In response to a question on my midterm exam, I am prompted to consider how the Think Book could be used in a classroom setting with young children. I think a scrapbook would be an excellent way to collect thoughts, pictures and ideas that intrigue. I could see this merging with the writer's notebook to become almost like an ARTIST SCRAPBOOK. With middle school students, it would be fun to do an online blog or electronic version, as I love teaching photoshop basics and making graphics. Fonts are also really cool... In general I am excited to see how my background in digital arts will translate into my classroom curriculum.
This also made me think of THE BOOK OF AWESOME - which is something I explored with kids at Eagle Arts Academy in 2012. We made an over sized book which the entire academy was invited to write in during our two weeks together. On the second week, one of my video students decided to make it into her final project and she recorded audio and video, inspired by the Book, to create a film that was shared with the entire camp on the very last day. It was awesome!
This also made me think of THE BOOK OF AWESOME - which is something I explored with kids at Eagle Arts Academy in 2012. We made an over sized book which the entire academy was invited to write in during our two weeks together. On the second week, one of my video students decided to make it into her final project and she recorded audio and video, inspired by the Book, to create a film that was shared with the entire camp on the very last day. It was awesome!