TED Talks....
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Prep Sheet 6
This past week, I accomplished the following:
I read and created an annotated bibliography on Seattle Arts & Economic Prosperity. I reread what I had written about Anne Green Gilbert's project and added wrote some more because I realized my voice wasn't in there at all. Then I wrote about arts and their economic drive in the community. YAY 5 pages total! 3 of them written today!!!
The sources I consulted this week are:
Lynch, Robert L. Arts & Economic Prosperity III: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in The City of Seattle, WA. Rep. United States: Americans for the Arts, 2007. Print.
By next week, I want to have accomplished:
Complete the arts and economy section with evaluative insight.
What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
I need some sense of direction for what else I should be consulting in this research.
What steps can I take to move forward?
Consult Heather and finish the economic and arts section with some evaluative input.
In this week's seminar, I want to discuss:
I just need your feedback Christine on those pages and direction on how to move forward.
I read and created an annotated bibliography on Seattle Arts & Economic Prosperity. I reread what I had written about Anne Green Gilbert's project and added wrote some more because I realized my voice wasn't in there at all. Then I wrote about arts and their economic drive in the community. YAY 5 pages total! 3 of them written today!!!
The sources I consulted this week are:
Lynch, Robert L. Arts & Economic Prosperity III: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in The City of Seattle, WA. Rep. United States: Americans for the Arts, 2007. Print.
By next week, I want to have accomplished:
Complete the arts and economy section with evaluative insight.
What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
I need some sense of direction for what else I should be consulting in this research.
What steps can I take to move forward?
Consult Heather and finish the economic and arts section with some evaluative input.
In this week's seminar, I want to discuss:
I just need your feedback Christine on those pages and direction on how to move forward.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Prep Sheet 4-5
This past 2 weeks, I accomplished the following:
I read different articles concerning the arts and the economical activity they produce. I created one annotated bib for the second one and posted it on the blog.
The sources I consulted this week are:
Donnelly, Peter F. "Direct Link between Vitality of Arts Community and Region's Economic Prosperity." Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. The Seattle Times, 7 Sept. 2003. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030907>.
Lynch, Robert L., and Gene Duvernoy. "Opinion | The Arts Can Be Part of Economic Solutions | Seattle Times Newspaper." The Seattle Times. Seattle Times Newspaper, 17 June 2009. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009350172_guests18lynch.html>.
http://www.seattle.gov/arts/_downloads/research/SeattleArtsandEconomicProsperity.pdf
By next week, I want to have accomplished:
I want to have written some of my findings concerning the arts and their economical impact. At least 2 pages.
What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
Time as usual...
What steps can I take to move forward?
Make a comparison chart from each year's economical impact.
In this week’s seminar, I want to discuss:
How to be ok with knowing that I might not achieve my goal for the semester and set another goal.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
On economic proliferation and the arts....
Donnelly, Peter F. "Direct Link between Vitality of Arts Community and Region's Economic Prosperity." Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. The Seattle Times, 7 Sept. 2003. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030907>.
Donnelly gives facts about how the arts, heritage organizations and their patrons annually generate around $375 million in economic activity and create 16,000 full and part-time jobs.
He references Richard Florida, professor of regional economic development at Carnegie Mellon University due to charts Florida developed about the relationship between a creative social environment and economic prosperity in The Rise of the Creative Class. Florida says that these people are drawn to communities that value creativity and individuality, and that are tolerant and diverse. Corporations and economic growth increasingly depend on the skills that these people bring to the table. This is related to my thesis, because if we spend more time stimulating children's creativity in schools, they will become these type of people that will come up with solutions to many of the problems that we face as society. The reason I would like to make a movement class a requirement is not because I want to breed dancers, but because of these skills –creativity, critical thinking, problem solving– that are transferable to a wide range of industries and can help our economy.
Donnelly also says that on any given night there are 10,000 people streaming into theaters and concert halls in Seattle, and consequently into restaurants, shops and parking facilities. While this statement helps his argument about the arts creating safety in downtown and adding to our sense of belonging to the community, he is also making evident how much economic activity is generated by the arts. It isn't only the ticket to the performance, it's the food, the parking and the occasional treat at a shop.
Donnelly gives facts about how the arts, heritage organizations and their patrons annually generate around $375 million in economic activity and create 16,000 full and part-time jobs.
He references Richard Florida, professor of regional economic development at Carnegie Mellon University due to charts Florida developed about the relationship between a creative social environment and economic prosperity in The Rise of the Creative Class. Florida says that these people are drawn to communities that value creativity and individuality, and that are tolerant and diverse. Corporations and economic growth increasingly depend on the skills that these people bring to the table. This is related to my thesis, because if we spend more time stimulating children's creativity in schools, they will become these type of people that will come up with solutions to many of the problems that we face as society. The reason I would like to make a movement class a requirement is not because I want to breed dancers, but because of these skills –creativity, critical thinking, problem solving– that are transferable to a wide range of industries and can help our economy.
Donnelly also says that on any given night there are 10,000 people streaming into theaters and concert halls in Seattle, and consequently into restaurants, shops and parking facilities. While this statement helps his argument about the arts creating safety in downtown and adding to our sense of belonging to the community, he is also making evident how much economic activity is generated by the arts. It isn't only the ticket to the performance, it's the food, the parking and the occasional treat at a shop.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Prep Sheet 3
This week, I accomplished the following:
I read two articles by Anne Green Gilbert, one of the leading dance educators in the nation. One of them was a research study of movement as a tool to teach Language Arts.
I wrote two pages about those results in a section I named Creative Movement in Elementary Schools.
The sources I consulted this week are:
Gilbert, Anne Green. Creative Dance Center. 2011. Web. 2 Oct. 2011 <http://creativedance.org/>
Gilbert, Anne Green. “Learning Language Arts Through Movement.” 1979. 1-10. Print.
Gilbert, Anne Green. “Teaching the Three Rs Through Dance.” Exchange. 1994. 33-38. Print
By next week, I want to have accomplished:
Give arguments about how Gilbert's project is a good example of how movement is beneficial to an academic curriculum.
Design my own curriculum, including danza folklórica.
Read more about Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.
What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
My commitment to sitting for chunks at a time and work.
What steps can I take to move forward?
Set alarms in my calendar during the week to dedicate time only to this project.
In this week’s seminar, I want to discuss:
Researching the arts' economical production in Seattle. Maybe?
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