I haven't heard from everyone yet, but responses so far show an overwhelming preference for Tuesday, April 15 as the date of our next gathering. This is one of our members, Katy Helman's, birthday so we will need to celebrate appropriately!

 

This will be a 5:30 - 7 p.m. potluck (nothing fancy or time consuming: sign up for what you will bring at http://sites.google.com/a/dises.org/csd-13-arts-in-education/Announcements), with vino, at Judith's and my house, which is at 104 S. Deer Isle Road on Long Cove (See Map). South Deer Isle Road is the same as Route 15. We are exactly .5 mile south of the Sunshine Road, on the left as you drive south to Stonington or on the right as you travel north. You will see Alyssa Lane; then a new house built last summer; we are the next driveway, short and steep, with a green Bangor Daily Newspaper tube to mark it. Shingle house with green-blue trim. Parking is limited, so please car pool if you can.

 

We said that at this meeting we will, among general brainstorming and other things, explore some of the models for integrated education that have worked in the past here on the island; and that work in other places. Jim suggested the International Baccalaureate model (http://www.ibo.org/); Katy suggested the Art21 curriculum at PBS (http://www.pbs.org/art21/). Additionally, Mark has pointed me toward the George Lucas Educational Foundation (http://www.edutopia.org/), which has great resources on project-based learning, as well as a terrific article about the 21st Century Learner and her/his relationship to technology: http://www.edutopia.org/ikid-digital-learner. I've added these resources to the list started on the home page; I've also added a new website started by MIT on media literacy, a particular passion of mine for our students' educations.

 

As we get ready for our next meeting, I hope everyone will also visit the "Conversations" page (http://sites.google.com/a/dises.org/csd-13-arts-in-education/Announcements) to reflect on the "essential conditions" we might need to really make this group a happening thing.

 

Thanks! -- Linda