Post on 21-Apr-2017
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What Would !Da Vinci Do?!
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Lessons on Life, Teaching, and Learning from the Artists
@amyburvall
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What’s “Historyteachers”?
What’s “Historyteachers”?
me, !sketching!
everywhere
never say…
@adambellow
aren’t we all?
caves at chauvet!32-30,000 BP
venus of willendorf!28-25,000
Instagram Art
we have learned! nothing - Picasso
what can we!learn from!
great artists?
impressionist mvmt !and mobile learning
once revolution
now ubiquitous
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“go with me”!
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appreciate the fleeting!
…and the era in which you live
Monet, 1877
Manet, 1882
Renoir, 1880s
Degas,1893
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go mobile
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get messy !and real
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not reactive
proactive
embrace the tech of the day
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tools inform technique!
break your bubble
new perspective
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get a posse !+ collaborate
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get connected
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own your criticism- !wear it like a badge
Monet, Impression, Sunrise 1872
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what’s your fav creative tool?!!
how do your students collaborate globally?
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rise above !your roots
move on…and up
stay curious +!sharpen senses
negative !capability
I have the answers to the questions they never ask
- Gwen Burvall
build broad knowledge!
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who you know !will help you grow
make thinking !visible
creativity is…
connecting dots…
inspiration!takes no!vacation
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your mind race !needs a space
finish!!
sometimes good enough…!is just perfect
don’t be afraid to!trash your treasures
find strength!in a smile
don’t feed the trolls!
keep it clean - !ignore the mean
reputation is like glass -!don’t be an ***
charm will !get you !
everywhere
light others’ !candles
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where do you store and share thoughts?!!how do your students make their thinking visible?!!what does inquiry look like in your classroom?
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make disciplines!dance together
work beyond your will
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mastery comes !with muscle
pursue patience !
think bigger…!…and differently
do the unexpected
see the angel in the marble!!
edit around your vision
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whitespace is powerful
make your work public
tell stories!
visual
ancora imparo!Live to Learn !
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be biographical material… !…while you’re still biological material
leave a…
don’t wait to appreciate !(give shoutouts)
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give a shout out to a person!you admire..or better yet a student!
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in what ways are you “still learning”?
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bricolage is best…!…be resourceful !
find beauty in the broken!
find a homebase!
understand your umwelt
open up and observe
people matter
“At last I don’t !know how to draw”
I have always been a pencil
aim to archive
make work easily sharable
!737 canvas 5084 posters 275 watercolours 363 prints ceramics, etc
be prolific
making trumps thinking
bad health can result in mental wealth
work through !struggles!
bolster your buddies
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where is your favourite place to work?!or!what strange or flawed thing do you!feel is beautiful?!or!how do you or students share !your work? #wwdvd
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The Wow and the Wonder
“We are surrounded !by poetry on all sides”
“admire as much as you can…!most people do not!
admire enough”
“It is looking at things for a long time !that ripens you!
and gives you a deeper meaning”
“…in the poorest !cottages !
and in the !dirtiest corners…”
power in the detail…!push for the best work…!revise and make beautiful
metaphor
Be you - no compromises
“normality is a paved road…!it’s comfortable to walk!
but no flowers grow on it”
“do not quench your!inspiration and !
your !imagination”
Creative Courage
Expression !Trumps !
Perfection
“just slap anything on !when you see a blank canvas !staring at you in the face…”
“break the spell of ‘you can’t’”
Know the risk…!but take it
“…a series of small things!brought together”
Do … to Learn
Take up my pencil…!…go on with my drawing
Leave a Legacy
“Wheat is Wheat…!even if people think it is grass!
in the beginning”
Strive for Empathy !and !
Passion
Make something !GOOD!
every day
!What have you persevered through in your teaching career?!
!How can we help students be resilient?!
!How can we help build communities that boost creative confidence?!
!What have you learned recently or are learning?!
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cultivate !a constellation of creatives
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to know what you’re going to draw!you have to begin drawing!
work backwards
Inspiration exists…!but it has to find you working
love your work!
simple is sublime!
Apple training
change it up - !don’t be one trick pony
make like Madonna
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explore new paths!
find a muse
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look to the past to look forward
“learn the rules !like a pro…!
…so you can !break them !
like an artist”
“art washes away from the soul!the dust of everyday life”
get in !a creative habit
channel BAD!into RAD
embrace the youthful artist !within you
“It takes a long time!to grow young”
stand for something!
use the platform!you are given
brain > brawn
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painting is not done to !decorate apartments…!!
…it is an instrument of war
“computers are useless…!they can only give you answers”
live in the “why not?”!
find your gift…!…then give it away
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post a “why not?”!!
what have you done lately to “change it up”?!!
how can the power of art be used in your course?
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seek serendipity!flaunt the fails !marvel at mistakes
treasure your past !
curate cleverly!
be awed by the ordinary
You need to let the! little things that would !ordinarily bore you !suddenly thrill you.
tinker, try, and test!
make it a!
think in themes
keep making
find your niche!
make your own movement
appropriate to create -!re-contextualize!
see things in new ways
you don’t have to explain yourself
cultivate a creative space..!!
find your “Factory”!build your “woodshed”
\find something to like in everyone!
the “little times” are often big!
live !lightheartedly
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how do you and students curate? !or!
what 3 things make a creative classroom space?!
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paint what you like! and die happy
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what thing do you want to do more of !next school year - that you enjoy !and don’t get to do enough of..!
OR !how to give students more choice?
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selfies!
with biggest takeaway
selfies!