Marcia Mayper, a professor at Mildred Elley School, takes her students on field trips to local cultural sites like museums to make lessons more engaging. For a class on word processing and presentation applications, students visited the Berkshire Museum three times and created PowerPoint presentations based on their experiences. They reflected on what they enjoyed at the museum and how it benefits the community. At the museum, students presented their technical and researched presentations, sharing personal insights from their visits. Both the students and professor found value in incorporating real-world experiences into the classroom.
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This presentation is a case study in the education department at the Memphis Brooks Museum with a group of fourth-grade students from Brewster Elementary School in Memphis, TN.
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This presentation is a case study in the education department at the Memphis Brooks Museum with a group of fourth-grade students from Brewster Elementary School in Memphis, TN.
Residents of Starksboro, Vermont gathered for a community storytelling event at which Middlebury College students shared digital stories they created this past fall. The event was part of the Art & Soul Civic Engagement initiative of the Orton Family Foundation and the Vermont Land Trust.
A slideshow highlighting Eurasia FLEX alumni activities from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central Russia, Central Ukraine, East Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Moscow, Northwest Russia, Russia Far East, Siberia, Southern Russia, South Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Urals, and West Ukraine.
Lecture: Bowling Against Hunger in L.A. (Lower Alabama)
Percy, teaching in a split between 3D Studio and Art Education at Troy University, will chronicle the birth and early growth of a "collaboration rich" Empty Bowls initiative serving Pike County and surrounding areas in rural south Alabama. Strong partnership between higher ed and underserved K-12 schools highlighted.
Every year for 10 years, non-profits from Central Pennsylvania have brought their needs for professional-quality design materials to Pennsylvania College of Art &Design’s American Institute of Graphic Arts Student Chapter (AIGA) for the annual Designathon. Every year, PCA&D students, aided by faculty members and PCA&D alumni (and lots of coffee), create brochures, logos, t-shirts, posters, websites and more during a 24 hour period.
During the 10th annual event on Feb 23 aND 24, 28 Graphic Design students aided by 8 faculty members and 8 alumni, one of whom participated in the original Designathon, sequesterED themselves at PCA&D starting at 6 p.m. on February 23 to deliver professional-quality design services at no charge to the non-profits. Students at PCA&D who participate in the Designathon gain real-world experience in creating projects for clients under a tight, 24-hour deadline. They learn that non-profits have very real marketing needs in order to be successful, and strong graphic design on well-organized collateral pieces are vital components in successful communications and marketing plans. More importantly, students experience the value of giving back to the community.
Every year for 10 years, non-profits from Central Pennsylvania have brought their needs for professional-quality design materials to Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s American Institute of Graphic Arts Student Chapter (AIGA) for the annual Designathon. Every year, PCA&D students, aided by faculty members and PCA&D alumni (and lots of coffee), create brochures, logos, t-shirts, posters, websites and more during a 24 hour period.
This presentation was originally prepared for the Global Education online conference November 2011.
It was also presented as a workshop at iMoot11 in May 2011
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Residents of Starksboro, Vermont gathered for a community storytelling event at which Middlebury College students shared digital stories they created this past fall. The event was part of the Art & Soul Civic Engagement initiative of the Orton Family Foundation and the Vermont Land Trust.
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Every year for 10 years, non-profits from Central Pennsylvania have brought their needs for professional-quality design materials to Pennsylvania College of Art &Design’s American Institute of Graphic Arts Student Chapter (AIGA) for the annual Designathon. Every year, PCA&D students, aided by faculty members and PCA&D alumni (and lots of coffee), create brochures, logos, t-shirts, posters, websites and more during a 24 hour period.
During the 10th annual event on Feb 23 aND 24, 28 Graphic Design students aided by 8 faculty members and 8 alumni, one of whom participated in the original Designathon, sequesterED themselves at PCA&D starting at 6 p.m. on February 23 to deliver professional-quality design services at no charge to the non-profits. Students at PCA&D who participate in the Designathon gain real-world experience in creating projects for clients under a tight, 24-hour deadline. They learn that non-profits have very real marketing needs in order to be successful, and strong graphic design on well-organized collateral pieces are vital components in successful communications and marketing plans. More importantly, students experience the value of giving back to the community.
Every year for 10 years, non-profits from Central Pennsylvania have brought their needs for professional-quality design materials to Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s American Institute of Graphic Arts Student Chapter (AIGA) for the annual Designathon. Every year, PCA&D students, aided by faculty members and PCA&D alumni (and lots of coffee), create brochures, logos, t-shirts, posters, websites and more during a 24 hour period.
This presentation was originally prepared for the Global Education online conference November 2011.
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Educator or Edupunk: Shifting Roles for Museum Educators Embracing Disruptive...Rosanna Flouty
Museum Computer Network (MCN) 2012
Seattle, Wa November 8, 2012
Educator or Edupunk? Shifting Roles for Museum Educators Embracing Disruptive Technologies
Moderator: Rosanna Flouty
Director of Education, Art21
www.art21.org
#mcn2012edu
This session identifies disruptive technologies in technology-based, experimental museum spaces as an evolved practice in museum education. The goal of this panel is to address ways to proactively identify and serve new audiences, and underlines how museum education departments are well-positioned to lead a radical charge for technology-based, informal learning, both online and offline.
Resisting non-productive or alarmist charges against the backdrop of the national education system in crisis, three museum-based case studies from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and two others will demonstrate how radical practice within museum education are provoking revised terms for defining outreach, community, and audience through disruptive technologies.
Session Description: (500 words)
Traditional ‘programming’ and informal ‘community outlets’ have indeed broadened, deepened and diversified audiences in museums. The field must now consider new strategies for engaging audiences with increased expectations as informal learners, both online and offline. As traditional museum educators mine the spectrum between formalized and informalized education, a new breed of museum educators are inspired by open-source/DIY/crowd-sourced initiatives, and motivated by “edupunk” methodologies that upturn traditional museum education practices beyond K-12 school visits through disruptive technologies. These include, but are not limited to: on-site laboratory spaces, online courses, expansive social media programming, and community-based practices to reach audiences that rarely otherwise visit museums.
Three case studies explore issues of shifting perspectives on visitor identity and internal advocacy for experimental learning spaces, and also chart new territory for museum education as a vital and critical force for institutional change.
Co-Presenters:
Sarah Kennedy, Associate Educator, Lab Programs (MoMA)
Sandra Jackson-DuMont, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education + Public Programs/Adjunct Curator (SAM)
Ryan Hill, Director of Digital Learning Programs, ARTLAB+, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Minneapolis College of Art and Design initiated a Teaching Artist minor which prepares BFA candidates to 'teach in, through and about the arts' in school and community settings.
Photography students studied landscape traditions from 17th C. paintings to modern photography to understand ways that cultures frame ideas and ideals of landscape. They researched student exhibitions from Australia to plan a school exhibition. On a field trip to the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge they composed images that explored their own definitions and perspactives of framing landscape. They titled their exhibition: "[re}Defining Landscape" to reflect the many ways we use, abuse, and understand the landscapes around us.
18 GHS students - 2 weeks of College Access Info / Career Exploration. Coordinated by the HWS Colleges Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning
1. Learning beyond the classroom walls: Mildred Elley
students use tools, experience to expand horizons
By Jenn Smith
jsmith@berkshireeagle.com @JennSmith_Ink Twitter
Posted: 01/12/2016 07:13:58 AM EST0 Comments | Updated: a day ago
Mildred Elley professor Marcia Mayper, bottom right, and her students created projects on the Berkshire Museum.
Clockwise from Mayper are: Amanda Parkington, Tina Levesque, Alecia Herrick, John Beckwith, Scott Muir, Amanda
Buckingham, Jessica Dehn and Christina Bona. (Photo courtesy of Marcia Mayper)
PITTSFIELD — To help her students go above and beyond in their studies, Mildred Elley School professor,
Marcia Mayper, likes to get her students out and beyond their classroom walls.
In the past, she's taken students on field studies to places like the Norman Rockwell Museum, to a worksite of
contemporary artist Jarvis Rockwell, and the Berkshire Museum.
So what does a cultural site visit have to do with a class titled, "Word Processing and Presentation
Applications?"
For the past several years, Mayper has had her students create presentations based on site visits. She says it's a
way of making a lesson more engaging.
"Not only are they using this tool or application they've learned about, they're using it to help produce things
they now know, and hopefully it's enjoyable," Mayper said. "I am a strong proponent of using the cultural
venues in the classroom, getting students out of the class to experience offerings that are local and beyond when
possible."
Her current class on Monday morning showed their final PowerPoint presentations on the large screen of the
Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema, based on their three previous visits to the site.
Museum Director of Education and Public Programs Craig Langlois said that while the museum regularly
partners with schools, "This is the first program that we've done in this capacity, in terms of adult learners doing
real world skills."
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2. "Marcia's a very passionate educator who's very focused on her students' experiences," he said.
The Mildred Elley students visited the museum's permanent exhibits, from Louis Paul Jonas "World in
Miniature" to the live aquarium, to this fall's exhibits including "American West" and "Festival of Trees 2015:
Westward Ho Ho Ho!" During each visit, Mayper asked participants to take photos to document their
experience, and to fill out worksheets, prompting students to reflect on what they liked at the museum and why,
and how they think they museum serves as a valuable asset to the community at large.
The students then used the Pecha Kucha format to build their presentations, with 20 slides advancing every 20
seconds, a style that's featured in the museum's Pecha Kucha Nights.
On Monday, as they would for a job, students were tasked with showing an interesting and informative
presentation that showed their technical and presentations skills, as well as their ability to research and present
findings.
Alecia Herrick presents slides. (Jenn Smith — The Berkshire Eagle)
Student Alecia Herrick's hands were shaky but her voice was steady, as she detailed displays from the aquarium
to the museum's prized mummy, Pahat. Amanda Parkington showed how even as an adult, one can still play and
interact with many exhibit features. John Beckwith related his own personal Native American heritage to the
artifacts on display from North American tribes, while Scott Muir's presentation focused on museum artifacts,
like minerals and maps relating to his hometown of Stockbridge.
For Tina Levesque, the class offered a chance to see the Festival of Trees, something she hadn't seen in years.
"It was personal," said student Jessica Dehn of the experience.
"This class was something I'll never forget," student Christina Bona said.
Mayper said the presentations yielded to her a better sense of her class, "their way of presenting, handling
nervousness, seeing their presentations on a large screen, interacting with each other, personal interpretations
and camaraderie. Lots going on with them, and I was so pleased we could use the museum."