1. Discuss three of the websites of your colleagues and write comments in response to their blogs (in their blog). Identify the three Blogs where you are making comments.



Aurora, I love your literacy page and how organize and cohesive it is. “Grammar Dance” seems interesting to me. Did you watch the video, < http://www.teachers.tv/video/1430#share>. I didn’t know kinesthetic demonstrates students grappling grammar and creative writing. Good article.



I love Sharon’s Home Page because it’s so “clean”. I thought she kept the “K.I.S.S” theory. It is classy through its white background and the nice music with the piano. It’s presentable and user-friendly.



Sarah, I love your homepage. It’s so clean and user friendly. I can see that you are an artist. I love the quote. Also, I see that you are promoting yourself and this web page is a great tool. I need for you to show me how you do your layout on your homepage (I’m so jealous). Also, I would like to give a shout out to the green group, you guys’ project are informative and may be put to use. Again, good job.

Blue Group Video from Presentation

Here's the video that the Blue group wanted to present to the class during presentation.

My animation Double YIKES!!!

Again, my inspiration for this web page was the Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance. My animation is a still picture of a couple dancing. I used the East Gif Animator for windows. I manipulated this photo by using the effect of rotating and spinning to give to some type of illusion that they are dancing. So I found this upbeat tune which people may know called the “Maple Leaf Rag.” I used this tune because it was upbeat and it seem like a tune that people from the Harlem Renaissance dance to. So enjoy.

My Movie YIKES!!!

My inspiration for this web page was the Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance. So for my movie, I am doing still images that represent the Cotton Club and the Harlem Renaissance. The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Billie Holiday; it generally denied admission to blacks. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem, featuring regular Celebrity Nights on Sundays. The music I chose was Fletcher Henderson’s “Stockholm Stomp” which was performed at the Cotton Club. The only thing I am concerned about is if it flows like Gilbert’s movie. I just need more practice.

Observation at MS 131 Dr. Sun Yet Sen School

Today in my Inquiries class, the class went to MS 131 to do an observation. We observed Mr. Ben’s eighth grade Social Studies class. He told us his students had a project using Windows Movie Maker. The class’s topic was did historical events shaped America’s values (one group has a pro and the other has a con). They used different clips of the Iraq War and President Bush’s speech. I thought they did a wonderful job to prove their side. I’m an amateur to Windows Movie Maker and Mr. Ben’s students were like professionals. Just like to share that with you guys.

Journal Entry 2 (Group Project)

Go Big Blue!!!
Today, we received an email from Dr. Gilbert stating: “Multiculturalism is a powerful topic. How can involvement with technology advance our understandings across culture? In many ways, the Internet itself is already a tool for crossing boundaries and learning about cultures. What are some ways to harness this for your presentation?” In the group today, we discussed how we can incorporate technology in multiculturalism and arts classroom. So the group was playing around through the internet and we were getting impatient. So I added, why not make profile for a country. They agreed and the girls picked what country: KOREA!!! (their country of course). So, we got all the media, visual arts, short stories, music, and videos of different dances and put it all on one page. The other thing we said is that we want it to be clean not too cluttered like myspace. Our inspiration was facebook because it was clean, user friendly, and not too flashy.

Journal Entry 1 (Group Project)

Go BIG Blue!!!
Today in our group we discussed what can educators and students utilize through technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Jung actually said the idea multiculturalism through arts education. We all agreed. So we entitled our project P.A.M (Performing Arts in Multiculturalism). We decided to address the definitions and goals of multiculturalism in the performing arts classroom. We wanted multiculturalism in music and dance education in the United States because we notice that there are parallelisms in general education which creates literacy brought by different events (socially and historically). The purpose of this project is to have different philosophies pertaining to multiculturalism and relevant lesson plans. So we broke the project up. Seung had to search for youtube videos and audio media which entailed multiculturalism. Jung had to research multiculturalism through dance. Finally, I had to research multiculturalism through music and start on the powerpoint presentation.