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Jo Thies commented on the post, Is there privacy online?, on the site Joy's Blog 2 weeks, 4 days ago
I read your post and it reminded me to Google my name. I was relieved to see that when I check my own FB page from the other side there was not much information. It is like how we should do breast cancer self […]
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Jo Thies commented on the post, Are we truly newly literate?, on the site Global Inquirer
2 weeks, 4 days agoThe days of a teacher standing up in front of a classroom and spouting information are long gone. I feel sorry for students who might still be experiencing that teacher. Yes, we have to “PLAY”. If it weren’t for […]
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Jo Thies commented on the post, We Need to Rewrite Copyright, on the site ReLearning to Teach 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Mike Jackson, you make me laugh out loud. I read “I agree….” and then I skipped to the bold print. Thanks for making it bold so I knew how much I could skip. I agree with you, get it, agree with you, that the […]
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Jo Thies commented on the post, Prezentation about Zen, on the site Tech Integration in Myanmar 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The important thing about this whole project is that you stuck with it and came up with an acceptable solution. Sorry, I do not have any insight for you on how to do it differently. I too struggles and was […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Big ideas for THE big project, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 2 weeks ago
My idea for my final project is to create a public service announcement with the use of digital story telling.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How does our day to day production of waste impact the rest of the […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Technology in MY classroom , on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 2 weeks ago
My classroom: Middle School Art.
The benefit of being in year two of a 1:1 programs is that a lot of the bumpy patches have passed.
Students carry their laptops with them to all classes. They know that they […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, But this is the way we have always done it., on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 2 weeks ago
For the pre-school through high school and onto college, my personal education was what suited the majority. I went to a public school PreK-12 with 20 – 30 students in my classroom. My teachers lectured during […] -
Jo Thies wrote a new post, Take it from the ARTS and flip it. , on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 2 weeks ago
As the internet revolution continues to build and increasingly influence everything under the sun, so too it is going to have a massive impact on teaching and learning in K-12 schools. Educators who don’t […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, On a Scale of 1 to 5, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Let me take an inventory of what technology I use in my art room.
Document Camera, LCD projector, itouch, printer (one that scans), laptops (2 of the 3 grades I teach are one to one). I communicate with […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, If it’s not my job, then whose is it?, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 3 weeks ago
We have come so far. Not to date myself, but when I was in college I used notecards and typed my papers on a type writer.After I graduated I got a Mac classic. I could play Dark Castle on it. I had ten different […] -
Jo Thies wrote a new post, Art History Mash Up, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 3 weeks ago
As an art teacher, nothing got me more excited than the day a color printer was put right out side my door. I was also pleased when nobody told me I was limited to the number of copies I could make. I, of course, […] -
Jo Thies commented on the post, Running the Numbers with Chris Jordan, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 3 weeks ago
I am honored to be in your blog presence. Your message, your art, your mission, your hope for the future is one that I hope to inspire in my students.
Thank you!
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Blue Dog Movie, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Back in Course 1 we had to write a lesson using the Understanding by Design model. I wrote mine about an art lesson that I teach called, Why is Blue Dog blue? It is about the art of George Rodrique and the Blue […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Running the Numbers with Chris Jordan, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 4 weeks ago
I have a rule in my classroom that my private school students feel is unreasonable.I tell them they are allowed to drink gallons of water in my classroom as long as they drink it out of a
reusable […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Frank Stella Presentation, on the site Strega Nona 5 months, 4 weeks ago
So here is the power point that I use when I ask the students “where do artists get their inspiration?”
When it come to the slides, I believe less is more.
What is great about youtube is that you can […]
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Jo Thies commented on the post, Where do Artists get their inspiration?, on the site Strega Nona 7 months ago
Thanks for the feed back. Making it a quick read was a goal.
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Jo Thies commented on the post, Where do Artists get their inspiration?, on the site Strega Nona 7 months ago
I have taught art long enough to know that I can’t just give kids materials and set them loose. I feel like I always have to “plant a seed”. I tell them, they get to determine how that seed grows. In every group, […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Where do Artists get their inspiration?, on the site Strega Nona 7 months, 1 week ago
That is the question I ask of my students when I start this lesson.First I show them a piece by Frank Stella.
I don’t tell them the title of the piece.
I just ask them to tell me what they […]
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Jo Thies commented on the post, Pimping My Page, on the site Strega Nona 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Kate, It is good to know that someone else is feeling my frustration. I have been avoiding my Coetail homework because I hate the way my page looks. I have terrible vision. If I don’t have my glasses on, I can’t […]
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Jo Thies wrote a new post, Pimping My Page, on the site Strega Nona 8 months ago
Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
I messed with the back ground of my blog. I liked the way images look against the black.But then I started reading someone else’s […]
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