Weekly+Collaboration

Weekly Collaboration

Here is documentation of the meetings between Aimee and I throughout this project.

Date-March 25th Topic/Work -Discussed Skype meeting/regarding presentation in May -Finished tallying pre-tests -Explored picasa/google docs/vado -What we are going to bring to the table April 30th -What we want to have done by next week

Date-March 18th Topic/Work -Collected data from all pre tests -Charted data -Discussed what we think the difference will be with the post-test -Will all the results go up?? -Will students gain more appreciation for the arts? -Made grant requests

Topic/Work -Shared what students are working on now -How the projects are going -Discussed difference of how art projects produce something to take with them and the music production is completed in the classroom, only a memory -Worked on how we will be documenting projects/when we will be ready to. -Researched/Shopped for Various Technologies -Created Grant Requests -Worked on Time-Tracker
 * //Date-March 11th (7hrs) Whole Day of Collaboration per District//**

Date-March 4th Topic/Work -Visited the wiki to view the agenda for the IU meeting -Discussed what the videoconference will be like -Discussed administering the pre-test/findings -Created list of items to review tomorrow -Posted a few grant requests

Date-February 25th Topic/Work-Created Topics to address page -Reviewed pre-test results -Compared job description packets

Date-February 4th Topic/Work-Discussed getting the packets to the classes next week -Talked about how the upcoming weather may mess us up -Discussed how we can stay on tract with all of these delays -Talked about how many weeks we think this will take

Date-January 21st Topic/Work-Revisions and Administering Pre-post test -Personal timeline of collecting data -Brainstormed how we think students may react -Worked on what we include in student packet -Talked again about how awesome cellofury -Talked again about how we can bring cellofury to LH for all of the art/music classes to see

Date-January 14th Topic/Work- Discussed and created a list of job choices we would give our students to prepare for tomorrow -Discussed what to reply to the message board -Talked about what needed to be addressed and finished for tomorrows meeting at the IU -Looked up CelloFury website

Date-December 10th Topic/Work-Talked about the visiting artist ATTACK THEATRE / How music and dance can be incorporated into music class -Discussed SAS/ How we can take it to our next curriculum writing meeting within the district -Discussed when we will need to start project with students/ Project dates/Make sure we leave enough time

Date-December 3rd Topic/Work--Discussed our SKYPE meeting from Dec 1st -Talked about possibly having another Elluminate session or Vyew/We both liked Elluminate better -Talked about framework that should be completed tomorrow at the IU -Talked about what to expect with ATTACK THEATRE/as far as how we were asked to dress

Date-November 19th Topic/Work-Discussed Visiting artist/Quilter -Discussed perception and how we could incorporate a lesson like this into our classrooms -How could we connect this with the current lives of our students -Still talked about where we are heading with our CIG -Worked on surfing California Careers in the Arts/looking for more sites -Brainstorming more ideas for project

Date-November 5th Topic/Work-Discussed Upcoming IU date -Looked up artist/Discussed what we thought we would be doing -Talked about narrowing down idea with group next week -Researched and discussed possible topics -Advocacy -Funding -Careers -Parental Involvment

Date-October 15th Topic/Work-Discussed Kevin Leaving the Group -How it changes the dynamic/We are all returning participants now -Talked about our brainstorming session at the IU in the afternoon -Possible angles of the cig -Discussed our "get accquainted activity with instruments" -How we might do something like this in the clasroom

Date-October 8th Topic/Work-Talked about first meeting and how our group is all returning participants/Except Kevin -Likes and Dislikes of 60x60 -Discussed other participants responses -Talked about how it isn't fair that the new participants don't have to do a unit plan -Talked about what's to come! -Filled Rachael in as to what we did when she had to leave in the afternoon