The Map is Not the Territory: Teaching Artist Journal

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Calling Minnesota Teachers & Artists! (Free Professional Learning Workshop)

I'll be presenting core lessons of the Math in Your Feet program to teachers and teaching artists in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in August. It's free and if you've been curious about what my work looks and feels like in real life I'd be thrilled if you'd join us! (Did I mention it's FREE?!) Below, please find a detailed description of the event. See you there?

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Please join us for the next Artist to Artist professional development opportunity offered in conjunction with a quarterly Teaching Artist Journal (TAJ) Resource Exchange design team meeting on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, MN.

For this particular professional development opportunity we have our TAJ colleague presenting, Malke Rosenfeld, who is an experienced independent teaching artist and editor/curator of TAJ's ALT/Space. This is a chance for us to widen the Artist to Artist network, deepen our relationship with another TAJ colleague, and to learn from and contribute to the development of Malke's innovative program. Malke's collaboration with math education specialist Jane Cooney has given her particular insight and experience into the intersection of percussive dance and math and how her art form can be authentically integrated into deep math learning in the classroom (mathinyourfeet.com).

In addition to Malke, we will also hear from teaching artist Peyton Scott Russell and review compelling student work from an Ordway education program and an interdisciplinary MPS collaborative project. Session details below.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Happy Anniversary!

...and I nearly missed it. Just this week I was thinking, "Gee, I think I've been blogging for about a year now. I should go back and check the date."

I remembered just now, and good thing, too. It's been exactly a year today since my first post. I had just submitted my article for peer review to the Teaching Artist Journal and felt I had more to write. And write I did. When I started I didn't really know if anyone would read this blog; I haven't had a ton of readers, compared to other blogs, but am so grateful for the folks who have subscribed, followed, checked in, and commented.

This blog has been a chance for me to illustrate and explain my work integrating percussive dance with elementary math topics, describe my work as a teaching artist more fully, and make connections between math, dance, and other similarly creative pursuits. It's not really all over the 'map' but I do recognize that this might be categorized as a 'multi-topic' blog. That's fine with me -- I enjoy having multiple interests that intersect in sometimes fascinating ways over time.

This space has also been a way for me to connect with really interesting and smart folks in the mathed world, folks who have been really patient with me as I ask questions, share my ideas and generally expand my understanding of math thinking, topics and practices. Sue VanHattum at Math Mama Writes, Maria Droujkova of Natural Math, Julie at Living Math, and Bon Crowder at MathFour have all provided wonderful support, forums, and conversations as I explore the world of math education.

It's been a whole year, but I feel like I'm just getting started.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

There are some very exciting things happening in the Teaching Artist world, the most recent of which is the newly launched Teaching Artist Journal ALT/space blog!

Back in May I was asked to transition the print version of the ALT/space (formerly Newsbreak) section of the journal to an online space, and to curate and edit the new blog as well. After a few months of effort on the part of many, ALT/space is now a stand-alone entity from the TAJ peer-reviewed print journal and powered by Teaching Artist correspondents from around the country who are writing about their work and practice. Our goal is to paint a picture of TA life and work with the broadest possible representation of art forms, geographic locations, ages, and cultural perspectives.

I hope you'll take a look!