Romare Bearden: The Block

The website that we had to take a look at was very interesting and educational. There were many mediums that I thought were very interactive and held onto my attention. I loved the option of being able to zoom into the collage and taking a deeper look at the art piece. I also liked that there were so many resources that were friendly to children that would expose them to art, keep them entertained, and way from the television!

When I realized that this site was made by the Met Museum I wanted to see what else the Met offered to children. I found many events that were specific to children. The thing that excited me the most was that there were also tours of the Museum specifically for children with special needs. I loved that they had a hands on exibit and that they open this option to everyone , not only children with special needs. I think that the Museum really understands that what will benefit one child can benefit another. I am very excited that I stumbled upon this feature of the museum and I am excited to take some of the kids I know, back at home, to these exibits over the summer.

Comics in Education

I am being 100% completely honest when I say this: I think comics in education is one of the most brilliant things I have ever heard of and I wish I could have came up with it myself! I have had an epiphany! Children love comics or at least would rather read them than textbooks. And if educational material were made into comic books or “graphic novels” children would be more willing to learn! I love this idea of comics in education and think that teachers should put more effort into making education more fun for their students. I think that if teachers put in a little bit more time into finding educational material through graphics or made them themselves than they will see a great improvement in how well their students pick up on the material.

I am very grateful that I have gotten to read this article because it is definitely something I will be using in my own teaching! I love seeing articles and hear different teaching mediums and methods because it gets me excited and gives me a lot of ideas that will enhance my future student's classroom experience!

Post #7: Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg’s art is very interesting. It reminds me of the way that little children make up complex stories to answer a simple question. I think it is adorable and would love to try to draw one for myself. One thing that I thought was a good idea in this article was to draw the way that people thought how children learn. I thought that this was a very creative idea. If people, mainly teachers, understood or had an idea of how children learned and followed that guideline then children will benefit greatly.

Shouldn’t teachers understand how children learn? Sure Rube Goldberg’s picture may have a pot and a conveyor belts in his diagram but if teachers had their own understanding. What steps and levels students need to accomplish to get to the next then than I believe that teachers would stress these levels on every child and help them accomplish what they need to know. These types of drawings can also help students evaluate what they know and can help them come up with creative pictures!