Observation 3

What I notice is that I'm not that really prepared as I thought I was when it came to state standards. Also that the pressure of doing well to " have a great life" which is stressful and gives me a lot of anxiety and schools don't teach us how to deal with stress and anxiety. If we want our students to do better in testing overall we should teach them how to deal with stress and the different types of stress and  how to deal with anxiety. Most students do have test anxiety which makes them perform not as well as they usually do. I have test anxiety which makes me perform bad, and I have a bad habit of rushing through it because im self-
conscious about it and I just want to leave...
They have these test that teachers don't know whats on so they don't know how to perpair for the state standards. They might have an idea but not an exact answer. I feel like what is missing is how confident the students feel. I know when I'm taking the Acts and other test like that I don't feel as confident as the other students who took an "Act prep class" which cost money to take. If they offer a class like that, they should offer it for free where other students who are not financially stable to take it as well.
Testing for an Ib Art student is very different this year, They have to compare and contrast two different artist and evaluate their work. " This test is more about analyzing than it's about creating, which i hate." -teacher.

TechTool Kit 5

One good technology I can use in art classroom are video games! To be more specific is minecraft. My niece plays that game all the time. and she is also an artist. She is only in the third grade and she told me she wants to teach art as well and when she told me i felt so happy and proud! But I played a little bit of it was well and I think its a pretty cool game that kids and adult can play. It is a very creative game. I seen people build a lot of crazy things with that game that is mind blowing. I feel like if I can implement that into my classroom I feel like it can help students get creative with their art. It can help students who are having an "artist block" plus its a nice break from doing art because doing art can be sometime stressful. This can help students who don't like doing art, so using this game they can " play with art" because the game is art itself, The game you are literally building art. A house you built in that game can be art because you created it using your imagination. There are many other games out their that can help us be creatives, like the Sims series.  We build a fantasy life that we want and its all uses creativity, All games use a part of your creativity. I think that why I like video games so much because it use so much of your imagination. It makes me feel like a kids again when I play.

Tech ToolKit

So today tech tool I will use in a classrooms are movies! Movies are different than videos on youtube. Movies portray a story and many more elements. Some of the reason I want to use movies in a classroom is that it goes beyond the text. We can visual see the actions and emotions. It can also provide teachable moments. Another thing is that movies are more interesting than books.
I can use movies in an art classroom by showing them the history behind art and the artist. How the environment was back then. The cultural influences on artist and their works. These movies can also show emotion in the characters action which were we "can capture the moment" in the art we do.

Observation 2

So the school I'm observing is Washburn High. I'm in an art class where the teacher is encouraging students to be free with their art work, she gives them an assignment and the students can be free within the rubric. In total so far I have spent 14 hours, I have been observing and assisting her with her classrooms. The education philosophy I believe she follow or believe is the existentialism. I think this because I see her encourages students to take risks with their art work and they have the freedom to chose how to do their work but also they have to by in the boundaries of the learning targets. The students who are in "IB art" have more freedom the students is "studio art". On the walls their is all full of students art but also reference pictures as well of past students that she uses.

 The relationship between teacher-student is good, they both respect each other so its always a happy and positive environment. The room has 4 big tables, each table has 8 chairs. The students do not have assign sitting. The students can listen to music, just not to loud. For the most part the students works independently, but on peer review day, they critique each other works and how they can improve. Most of the students support each others ideas.

Tech Tool Kit

Today I am talking about the website called "ArtConnectEd" it's a website many use for making presentation but using local art from Minnesota, most of the work are from the walker art center. When doing my observation, the teacher I'm observing showed me this website and this is were she mainly do her presentation on. They have two different types of search bars, one is for finding a type of art, this finder breaks down the specifics from textiles to video/audio. The other search is by art collector and I didn't know much about that because I didn't want to sign up at the moment. You can make an endless amount of presentation, For an art teacher I can make a presentation on every different type of style of art. Another great thing is that it will save it online, because you have an account and it just save your presentation on your account. 

Another feature this website has is a a whole tab on the main page that you can click and some of the tabs say "ask an educator" or "recent event" and again these are local Minnesotans.  

Blog #4

Option #4:  Go in a different direction entirely, but still demonstrate a deep understanding of the readings for this week and your ability to make them meaningful for your future profession.


When reading these article it made me realize that race is a sensitive topic when parents get involved. How scared white parents don't even speak about it to their own kids. I believe in the first article " Even babies discriminate" She states that 75% of white families don't speak about race to their young kids, which makes them color blind. I believe that if they grow up without being taught about different color people and our culture, they will grow up being scared of the different culture.  Honestly I don't know how to talk about race in a classroom because I'm scared that I might offend someone without even knowing about it.
What I like about the second article " Facing Race Issues in the classroom: How to connect with students" because how the students said things like "The teacher treat us like we're peers and we respect that." Which I would like to hear as a teacher and I want to make my students feel like a peer or a friend. To respect each other. Also how the article list out steps to make the students feel safe. I also really liked the article " The Gender Spectrum" because they listed out the terms that I didn't know and now that I do I can confidently say it without being scared i'm saying it wrong or in a wrong context.

Observation 1

I haven't been to Washburn or in that neighborhood for a while now, so when I came back it brought back memories of my high school days. I stayed there for about 2 hours, just walking around, not talking to people..
Washburn is located right behind Ramsey, in a neighborhood called Tangle Town. Its a neighborhood where the roads are all tangled together, that's why it's called tangle town. In this neighborhood there is this huge water tower were all the kids go hang out after school just to chill and talk. Near Washburn there is the Minnehaha creek I believe.. I only been there once my freshman year in biology. Around Washburn there are a lot of small diners and shops. There is the Malt Shop, Xin Won, which is only a few blocks away where we would go out to eat for lunch. What I like about this neighborhood is that there are a lot of trees, In the spring and fall it looks so beautiful. Also there is a park a block away from school so we would go their and play on the swings.
The families that live around the school are very nice and always helpful when it comes to event held at the schools. The Washburn library is a few blocks away from school were they showcase some of the art the students made which is very nice when trying to connect with the community. The only negative thing about the neighborhood is that it is hard to go through tangle town, for a first timer going through it's hard to navigate.
looking at the demographics, the majority of the people are white of 48.5%, then it's African-American with 25%, Hispanic at 20%, Asians at 4.8% and American Indian in 1.4%.
Most of the student here are one free or reduced lunch which is at the 42.6% mark.
2.1% of the students are homeless. I never looked at the demographics of Washburn, but I always knew that the majority of the people are white.
The teachers there are most white people. In the past few years I know that Washburn has been on the news for bad things but it's not the school itself, Washburn is a great school. I had the best teachers and amazing friends.