Wednesday, June 1st | Feedback

Today's agenda focuses on processing the feedback from audience members as well as staff members. Please keep in mind that staff members may give you feedback via rubrics on Thursday and Friday as well. We are also looking for feedback on Exhibitions as a whole....always working toward improvement. 

AGENDA

GATHERING : What was the high and low of your own Exhibition of Learning?

REVIEW INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK :  (Feedback forms are in staff mailboxes.)
In an individual reflection, use color or another form of annotation tool to review and respond to the feedback on peer feedback forms as well as staff rubrics.

• Use three colors to highlight what you see: Use one color to highlight areas that you CONNECT with or agree with. Use another color to highlight areas that EXTEND your thinking about your project or yourself. Use a third color to high light areas that CHALLENGE your thinking about your project.  Write your own notes on these feedback forms, so that you can keep track of your thinking to share in your written reflection or staff conference.

WHIPAROUND : One word that captures the essence of the feedback you received

STUDIO TIME : Students may be engaged in any one of the following.

• Write the formal reflection essay for this semester. Please take time to review the assignment on the language arts website, organize your thinking, be honest with yourself, and write the essay. Please keep in mind the expectations are modified for our shortened timeline. While we would like you to address all four pieces of the reflection, we are only looking for about 300 words or one page of writing. Published to your blog. Due Monday. (Optional outline.) 
• This is something that you should begin planning today and be able to finish in the time allotted for Project Block on Thursday....one hour!
• Conference with your advisor to review the details and annotations on your rubrics, to discuss opportunities for and experiences of growth, to expose and distill all that you accomplished through your project and exhibition. SENIORS first!!
• Contribute to group reflection on quality projects and quality Exhibitions of Learning. Somewhere in the room, whiteboard or large paper, set up a space for the following lists:
• KEEP : What should absolutely stay the same about projects, exhibitions?
• CHANGE : What should absolutely change? In what specific ways could they be improved?
• SUPPORT : What (existing or needed) resources are essential to this process? 

End of Spring Semester 2016 | Reflection

Congratulations on many, many successful Exhibitions of Learning! Thank you for participating so vibrantly in your culminating experience as a community, sharing your thinking and resolutions. With our remaining days of IDEAS Project Block this spring, we will engage in the following forms of reflection: 

• Review the feedback sheets completed by your peers and the rubrics completed by staff members. In doing this, use three colors to highlight what you see: Use one color to highlight areas that you CONNECT with or agree with. Use another color to highlight areas that EXTEND your thinking about your project or yourself. Use a third color to high light areas that CHALLENGE your thinking about your project.  Write your own notes on these feedback forms, so that you can keep track of your thinking. (NOTE: While not required, it is recommended that you do this prior to the other steps.)
• Write the formal reflection essay for this semester. Please take time to review the assignment on the language arts website, organize your thinking, be honest with yourself, and write the essay.  (Due Friday.) (Optional outline.) 
• Due to our shortened timeline, we are looking for some reflection on each element of the assignment (Intent, Process, Product, Intent) but not reflection on every bullet point listed. Please choose the most significant details from your experience to write about. Write only about 300 words or one page.
• Published to your blog.
• Due Monday, June 6th (No late reflections will be accepted.)
• Reported as Infused LA in Jupiter
• Conference with your advisor to review the details and annotations on your rubrics, to discuss opportunities for and experiences of growth, to expose and distill all that you accomplished through your project and exhibition. 
• Reported as IDEAS Project Block in Jupiter

May 19th | Details, Practice, Schedule

Today is the day to take account of your feedback and make meaningful revisions to your Exhibitions of Learning. Consider audience engagement, content delivery,  and personality. Practice! You might feel like you are ready or feel that your Exhibition of Learning will be "just fine" ... but, you're wrong (just like this guy) and there is nothing more empowering than giving a confident public presentation!

Seniors, see you in the cafeteria at 11:00am today!

Paradigm Gallery installation is at 8:00am on Monday morning!

Everyone, create schedules for yourselves next week. Plan out where you need to be, when, why, what does it mean to you and others to be present!

Week of May 16th - 19th | Rehearsals & Preparations

Exhibitions of Learning Rehearsal Week

• Schedule & Audience
  There are 5 minutes built in to the beginning of the schedule to check in with Project Block Advisors and for those presenting first to get set up. Please note that students are to choose one place to be an audience member for the whole day and should not be moving between rooms. Use a planning form to stay organized - a few hard copies are available in the office. Even if a room finishes early, please stay and use the time to plan, revise, practice your own EoLs. NOTE: On some days, project groups are assigned to be audience in a specific space. (Staff should see Molly's email for further clarification.)
• Room Facilitation
  There is a staff member or two responsible for each rehearsal space, who will help with time management and facilitating professional feedback. Students may take on these responsibilities as well. There are hard copies of Exhibition rubrics in the southeast corner of the office, if you would like to offer written feedback during rehearsals. Please ask each student presenting to show you their outline and enter a Habit of Work grade in Jupiter for completing their Rehearsal and their Outline. This is an indication to our professional community of how prepared people are for next week. 

Reminders [STUDENTS]

• Materials Request Form
  In order to make sure that every student has the materials they need at the right places and times, it is important to have it documented. Please contact Madison O'Brien if you have questions. This must be complete by Wednesday, May 18th.
• Sign Up to attend Paradigm Gallery Walks & Jake's Round Tables
  Keep in mind that if you are presenting at school on Wednesday, you are not able to be an audience member at the gallery walks. Along with this, if you are not signed up for the gallery walk, you will be expected to be an audience member at school at the same time. If you are not signed up for round tables at Jake's, you will be expected to be an audience member at the Arts Center. Audience sign up will be finalized by Wednesday, May 18th, and anyone not signed up at these locations will not be permitted to attend. 
• Volunteers Needed
  - Stage Manager  2 - 4 in the Theater on Tuesday, May 24th
  - Stage Manager 5 - 6 in the Matrix on Tuesday, May 24th
  - Stage Manager 6 - 8 in the Matrix on Tuesday, May 24th
  - Greeter 6 - 8 in the Matrix on Tuesday, May 24th
  - Curators for Monday night, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday night at Paradigm
• Gallery Installation
  You, your project, and your matted artist statement are cordially requires to meet Stuart at 8:00am at the Paradigm Annex on Monday, May 23rd. This is all students scheduled for a Gallery Walk Exhibition of Learning on Wednesday, May 25th.
• Énthologie Submissions
  Please contribute your great works to our school's literary magazine. This publication opportunity means that your voice, as it is in this time and space and form, will endure. Send your submissions to Autumn Willard 16willarda@etudegroup.org by Wednesday, May 25th.

Reminders [STAFF]

• Complete Exhibitions of Learning Supervision Details
  We are in need of staff commitments (or regrets) for the alternative EoL times and spaces. Please enter your information into the spreadsheet on Monday, May 16th, so that we can ensure communication and materials are going in the right direction. Thank you!
• Jupiter Reporting
  Please make sure that students have reporting on ALL their evidence for elements of project block dated up to this point. The only exception is those labeled LA, which Addie and Kimberly will update. Some students do not have grades for their revised proposals; at this point, Project Block Advisors know the most about projects and have the best access to progress.
• Lunch Meeting - Tuesday, May 17thMolly's got updates galore. Please meet us during IDEAS lunch on Tuesday in the Drama Room. If you need coverage, let's make that happen; it is important that we are all on the same page(s).

May 13th | Preparations

Artist Statements - Share Today
Please share your completed artist statements with your Language Arts teacher today. We will provide feedback digitally. If your Exhibition of Learning is in the Gallery or Workshop formats, please plan to print your artist statement next week. Stuart would like them printed and matted prior to Gallery Installation on Monday, May 23rd at 8:00am at the Annex. 

Rehearsal Schedule - Know your own time and place (plan ahead to be an audience)
Dress rehearsal week will begin Monday, May 16th. Please consider these formal opportunities to practice your Exhibition of Learning --- plan to have all of your materials, technology, and attire ready as you would for your actual Exhibition of Learning. It is also valuable to have an idea of how you would like to focus your rehearsal audience for feedback...for example, are you looking for feedback on your stage presence, outline of content, or another aspect of your Exhibition? Let them know, so they can help you. 

Rehearsals and written outlines for Exhibitions of Learning are requirements that will be reported through Jupiter. 

Use this Pre-Exhibitions of Learning Template to plan your week!

Exhibitions of Learning Workshops

As we prepare for Exhibitions of Learning (and rehearsals next week), it is important to revisit the expectations that we've set for ourselves following last semester's experience. The workshops you'll attend today are designed to remind you of those expectations and share thinking about what high quality, engaging Exhibitions of Learning need. 

AGENDA for THURSDAY, MAY 12th

DO NOW: Use a gathering to check in on progress toward completed Artist Statements and Exhibition Outlines

10:20am - WORKSHOP 1

Presentation Skills (Mike @ Drama Room)

• Dylan M
• Michael L
• Skylour S
• Jamie L
• Brandon T
• Paxton A
• Aeris S
• Jacob S
• Martin T
• Samuel S
• Jared G
• Victor T
• Brianna F
• Liliana
• Asiah
• Stephen
• Berta

Presentation Skills (Drew @ Music Room)

• Xandria
• Vadim
• Kiera
• Journy
• Alex K
• Raenah
• Taylor F
• Alex H
• Kera O
• Bao
• Connor B
• Kiera C
• Christina
• Fiona
• Hannah S
• Jacob B
• Taylor S
• Paris
• Destiny

Roundtables (Tim @ Engineering Room -- Continue through Workshop 2)

• Xavier
• Sebastian
• Taryn
• Morgan 
• Breanna
• Chance
• Elizabeth
• Alyssa
• Kaniya

Gallery Prep (Stuart @ Visual Art Room)

• Kaitlyn M
• Kenzie K
• Issah O
• Bianca
• McKenna
• Zoe 
• Roni
• Kahlena
• Brooke
• Mayka
• Briana K
• Myah H
• Sierra
• John R
• Pom

Exhibition Planning (Addie & Timi @ Science Room)

• Nicole F
• JJ W
• Dy'lan
• Hunter G
• Bre C
• Karyn A
• Rachel B
• Alexis T
• Cassie
• Kevin
• Ashley
• Simon
• Xavier P
• Will
• Chandler
• Sophie
• Jonesha
• Sophia
• Lydia
• Casey
• Toby
• Madison

Exhibition Planning - Gallery Walk Focus (Dan @ Writing Room)

• Tim O
• Brett
• Bayden
• Michele
• Madilyn
• Paige L
• Connor W
• Jacob F
• Michael K
• Sefrent M
• Randi
• Nick C
• Tate
• Tatianna
• Ulices
• Austin
• Cade
• Julie

Exhibition Planning (Erin & Kimberly @ Beckah's Room)

• Alex D
• Chelsea
• Natasha
• Sarenna
• Serena
• Arden
• Sarah W
• Kade
• Miranda
• Jeremy
• Kyle B
• Jackson K
• Jordan V
• Sara B
• Michael C
• Brandon P
• Ashlie Y
• Alex D

Exhibition Planning (Molly @ Dance Studio)

• TJ P
• TJ S
• Liesl
• Kayla B
• Veronica
• Megan A
• Valencia 
• Alexis R
• Hannah T
• Devin T
• Martice N

10:45am - WORKSHOP 2

Presentation Skills (Mike @ Drama Room)

• Alex D
• Chelsea
• Natasha
• Sarenna
• Serena
• Arden
• Sarah W
• Kade
• Miranda
• Jeremy
• Kyle B
• Jackson K
• Jordan V
• Sara B
• Michael C
• Brandon P
• Ashlie Y
• Alex D
• TJ P
• TJ S
• Liesl
• Kayla B
• Veronica
• Megan A

Presentation Skills (Drew @ Music Room)

• Nicole F
• JJ W
• Dy'lan
• Hunter G
• Bre C
• Karyn A
• Rachel B
• Alexis T
• Cassie
• Kevin
• Ashley
• Simon
• Xavier P
• Will
• Chandler
• Sophie
• Jonesha
• Sophia
• Lydia
• Casey
• Toby
• Madison
• Valencia 
• Alexis R
• Hannah T
• Devin T
• Martice N

Gallery Prep (Stuart @ Visual Art Room)

• Tim O
• Brett
• Bayden
• Michele
• Madilyn
• Paige L
• Connor W
• Jacob F
• Michael K
• Sefrent M
• Randi
• Nick C
• Tate
• Tatianna
• Ulices
• Austin
• Cade
• Julie

Exhibition Planning (Addie & Timi @ Science Room)

• Liliana
• Asiah
• Stephen
• Berta
• Connor B
• Kiera C
• Christina
• Fiona
• Hannah S
• Jacob B
• Taylor S
• Paris
• Destiny
• Xandria
• Vadim
• Kiera
• Journy
• Alex K
• Raenah
• Taylor F
• Alex H
• Kera O
• Bao

Exhibition Planning -- Gallery Walk Focus (Erin & Kimberly @ Beckah's Room)

• Kaitlyn M
• Kenzie K
• Issah O
• Bianca
• McKenna
• Zoe 
• Roni
• Kahlena
• Brooke
• Mayka
• Briana K
• Myah H
• Sierra
• John R
• Pom

Exhibition Planning (Molly @ Dance Studio)

• Dylan M
• Michael L
• Skylour S
• Jamie L
• Brandon T
• Paxton A
• Aeris S
• Jacob S
• Martin T
• Samuel S
• Jared G
• Victor T
• Brianna F

Artist Statement | Example and Planning

As you all know, we are in a constant state of revision with IDEAS Project Block. The development of the educational program and the development of projects are increasingly more professional and more true to how creatives communicate their ideas in the world. Today's focus is on Artist Statements. Despite what you may have already started or drafted, please consider the example and make revisions that advance your writing.

DO NOW: Read the example Artist Statement quietly to yourself AND out loud as a group. After reading, document a Connect. Extend. Challenge.

• How does the statement connect to statements you've read/created in the past? How does this project connect with characteristics of your project?
• How does the statement extend your thinking about what should or should not be included in an Artist Statement? How does the statement extend your thinking about the project it is written about...even though you can't see it?
• How does the statement challenge you? What challenges does it present to your existing draft, if you have one?

Digital technology has become an integral part of the average global citizen’s life. While most of our individual actions are associated with entertainment, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, it can also be used to improve individual learning experiences. One of the best things about digital technology is that everyone can use and benefit from it, including students with special needs. In education, it is so important for a student to be able to learn in their own way. Some students are visual learners, while other students learn best when working with their hands. Regardless of what kind of learner a student is, digital devices such as the iPad can be adjusted to help a student with that particular learning style. Digital technology’s versatility is a huge educational benefit for both the average student and the student with special needs.

These paintings represent the different learning experiences that occur with technology. I was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Cubism. Up close bright colors and chunked images expose the complexities of learning, but from a distance the overall presentation of images suggest the benefits of technology in the classroom and meeting the needs of every student.

DO NEXT: Read Artist Statement Overview - Clarifying Questions? Then, create a short-hand list of MUST HAVE elements of an Artist Statement.

NOTE: Addie will be coming around to offer informal support to project blocks , beginning with Mike and Stuart's groups.

Please use studio time to write drafts and continue the list from Friday, if needed. We do not have Project Block on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will offer workshops for EoL formats and stage presence.

May 6th | Project Deadline

Congratulations! You have reached an intersection of your intellectual pursuits and your developing habits; the end of a creation phase is a unique space to reflect on how you got to where you are in this specific work and who you are in it. I hope today is both a celebration and a catalyst. While we are concluding the formal creation phase (the working-ness, the multi-messy-ness, the re-making-ness), this does not suggest that you must stop your work. It does, however, mean that the work that still needs to occur needs to occur outside of IDEAS Project Block time. This means making arrangements with staff, if materials and spaces are needed. This means early mornings. This means weekends. This means staying after school. You've come too far to not finish!!

FRIDAY, MAY 6th

Everyone:

• Own your Exhibition of Learning date, time, place, and format.
  (Put it in your calendar. Take off of work. The schedule will not change.)
• Write your project title and the time, date, and place of your EoL on the back of one postcard. Deliver this post card to your family, inviting them to attend. Additional post cards are available in the office for larger families. 
• If there is someone outside of your family that you would like to invite by mailing them the post card, please address the post card and include a brief, personalized note in the white space on the back of the card. We will mail these for you; put them in Kimberly's mailbox when complete. (We encourage these invites. Please do not hesitate to ask your Advisor for help with addressing the card.)
• Read Madison's email regarding the Volunteer Schedule, and respond as she requested. 

Groups must decide what else is needed for this day in the middle:

• Perhaps it is a gallery walk, celebrating the work and offering small suggestions for revision. 
• Perhaps studio time, followed up with sharing out the most transformational part of the process at the end.
• Perhaps it is something I cannot imagine...decide together.

NEXT WEEK

Outlining and Practicing Exhibitions of Learning

Writing and Revising Artist Statements

REHEARSALS WILL BEGIN ON MAY 16th

PARADIGM GALLERY INSTALLATION WILL BE MONDAY, MAY 23rd @ 8:00AM

Week of May 2nd - 6th | Finishing

It is the beginning of May, which means we are at a turning point for projects. This is the last week of Creation Phase and the first week of outlining Exhibitions of Learning and Artist Statements.

Evidence of Learning and reporting it in Jupiter:

For Habits of Work, use studio journals, calendars, project planning documents to evaluate progress. Note that while the percentage of these individual assignments is small, reporting on this information will reflect on the growth in the habits necessary to persist through this and future projects.

For Discipline Standards, use disciplinary rubrics to provide feedback on projects as they are at this point. A deadline for completed drafts was set for May 1st. From here, projects should be finished through revisions and tweaks. If a student needs feedback from a staff member in a discipline different from their project advisor's, please set up meetings in person. These drafts might also be done as self-evaluations by students. Please use the comments to indicate which standard is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... depending on the rubric used.

 Calendars:

This week, all students will be asked to confirm their Exhibition of Learning time and place. Madison O'Brien and Molly will be managing this process. After you confirm this week, there will be no changes made to the schedule. 

Check the project calendar. Note that there are EoLs Monday, May 23rd through Thursday, May 26th. Tuesday the 24th and Thursday the 26th are required attendance from 12-8:00pm. Please plan accordingly.

Invitations:

One of the goals for this spring's Exhibitions of Learning is to engage more community members than ever. At the end of the week, we will give you post cards to send or deliver to three people you would to have attend our Exhibitions of Learning. We also have a Facebook event that will have updated information.