Final Project

This week five teachers gathered at the San Jose Museum of Art for a week long investigation of art and the art of questioning. Visual Thinking Skills were used to explore the robot exhibit. Visual Thinking Skills were used to explore the robot exhibit. Teachers questioned and learned together, sharing knowledge and using technology to address reflective learning. The teachers furthered their understanding of 21st Century Skills that are vital to the success of our students. The robots served as a constant reminder of our current technological age and a platform for the VTS questioning strategies that promote analytical thinking. A vodcast, learning, and a robot were built.

Learning to Look

Today we worked two dimensionally. Yesterday we worked on experiencing VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) with San Jose Museum docent Michael Arellano. Today we tried to be practitioners of VTS by trying to create that experience for the audiences of our vodcasts. As educators it was hard. We come from a culture where teachers are the experts and our natural behavior is to want to tell people about our interpretations instead of lead them through an inquiry process to discover it on their own. Lucy Larson from the San Jose Museum staff critiqued our script in the afternoon. She helped us back up the lens even more to provide an even better experience for our audience to look and discover. This will really help us help our audience to develop their visual literacy skills.

Robots!

This week we started the San Jose Digital Media Course at the San Jose Museum. We are creating a vodcast on the use of robots in art. You can learn more about the course on our course wiki. The picture on the right comes from part of Twin Palms Rest in Peace.