Long Distance Learning in and through the Arts: A Case Story from Austin, Minnesota.

Long Distance Learning in and through the Arts:

A Case Story from Austin, Minnesota

Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008

“it starts before it starts”

Windows and Mirrors

Windows and Mirrors

“All students deserve a curriculum that mirrors their own experience back to them, upon occasion—thus validating it in the public world of the school. But the curriculum must also insist upon the fresh air of windows into the experience of others...”—Emily Style in the Oak Knoll School monograph Listening for All Voices, Summit, NJ, 1988 © Emily Style


Technical set-up


Mobility

The videographer moves around, sometimes zooming in on the dancer’s body to make the movement more visible to the students.


Class begins

In Golden Valley …and 125 miles away in Austin


Video Clip: Practicing dance etiquette and vocabulary


Giving

feedback


Video Clip: Teaching Artist demonstrating

Sowu Dance


Reflective Exchange about Sowu Dance


Video Clip: Students rehearsing with music


Reflecting after the lesson


Next day… student reflection led by teachers


Assembling and organizing learning objects


Many of the tools and principles in these dance exchanges were pioneered at THE PERFORMANCE LAB™ (TPL), national leader in innovative interactive arts experiences using technology. As an affiliate of TPL for seven years, Diane Aldis draws from quality teaching practices known collectively as the TPL™ Model and developed by Rick Hauser, TPL™Co-

Founder; Nancy Mason Hauser, Videographer; their associates, and arts partners.

www.theperformancelab.org

http://www.theperformancelab.org/


We would also like to thank the Austin teachers, students and all of the participating teaching artists in addition to the technology support from Austin School District and the Perpich Center for Arts Education.


Thank you

Reflective tools, video conferencing, online

resources

What are the possibilities?

What are the limitations?

Long Distance Learning in and through the Arts: A Case Story from Austin, Minnesota.

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