The New Jersey Arts Education Collective

NJAEC Hosts EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS 101--May 29, 2009

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Our crack team of presenters: Amanda Newman-Godfrey, from the AIE Consortium and Laura Tunis from The Commission for the Blind.

They led us through basic information about Exceptional Learners. We explored movement, music and writing through the eyes of student with special needs. Then we made original collages using multi-sensory materials such as bubble wrap, textured papers, yarn and naturally scented objects like pine needles.

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Gail Scuderi hard at work on her collage. We used colored glue because it's easier for students with visual impairments to see it.

Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood hosted the event in their wonderful workshop space. Thanks Perkins!

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We were joined by our friends from VSA Delaware. We were glad to have them with us!

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A beautiful, multisensory landscape is born. Note the varied textures used.

Nation's First Teaching Artist Certification Program Launched

2009-05-07T11:25:00.003-04:00

Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, The University of the Arts, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Launch Nation’s First Teaching Artist Certification Program
PHILADELPHIA (April 24, 2009) – Recognizing artists as a vital component in Pre K – 12 educational reform, The University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP), in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, will begin offering a first-in-the-nation two year Teaching Artist Certificate through the University’s Continuing Studies Division this fall.

For more information go to: http://www.paep.net/

NJAEC Hosts Bye, Bye Blackboard: Teaching Artistry in the 21st Century

2009-04-15T11:18:00.003-04:00

April 8, 2009

A panel of experts gave us the inside scoop on what's happening in New Jersey's schools: Willa Spicer, Deputy Commissioner of Education for the NJDOE; Janis Jensen, Office of Academic Standards, NJDOE; Kris Wenger, Director NJ Arts Education Partnership and Will Richardson.

To see the panel discussion click here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1358039

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Will Richardson gave a comprehensive overview of the tools and technologies that enhance teaching and learning in the 21st Century. Will set up a wiki to house all his reference and resource information: http://teachingartistry.wikispaces.com/

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Thirty plus artists, arts educators, school administrators and arts administrators attended the event, held at the Principals and Supervisor's Conference Center in Monroe Township.

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NJAEC Vice Chair Barbara Reuther; NJAEC Chair Michele Russo; Kris Wenger-Director of NJ Arts Education Partnership and Will Richardson

If you attended and have feedback on the training, your comments are welcome!

Participants share best practices and evaluation tools

2008-06-23T16:03:00.004-04:00

Retired school administrator and arts education evaluator Anthony Buscetti

shares his wisdom and insight. Teaching Artist Howard Berelson looks on.

The half day discussion was moderated by Amanda Newman-Godfrey from the AIE Consortium. Jaymie Stein of Young Audiences NJ and Sandy Taylor of the Monmouth County Arts Council look on.

Practitioners weigh in on field experiences

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Kris Wenger of the NJ Arts Education Partnership and

Ted Lind of the Newark Museum

Noreen Scott Garrity of Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts

NJAEC Hosts Roundtable 2: Continuing the Discussion on Evaluation

2008-06-23T15:47:00.004-04:00

On December 18, 2007, a diverse group of arts administrators, arts educators and teaching artists gathered at Young Audiences NJ in Princeton to continue their discussion of current practices in evaluation.

Roundtable 1: Evaluation and Assessment was hosted on February 28, 2007 at NJPAC in Newark.

For information on upcoming roundtables and past proceedings, please visit the Hot Topics page of http://www.njaec.org/

Harvest Event Draws A Crowd!

2008-06-23T15:37:00.005-04:00

Over 60 teaching artists, arts educators and arts administrators attended the NJAEC Harvest Celebration to network, share and celebrate the upcoming year!

Pictured are: Penny Harter, Maggie Hunter of Arts Horizons and William Higginson

A festive air could be felt at the
D & R Greenway in Princeton!

Thank you to everyone for joining us and making this event possible!

Harvest Celebration Pumpkins!

2008-06-23T15:33:00.004-04:00

NJAEC members and teaching artists show off their fabulous pumpkin creations!

Larry Capo of Young Audiences and Jackie Lukas of American Repertory Ballet.

Elizabeth Rollins and her pumpkin creation!

Be our guest...teaching artists!

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Teaching artists discuss their upcoming projects

Maggie Hunter of Arts Horizons and Teaching Artist Gail Scuderi

Teaching Artist David Robinson and his wife

Arthur Wilson and Therese Halscheid put their heads together!

NJAEC Members at Large

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Larry Capo and Maureen Heffernan of Young Audiences New Jersey

Alysia Souder (left) of Playwrights Theatre NJ & Chair of NJAEC

and

Michele Russo of Young Audiences New Jersey & Co-Chair of NJAEC

Networking, Fun and Folly at the Harvest Celebration!

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Some of the attendees watch as the NJAEC gives the official tour of it's newly launched website: www.njaec.org

NJAEC Website

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The New Jersey Arts Education Collective launches its new Website! Check it often for up-to-date events, professional development opportunities and news affecting New Jersey Teaching Artists. The site will be launched at the Fall Harvest Celebration at the D & R Greenway in PRinceton, NJ on Friday, October 19th.

The training day comes to a close...

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We know it was hard to say goodbye but we hope to see you at TECH 201 very soon!

Hard at work!

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Bill and Karen are hard at work. We can't wait to see those blogs!

There appears to be some discussion

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Arthur and Alexis share their learning experiences and argue which soft drink is better...will this classic debate ever end?

Arthur and Alexis dive right in!

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Two of the particpants get down to designing their creative challenge PowerPoints.
Which is it guys...Coke or Pepsi?

The afternoon group gets started!

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Welcome Teaching Artists! The afternoon brings us another group of eager teaching artists ready to learn more about PowerPoint and Blogging. Our trainer, Alan Nunez, gets us started.

...Found them!

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We take a break before heading into the world of blogging.
More caffine and snacks will keep us going.

Where did everyone go?

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Must be break time...

Maureen and Patty are hard at work

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Two of our TECH 101 participants are hard at work learning how to size images and transition from slide to slide. They are our new PowerPoint pros...

The group is navigating around PowerPoint

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Shhhh....everyone is concentrating very hard on their creative challenge...Coke vs. Pepsi?
The group plays with slide layout, sizing images, font, animation, slide transition and even sound. They are on their way to creating a smooth presentation.

Alan gets rolling!

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Alan Nunez starts us off with learning about PowerPoint. We cover basic tools, gathering content, participate in a creative challenge and discuss tips for making a sucessful presentation. Alan helps us connect our artistry to this innovative technology.

Michele Gets Us Started

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Michele Russo, NJAEC Vice-Chair and Director of Arts Partnerships at Young Audiences New Jersey, introduces the training and our technology guide, Alan Nunez.

She takes up her post at a computer and dives into Powerpoint. Go Michele!

Breakfast is served!

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Exceed Education provides NJAEC training participants with a delicious breakfast. They defintiely understand that we can't learn on an empty stomach. We need our caffine too!

Good Morning Eileen!

2007-09-24T09:59:00.001-04:00

Eileen greets us at the door and gives us a tour of the facilities. She is busy, busy, busy! Thank you Eileen for getting us off on the right foot.

TECH 101 North Site

2007-09-24T09:19:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the second NJAEC TECH 101 training! We have both arts administrators and teaching artists joining us this morning to learn more about using PowerPoint and Blogging. We are at Exceed Education in Edison, New Jersey. Good morning and let's get rolling...

Welcome

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Hi and welcome to our brand new blog.

Technology for Every Teaching Artist

2007-06-19T15:26:00.001-04:00

We created this blog today during our first Technology Training for teaching artists. The goal of the training was to introduce teaching artists to powerpoint and blogging with hopes that these tools will help advance their work personally and professionally. Our goal in creating this blog was to illustrate how simply an event can be recorded and then shared with participants. We hope you enjoy it.

Internetwork Learning Center - Mount Laurel

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Internetwork Learning Center director Mike Cleff is pictured smiling cautiously before turning his computers over to our eager teaching artists.

Artist Arrivals

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Artists have a chance
to meet and greet.
Julie bravely
volunteers
to sample the
fare.

Welcome from NJAEC

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Amanda Newman from the
New Jersey State Council on the
Arts welcomes participants to
Tech 101.

Are These Things Turned On ?

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Getting settled ...warming up to the technology.

Powerpoint - Blogging...? What's That ?

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What's your techno rating ? Are you a 5 or a 1 ?

Getting Our Feet Wet

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After a reminder that "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore was essentially a powerpoint presentation, participants are given a simple creative challenge - creating a powerpoint sequence which poses one question - which is better coke or pepsi ?

What is a Blog ?

2007-06-18T22:25:00.001-04:00

Artists take a look at a sample blog created by instructor Alan Nunez at www.leonardodavinci7.blogspot.com

Just Press Pause

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A seventh inning stretch for refreshments and a chance to network with other artists.

Back in the Saddle

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psssst....what's the difference between my blog name and my blog address ?

Wow ! I Have My Own Blog

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hmmmmmmm...now what ? Time to think about content.

Works In Progress

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Leaving with new beginnings online. Let us know if they grow.