Holding Potential
One of the things that's been in the back of my mind is how we can help the students hold onto their potential and not lose it. I did an activity where I handed out folded pieces of paper to each student and asked that they not open it until instructed to. Using the movie Kung Fu Panda as a reference, the paper was blank showing that it wasn't the paper that was important but what they did with it. Some of them were pretty interested in hearing this kind of metaphor while others dismissed it. I know not all of them are going to continue with art, but I want them to know that they have the unlimited potential to make anything of themselves. Time After going through the past couple weeks of seeing different work flows, one thing I've found is how time can speed by like on a stopwatch during a one-hundred meter dash or how it can seem to drag on like an hourglass slowly dropping pieces of sand. This reflects in how some students are quick to finish and push me to think of ways to deepen their learning while others progress at the speed of the hourglass. It's all about balancing out ways for each student to challenge themselves but to not fall behind with other projects. Guiding Passion With students that are clearly advanced and moving forward with their designs, I want to make sure they are given opportunities to explore their own interests and bring them into the art room. One way in doing this is that I've set up a side tab in the Google Classroom where they can look at a couple side project ideas. The intention is that if they are finishing early with projects consistently that they have a couple things they could look into doing in between main projects. This is, also, time where they could be working on their own personal projects that they may not have enough time for outside of classes, homework, and other activities they participate in.
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In relation to the first couple weeks of teaching, it started relatively simply with a few hints of nervousness now and again. However, it gradually picked up pace to a point where I felt like I was in a trapeze act above fire trying to balance an egg on a sewing needle. Then, it all came to a pause and all the nervousness and stress resolved. Whether it's because everything was sorted or the brain turned something off, I won't know until later.
That's why with this piece, I created a wall of sheet music where one side is filled with notes and articulation. The key is unknown and the clef a mystery lending to the confusion of everything that was going on in my head. Eventually it comes to a stop leading over to the second side where the stress is gone. It's a simple progression of notes in my home town clef, the alto clef. All the notes from before have been removed and now it's just pleasant progression forward. |
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