Thursday, January 26th, 2017 | Continue conversation from Monday (Teachers in the Fish Bowl)

Today will be the second half of our conversation from Monday.  Now, the teachers enter the fish bowl to go through the protocol. Check in with your IDEATION Advisor asap at 10:00 and then head to the drama room, where the conversation will be facilitated by Ted.

Week of December 12-16 | Artist Statements and Planning for Exhibitions of Learning

Last week, everyone has rounded out Creation Phase within their discipline.  We are done with creation processes in class time.  If you choose to revise your project on your own time, then setup times within your creation advisor's office hours after school.  You are welcome to revise your works of art, dances, and engineered designs on your own time.  We start the next step in the creative process, Presentation.  We prepare to present through Artist Statements to communicate artistic intent and vision.  

Announcements:

• Please take Destiny's survey - Please consider doing this on your own time.
• Creation Advisors will share your End Product Rubric grades for IDEAS Block
• Next week we will focus on Presentation and proper preparation.  We will also conduct presentation workshops for everyone to prepare a high quality presentation.  Even if you struggled during your creation process, you can exhibit your learning 
• When we return from Winter Break, we will spend that week preparing for Exhibitions through Practice Presentations.  When you are home or around relatives during Winter Break, try practicing your presentation in front of them.  

Monday 

• Artist Statement Introduction Do Now and begin writing Artist Statements
• Schedule a Writing conference if you are having a difficult time with this process.

Tuesday 

• Writing Day for Artist Statements
• Write down you Exhibition time and send a formal email to your parents and family members, inviting them to your Exhibition of Learning.  Feel free to invite anyone who is invested or interested in your project. Reach out to professionals!

Wednesday 

• Peer Feedback sessions and gain some advisor feedback

Thursday

• Revision with more peer Feedback. 

Friday

• Revision of Artist Statements and Submission of Artist Statements to Addie.
• Print out Artist Statements for Matting (Gallery Walk-ers)
• Matting materials are located in the Visual Art Room. 

Week of November 7-11 | Creation Phase & Responding to Professional Models

Research papers and revisions are still rolling back and forth between students and Language Arts teachers. This is a friendly reminder to look at Jupiter for communication about this evidence of learning.

This week, we look forward to seeing project plans, sketches, drafts, and prototypes come together. Please keep all evidence of your process. All the ideas and possibilities generated. All of the versions. Successes. Failures. All of it shows your thinking and will reveal to you (and others) how you make choices in your creative process.

The other days this week should be dedicated to moving project forward according to group norms and agreements. Please see last week's post for recommendations and reminders.

Tim and Molly will be following up on Exhibitions of Learning Vision Forms and Stuart would like Art Supply Requests.

Please check Skyward for Missing Assignments in IDEAS Block. Proposals are being graded by your Research Phase Advisors.  If you have questions about IDEAS Block grades, please contact your advisors for IDEAS Block, not Molly or Tim.

Before leaving for break at the end of the week, create a plan for what you need to read, sketch, make in the next week. Your project should be part of you, not part of school, meaning it should continue despite taking a break from school.

Attendance Sheet

MONDAY

• (Ritualized week Model) Professional Models
  A ritualized week will be modeled for new IDEAS Block Advisors starting with professional models on Monday.
  

TUESDAY

• (Ritualized week Model) Work-shopping and Extended Studio Time
  Workshop someone’s project as a project block
  Fill out studio time journals, breaking up studio time into halves.
  

WEDNESDAY - Sophomores at MSOE/MIAD.

• (Ritualized week Model) Extended Studio Time
  Fill out studio time journals, breaking up studio time into halves.

THURSDAY

• (Ritualized week Model) Work-shopping and Extended Studio Time
  Workshop someone’s project as a project block
  Fill out studio time journals, breaking up studio time into halves.
  

FRIDAY

• (Ritualized week Model) Feedback Friday
  Gain valuable feedback on your project from someone else in the room.
• Evidence Check #1 Occurs Today - IDEAS Block Advisors will look over your current evidence of creation and give you feedback based on where you are in your process.

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).

Friday, February 19th | Annotated Bibliography Deadline

Annotated Bibliographies are due for all students on Friday, February 19th. Please follow the directions below.

PREPARE

• EasyBib : Review your project in EasyBib
• Are all of the sources you read cited?
• Are all of the sources you cited annotated?
• Have you proofread all annotations?
• How well do your annotations convey content?
• EasyBib : Export
• Open your project in EasyBib
• In the upper right corner of the project, click "Export" and then "Google Docs"
• Google Docs : Organize
• Change the name of your new Google document to Firstname Lastname | Annotated Bibliography | Spring 2016
• Change the title of your new Google document from "Works Cited" to "Annotated Bibliography" (Remember that a Works Cited consists of just the sources you cite in an essay. A Bibliography consists of all the sources you considered throughout your project; it should continually grow. An Annotated Bibliography is the same as a bibliography but each source has an annotated paragraph with it.
• Move your new Google Document into your Project Block folder in Google Drive
• Change sharing settings to "Anyone with the link can comment."

COMPOSE

• Gmail : Set Up
• Create a new email
• In the To: field, enter the email address of your Humanities/Language Arts teacher (Addie or Kimberly)
• In the CC: field, enter the email address of your IDEAS Project Block Advisor and Beckah, if appropriate.
• In the Subject field, enter your Initials | Annotated Bibliography | Project Title
  (Example:  TT | Annotated Bibliography | Neither Rock nor Refuge)
  (Note: Project titles are an important indicator of your interest in your project and your developing understanding)
• Gmail : Content & Guidelines
• Create a greeting to Addie or Kimberly
• In the first paragraph, explain that the purpose of the email is to turn in your Annotated Bibliography. Provide a description of the status of your Annotated Bibliography: Is is completed to your own expectations? Is it partial or incomplete? Explain what the factors are and communicate your plan for completion, including your expectations for quality and a timeline.
• In the second paragraph, share an overview of your research process so far. Tell us about how well you feel the sources you read match up with the intention of your project. Give specific details about especially enlightening sources or challenging sources. If they don't match up well, tell us what you feel is missing from your research. (We would like to help you find what you are looking for.) Finally, include any specific questions you have or feedback that you would like. 
• In the third paragraph, share a reflection on your Habits of Learning throughout this first portion of the Research Phase. What are your strengths as a learner? What is your area of growth as you approach writing a research paper?
• Hyperlink your Annotated Bibliography Google Doc into your email.
  (Note: This is how you are turning in the evidence of learning.)
• End your email with a closing and your name.

SEND

• Gmail : Check
• Double check your email set up
• Proofread your email
• Make sure you have included a hyperlink to your Annotated Bibliography Google Doc
• Send

Note: We sincerely appreciate your attention to detail and the thought you put into your email. Please send only one email. We will do our best to get back to everyone in a timely fashion. If you submit your work late, be patient in getting a response.

Week of May 29th - June 5th | Project Reflection

Congratulations IDEAS community! This spring's Exhibitions of Learning have featured some of the most thought-provoking, innovative projects that we have seen. There are few places on earth where young people get to shape their learning and making in the ways you do, and we are encouraged by your deep thinking about your work and your personal growth. Thank you for telling those stories through your exhibitions. We know that this is challenging, and we want you to be able to take those challenges and successes with you as you move on to new projects and new thinking. For this reason, we will spend the next week focused on reflection. 

COMMUNITY REFLECTION
On Friday, May 29th we will return to our disciplinary project groups and reflect on the Exhibitions of Learning experience as a whole.

Gathering: Please begin with the following prompts and plenty of think time prior to sharing.

• THINK > Describe a project exhibition that you think embodies what IDEAS Block is all about. Explain your choice.
• PUZZLE > Describe a project exhibition that raised important academic, creative, or other questions for you personally. Explain your choice.
• EXPLORE > Describe a project exhibition that makes you want to explore something new about an idea, an art form, or something else. Explain your choice. 

Compass Points: Please capture and share this with Molly and Kim when your group is finished.

• EXCITED > What excited or energized you throughout Exhibitions of Learning? What do you appreciate about the process?
• NEW > What was new about this semester's Exhibitions of Learning? How did these new things affect Exhibitions of Learning as a whole?
• WORRIES > What worried or concerned you about planning, preparation, execution of Exhibitions of Learning this semester? 
• SUGGESTIONS > What suggestions do you have for next semester/year's Exhibitions of Learning?

PERSONAL REFLECTION
Each individual student will engage in a formal reflection about their own project and habits this semester. This process has three distinct parts:

• 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. Outline. (NOTE: This is due June 5th.)
• 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. 

DON'T FORGET!
Support your creative colleagues.

• Friday, May 29th - 4:00pm & 6:00pm - Theater Production Club and "Last Sunday" Exhibition at Paradigm Annex. Tickets are $2.00
• Friday, June 5th - 4:00pm - Film exhibitions in the Drama Room at IDEAS Academy

Week of April 20-24 | Professional Models and Habits

At the end of this week we will be one month from Exhibitions of learning! This is "gut-check" week! The week you ask yourself: "What do I have to do to make this project happen? to meet the expectations that I set for myself? to create a high quality interpretation in order to engage an audience in new thinking about my topic?"

Habits of Professionalism:

• EARLY WEEK: Revisit your Habits of Learning Conversation from early in the semester (connecting it to the creation phase now) and/or Habits of Work Paper Sculptures (giving the opportunity for revision or remaking, as a reflection on the creative process). Everyone should have the intention of organizing or maintaining evidence for their Evidence Check on Friday.
• MID WEEK: Professional Models are always important, there are two significant experiences to consider this week. How will the Lexicon of Sustainability (Re: Karen Mead Library on Wednesday) and Camille Brown (Grades 9 and 10 at JMKAC on Wednesday) CONNECT/EXTEND/CHALLENGE your project?
• FRIDAY: Evidence Check. As a disciplinary group, you will follow through on your evidence plan for this semester. Advisors are encouraged to have a whole group, small group, or 1:1 conference to review evidence and connect the evidence to Habits. This evidence check will be reported to Jupiter to give students, parents, and everyone an indicator of how projects are progressing. 

Exhibitions of Learning: 

• If you have not completed the form to sign up for an Exhibition space, please see Molly's email and do so as soon as possible. 
• Exhibitions are on May 26th and 28th. Please take off of work and plan accordingly.

Research Paper Redux:

• Communicate and meet with Addie to make sure that your completed or revised Research Papers are reviewed.

UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL MODELS:

(Please adjust your calendars, as these will take place during P-Block.)

APRIL 29th - Colleen Machut and the Huzzah Theater Troop will be performing as a professional model for the creative process and for an Exhibition of Learning. This will be at IDEAS. (We are looking for a staff volunteer to cover Coleen's first class.)

MAY 14th - Louder Than A Bomb is a documentary about young spoken word poets showing at the JMKAC. They are just beginning a residency that will continue into the fall. They are doing a special showing of the film for us. 

The Week of April 7-10th | Exhibition and Evidence Planning

This week disciplinary groups will use the routines and structures that were set up before break. Groups are encouraged to discuss, evaluate, and tweak routines, as the creation phase progresses. Any changes made should be documented in the Ritualized Weeks document. Please use the same document to support students with multi-disciplinary projects and who may need to participate in the professional models, feedback, or other aspects of another discipline. 


INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
Students, with the support of their advisors and disciplinary groups, should ensure they manage the following:

• Language Arts - Please communicate with Addie regarding Bridge Paper revisions. Schedule Writing Conferences. Make sure that she has access to your Project Block Google Folder within your LA folder.
• Calendar - At this point, each person should have a hard copy calendar filled out to the end of the trimester. Each day should have some specific project intention or a school/group intention. Best practice is to update each day as they happen, but don't erase your intention. Instead, reflect on the factors that are affecting your progress. What did you intend? What did you actually do? What's your next step?
• Exhibitions of Learning - Advisors will conference with each student to help complete the Spring Exhibitions 2015 form. The information documented on this form will be used to schedule venues and publish programs. It is essential that you take the time to envision your project and your exhibition prior to completing the form. Exhibitions are on May 26th and 28th.

DISCIPLINARY GROUPS

• Routinized Week - If you have not already created and shared your daily/weekly routines, please do so in the Ritualized Week document. Please look at the examples in the document and the previous post for some ideas. Please do this by THURSDAY, APRIL 9
• Evidence of Learning - As a group, identify the types and purposes of evidence you'll have for Habits of Work and Habits of Communication throughout the Creation Phase. Please do this by FRIDAY, APRIL 10. The first evidence reflection will be at the end of April.