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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic VPA-Literate in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 3 months, 4 weeks agoView group discussionShannon, you are right on in so many ways. I have said for decades that the ARTS should not be considered “just” an enrichment discipline. I am now, after reading a brief article from one of Argy Nestor’s New […]
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Visual Art as Critical Thinking in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 10 months, 3 weeks agoView group discussion“…who goes apple picking and hands a child a core?” Thanks Suzanne, the challenge is not to “integrate” the ARTS with other “core” disciplines, but to remind/educate those disciplines in how strongly the […]
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Teachers Becoming Teacher Leaders in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 10 months, 3 weeks agoView group discussionJust what I needed… to hear from you guys and to see a structure that defines leadership and its various roles; as I have struggled a bit with the concept over the past winter. My focus lately has been with my […]
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Arts Assessment and the un-Common Core in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 1 year agoView group discussionCatherine, of course I agree with your comment that the “Media ARTS” are worthy of study on their own, and I think the difference we are shooting back and forth here is that as soon as the context changes to […]
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Arts Assessment and the un-Common Core in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 1 year, 1 month agoView group discussionActually Catherine, my ‘turnaround” is that once I began to process the concept of Media ARTS as a stand-alone and separate discipline, I realized that they can go far beyond service to “core” ARTS subjects […]
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Charlie Johnson posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
In reply to: Shannon Campbell posted an update in the group Maine Arts Education Leaders Hello all, finally found my log-on information in my spam folder! My name is shannon campbell, i live in Ellsworth and teach visual arts […] ViewHey Shannon! Me too! I had a ”spam sandwich” from Argy for ”suppah” or I would never have gotten here either! Glad to have you aboard! I’m off to watch ”American Idol”! 30 million music fans have got to provide pretty accurate assessment. eh? I know you don’t watch TV, but I’m hooked!
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Arts Assessment and the un-Common Core in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 1 year, 1 month agoView group discussionWhat’s kind of cool (and progressive) with the work on the new arts standards is that the “writers” are considering (on the tail end) the ways that the arts can connect to what we have come to know as “common […]
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Charlie Johnson replied to the discussion topic Welcome! in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 1 year, 1 month agoView group discussionHello everyone! I’m Charlie Johnson and I teach Digital Media/Photography at Mount Desert Island High School and live in Sullivan, Maine. I have been teaching since 1973, have taught at all grade levels, and […]
