The Week of January 27th

It was great meeting everyone today, and I am looking forward to this semester.

Some quick reminders about today:

1. I e-mailed you Jayson Luce's e-mail address, (jayson.luce@ttu.edu) so please contact him if you are interested in helping out at Dunbar. If you are worried about not having enough on your resume this will defintatly help (that and you will be doing something wonderful with great kids).

2. Please update your volunteer status on the lubbockisd.org website. I know most of you recently did this in Ed's class, but I need you to bring in 3 print-outs of your approval. You can always e-mail a screen shot to me as well. You need three: one to keep on your person at all times in the school, one to give your classroom field teacher, and one for me (or an e-mail screen shot). I will not assign you to an elementary school until I recieve confirmation that you were approved.

3. Make sure you have your I.D. badges. If you already have one that is great. If you do not have one or you lost it please go to the Student Union building to get one. If you have any problems let me know. I can e-mail the person in charge of the badges for the CoE. Yes, even though you have to print our a visitors badge at the school, you still need your official badge.

4. Your paired art lesson plan is due nto be posted on the blog before we meet next Monday. Please post it on the class blog (not just on your own since it is a paired assignment). Feel free to make an example, but it is not required. However, as art students it should be something you would enjoy. You will present your lessons to the class, and we will critique them. This should not scare anyone. We are simply sharing them to get feedback and to give others some new ideas. Remember if you bring artists into your lesson you need to include contemporary artists. This is where the 20/20/20/20 project can come in handy.

5. Please post what you consider your first artwork. It can be something you made when you were 5 or something you recently created. Think back to the stories in the First Works text you read in Ed's class, and how they shared their stories on why that work was their "first". I want you to provide the same kind of information. For now please post this on the class blog until everything is linked up.

6. Your "I am From" artwork is not due until February 10, but do not put it off until the last minute. This can be any kind of medium you want drawing, painting, video, photography, etc. It can also be 3-D. It just needs to be a visual representation of your "I am From" poem.

7. We will spend time working on your postsecret in class next time, so bring anything you might need. This can include paper, postcards, pictures, magazine cut-outs, whatever. I will have you put them in an envelope and I promise I will not look at them. It is a completely anonymous project.

8. Please post on the blog about the readings. I am only asking you post 2 comments or questions on the blog, but bring 2 questions or comments about each article to class on Monday. When we do discussion I will probably ask you to share these written comments and questions.

9. Last for now, I have e-mailed the elementary teachers and hope to hear back soon. I want to place you all in a school as soon as possible.

Please comment and let me know that you read this post.

Thanks