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Michael Letts: Art as Energy!
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, creative process, creativity, energy, Harvard Project Zero, MAEIA, Michael Letts, Oliver Herring, performance events, performance tasks, process-based learning, Thomas Hirschhorn, time-based
One integral aspect of many MAEIA assessment items is time limits. Sometimes this may seem unnatural, high pressure, or “test-oriented.” But in the arts, limiting time can often...
Continue ReadingJoining a Michigan Collaborative Scoring System (MI-CSS) Community of Practice
Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment Better Together in the Arts, collaborative scoring, MAEIA, MI-CSS
2020 Update! The MAEIA Collaborative Scoring System is once again offered to art educators in Michigan in a completely virtual format. Recently “rebooted” through the “Better Together In the Arts” professional development initiative, visual...
Continue ReadingRecruitment and Retention. It’s All Up to You!
When doing presentations, I am often asked for tips on recruiting and/or retaining students in visual and performing arts classes. I love this question, because it gives me the opportunity to share some advocacy...
Continue ReadingSharing Days: Assessing Creativity through Producing Original Music
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment assessment, Michigan Arts Education
Assessing creative work should focus on encouraging and supporting your student’s growth and development as a young artist. It is important to distinguish between the reflective, constructive criticism of the actual work a student...
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