Thursday, June 10, 2010

Big Picture Philadelphia and the Reform of America’s Educational System through Student-Centric Education

Here is a link to an interesting article I stumbled on from the Philadelphia Innovation Journal

http://www.philasocialinnovations.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:big-picture-philadelphia-and-the-reform-of-americas-educational-system-through-student-centric-education&catid=21:featured-social-innovations&Itemid=35


Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal is the first online publication to bring a public focus to social innovators and their nonprofit organizations, foundations and social sector businesses in the Greater Philadelphia area, to recognize their successes and encourage others around the country to strive for similar results. As a forum for the region’s foremost social innovators, the Journal shares their expertise, strategies and ideas about topics such as leadership, human capital and disruptive innovation.

http://www.philasocialinnovations.org/site/

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Let's Colour

Dulux Walls - Director's Cut



This 2 minute global film was shot by multi-award winning director Adam Berg over four weeks in Brazil, France, London and India. Every location is real and they remain transformed by a palette consisting of 120 different colours. The people in the film are not actors, they are real people who rolled up their sleeves to transform their community with colour.

Read more about the Let's Colour project here:
http://www.letscolourproject.com/blog
http://www.letscolourproject.com

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I encourage everyone to comment, post, and add to this blog. Post whatever you would like to share with the Art Education Professional Development Club. Resources, ideas, case puzzles, helpful links, anything!


Here is a bunch of links just to get it started


Www.Arteducators.org/presentations - all the handouts from the NAEA convention, PDFs and word docs.

Ning.com - discover online communities

http://www.arteducationforsocialjustice.org/

http://www.tolerance.org/

http://arteducators.org/community/student-chapter

http://www.artsonia.com/ - the online kids art museum

http://animoto.com/ - make home video and photos look good


Online Alternatives to Photoshop/image editors, fun for lessons

http://www.picnik.com/
http://bighugelabs.com/
http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
http://www.befunky.com/
http://www.photofunia.com/


RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video.
Google Reader

http://www.artmiles.org/

http://edsitement.neh.gov/

http://www.wherepeacelives.org/

www.kids-guernica.org/

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/index.html cannon creative park

Copyrightalliance.org is a free resource on copy writes for teachers

Saturday, June 5, 2010

PAEA Conference

The Pennsylvania Art Education Association

There is an open call for proposals for the PAEP conference this year in Pittsburgh, October 28th -31

If anyone is interested in presenting any of their work or class presentations at the PAEP conference the AEPDC at U Arts can help.
Email Tyler.Anewalt@Gmail.com
Tanewalt@uarts.edu

Go to http://www.paea.org/ to learn more and submit a proposal.


2010 Presentation and Workshop Parameters

You may select from two presentation formats:

Presentations -- an individual or group presenting information via lecture, discussion, etc. All presentations will be 50 minutes.

Hands - on Workshops -- an individual or group presenting and demonstrating and activity in which participants work with materials or tools to practice or develop a skill. Workshops must be self-sustained from an economic stand point. PAEA cannot pay for workshop materials for the 2010 workshops. If attendees of the workshop are to make an item with art materials, the cost of the materials must be paid for by the attendees or presenters. Hands - on Workshops can be either 50 or 90 minutes in length.

Presenters must provide their own technology if it is needed for a presentation or workshop (laptop, projector, extension cords, extra light bulbs, etc.). PAEA will only provide projection screens.

Last day to submit proposals is June 30, 2010.