It’s usually a completely different experience than day one.   We started the day by hanging the collaborative mural we created yesterday. It looks great on the wall and helps [...]

First Day Success!

3, Sep 2008

  We had a great first day back at school. Already I can see that we have a wonderful group of learners, artists and thinkers. Day one was spent getting to know each other, setting expectations, and discussing some of the projects we’ll be working on this year.


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