So we finally exposed the cyanotype that my students have been getting ready and working on for months. We put in so much work, and everything ran so well. Some of my students were able to make the event, and for those who couldn’t, they were eager to see it today. We all had spent so much time on getting the entire thing together that I stayed at work for hours after I had to. So did some of my students. I’m getting ready to ask my students their reflective and post assessment questions tomorrow or the next day. I’m ready to start reviewing my data in the next week, and to gear up for the summer. 
Category Archives: Student work
Visualization 3 4/24
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This visualization is based off of the photographs that my students had taken during on field trip on april 5th. I wanted to keep this simple so I printed out a large map of all the destinations that we went to that day. From there, I looked at all of the students photographs and gathered five that were “taken” 5 times of more. In other words, students were able to photograph whatever they found interesting, or that they thought would give a viewer information about where we went and about the business’s in general.These images came up the most. I found out from this visualization and from reviewing the photographs that students photographed the green palette very heavily. Far more than they did American made monster studio. On our travels, and after, I have heard that students enjoyed the green palette most. It was interactive, and the owners were kind and approachable. The idea of recycling and being a creator also spoke to my students. I used green to outline the photographs for green palette, and red for the amount of “red coloring” within American made monster. I also marked out where KHS is in a blue marker. I have so much visual data that I could probably create 10 or more visualizations, however we are in the thick of it in terms of the giant cyanotype and working constantly late after school has kept me from focusing on the reviewing of data right now, just the gathering.
Memo 3 Research JB
Today was the day of my field trip. The kids were really excited and they got to see some really awesome things. I have been so consumed by the hreb stuff and it was nice to see it pay off, and be approved the day before we went. I had the students photograph and email the pictures to me. I’m going to start graphing and noting what they photograph, and tomorrow, we are going to start to draw from these images. We were even given pieces of palette to draw on. The Green Palette wants them back to make a communal art piece with them. So far things, are going well. I’m busy, but I’m excited to start logging data and get to the finish line. Here are some images that the kids took. They liked both business’s, but I think they got different things from both. 
My students latest projects
All of my students prior to my current projects had been focusing on composition and eliminating, overlapping, zooming in etc. 
Student Work
I have a fourth grade student that is VERY talented. He is also VERY quiet. I had no idea how good he was at art until we were free drawing one day. Every year I buy a few sketchbooks to give to exceptionally talented students, so I gave one to him. It hasn’t left his side since that day. Now he comes to my class every day for lunch and listens to music in the back of my classroom while drawing. His teacher was so worried about him because he wasn’t very social, but now he is doing a lot better because he can work on his drawings and talk to other artists that think like him. I even got one of his drawing printed onto a tshirt for him to wear and all the students complimented him on how amazing his work is! This is some of his work!
Submitted work – Brette
Dreams for the future!
new showcase… feliz navidad or dia de los muertos ? – Brette
Just set up this showcase guys… I tried to flip it into the night before Christmas opposed to day of the dead considering we are in the month of December ? Is it ridiculous lol?
Scholastic entries – Brette – http://www.artandwriting.org
Hey guys, so scholastic is approaching! There is a calling for 2017 submissions, I believe the deadline is Dec 15? We are encouraged to submit as much student artwork possible… the students actually do most of the submitting. But, the gold key and silver key winners the last few years has always been awarded to photography/ media arts. There has been recent talk about the judging panels to be more geared to chose media works opposed to studio works… hardly ever any ceramic work is awarded recognition also. Any thoughts about this? Also, I heard that if you submit an entire class, judges will disregard the entire class as they are seeking original artwork. Ugghhhh. Why bother in the first place. Rant over!
http://enjoyrhinebeck.com/sinterklaas/- In response to Jenn ( Brette)
Jenn, I was so excited to read about your involvement with the recent Sinterklass festival, what an amazing way to implement community based art practices ( I think this is your area of pedagogy for visual research?) I am going this Saturday, I am really looking forward to the experience and I hear the puppetry is astounding! Maybe we can exchange Sinterklass thoughts soon!