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Should creativity continue to be taught as a series of individual lessons i.e. Art, Music, Drama, etc... as part of a fixed curriculum at Key Stage 3 (11-14 years old) or should schools adopt a more workshop -based model, where departments collaborate on projects and students choose to study a particular course or module that is about fostering creativity? Do you know of any schools in the state sector that have adopted a different structure to teaching creativity?

hello, I've been recently introduced to VoiceThread and am thinking of using it in my classroom as a critique activity. I'm trying to get an idea of how some of you are using it for critique assignments or activities. Any insight or comments would be greatly appreciated. Mike Sacco Paul J. Gelinas JHS Setauket, NY http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/artsgelinas/index.htm

I had an idea to fundraise with my after school ceramics club by using online stores like etsy. There you can set up a web page and sell hand made items to the world. Has anyone tried this?

powered by ODEO Yesterday, Melinda Pongrey, Educational Consultant, interviewed ex-art teacher Kevin Honeycutt on LD Live!, a weekly live talk internet radio show. Kevin travels the country helping teachers "get comfortable with the technology tools their kids need for success in the future." NOTE: Currently, I'm seeking art teachers to be interviewed on the show.

Hi all! A friend of mine who is curating this show has been looking for a larger and more diverse group of people to evaluate the photographs submitted for the show described below and on their website. I thought that Classroom 2.0 would be perfect- they ESPECIALLY want people who have little formal experience with art to participate. This project has a lot of really cool Web 2.0 theories mixed into it- check it out..... Here's the link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/click/ Click! is a photography exhibition that invites Brooklyn Museum's visitors, the online community, and the general public to participate in the exhibition process. Taking its inspiration from the critically acclaimed book The Wisdom of Crowds, in which New Yorker business and financial columnist James Surowiecki asserts that a diverse crowd is often wiser at making decisions than expert individuals, Click! explores whether Surowiecki's premise can be applied to the visual arts-is a diverse crowd just as "wise" at evaluating art as the trained experts? If you know everything about art or nothing at all, create an account, log in and evaluate some of the works that have been submitted during our open call for Click! Evaluation can take a while, but you can do as little or as much as you want *and* you can log in anytime throughout the eval period which ends May 23. They really need a diverse crowd and that means they need evaluators with range of knowledge (including none!) and varied geographic locations (including outside of Brooklyn!), so pass the word on to others. This may seem a bit off topic, but I think that these kinds of open and participatory experiences from museums can be utilized very effectively in the classroom. Please pass on to students or anyone else you know! Thanks- Cindy