Dodge Grant Schools to Work in Conjunction with Smithsonian Learning Lab Team on a New Grant Project

This year the four Geraldine R. Dodge-funded Arts Integration schools in Paterson have also received a grant from the Smithsonian Learning Lab.

A team of William Paterson University (WP) and Rutgers University have begun meeting with a team from the Smithsonian Learning Lab and with faculty and staff from WP before the 2020-2021 school year gets underway to plan the scope and implementation of this project. Future meetings will include administrators and/or teachers from the Paterson Schools. 

This new grant funding aims to increase awareness of the Asian Pacific countries and their cultures.  The focus will include: social and emotional learning, cultural diversity, arts integration and culturally responsive teaching pedagogy.

Stay tuned as this for coming developments!

WP Online Arts Integration Workshops 2020

This week, several online Arts Integration Workshops were offered to Paterson Public School and neighboring teachers in all grades/content areas.  Funded by the Dodge Grant for Arts Integration, the WP COE served over 60 teachers using Zoom and other educational technology.  Art PIR'S Triada Samaras and Simone Sandler presented four Arts Integration Workshops for the teachers over two days.  

Below are images from one online workshop entitled: "Revisiting The Artist Workshop" presented by WP Art PIR Simone Sandler. Teachers worked on artworks at home while they attended the workshop online.  Simone Sandler captured images of artworks created by the teachers who later presented their drawings to others on Zoom.

The examples below are taken from the online workshop, "Storytelling, Literacy, and Making Books, presented by WP Art PIR Triada Samaras.  Professor Samaras used an interactive Padlet for this workshop. On Padlet, teachers first learned about making "Squash/Explosion" books using the solar system as inspiration. Next, teachers sent in comments, photos, and videos of their ideas and artworks to the Padlet using its interactive and collaborative technology features. 

Below is the Padlet created by Professor Samaras featured in her workshops. The "Squash/Explosion Book" bookmaking activity was done live in Don Bosco Technical Academy and School 21 in March of this year with both teachers and students participating in this Art Integration lesson. See LINK and LINK

Artworks Sent in from Home!

Here are some new artworks sent in from home.
These are high school students at Panther and HARP Academies in Paterson working with WP Alum and Arts Integration teacher, Katherine Machere.

On-Line Arts Integration Lessons Developed by WP PIR Simone Sandler

Simone Sandler, WP Art PIR, recently developed several on-line, arts integration lessons 

for her students at Paterson Schools 12 and 9:

Line Designs

Math and Art

Foldable House Lesson

Engineering and Art

This lesson involved creating foldable houses for the upper grades. 

Tree Lesson

Science/Trees and Art

Radial Symmetry

Math/Circles and Art

Bi-Lateral Symmetry

Science/Butterflies and Art

 

 

Flowers

Science and Art

The egg carton project (below) was a project this student came up with 

on her own using her imagination with items she found in her house.  

WP Arts Integration PIR Simone Sandler Creates Distance Learning Lessons for Paterson Students, Families and Teachers

WP Arts Integration PIR Simone Sandler has recently created two art lessons on Zoom for Paterson students, families and teachers.

The first lesson is about LINES.

The only materials needed are a sheet or two of plain, white printer paper and some pencils, markers or crayons.

Using the Line

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1thBftHDV_HwG3vDWRxDYfggbfgWAPAR_/view?usp=sharing

                        Above:  WP Art PIR Simone Sandler Teachers a Line Lesson. 

The second lesson is about SHAPES.

The only materials needed are a sheet or two of plain, white printer paper and some pencils, markers or crayons.

Using Shapes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWcSvNlzi1_rtIj6L5pdJAfLdnB0lmp6/view?usp=sharing

Above:  WP Art PIR Simone Sandler teachers a Shape Lesson 

and reminds students to stay safe by using a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LINE and SHAPE are two of the Elements of Art.

An Arts Integration PD at Don Bosco Technical Academy

On Friday March 6, WP PIR Robin O'Brien and WP Art PIR Triada Samaras conducted two arts integration workshops for all teachers at the District-wide Professional Development Day at Don Bosco Technical Academy/DBTA. 

Above left: WP Art PIR Triada Samaras; right: WP PIR Robin O'Brien

 

Above left: Professor Samaras; middle: Dr An;  and right: Ms. Kaminski
Co-presenting with Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Samaras were DBTA science teacher, Jennifer Post, and art teacher, Patti Kaminsky.













                                  
Left: art teacher, Ms. Kamiski and below, far right: science tacher, Ms. Post

Above:  FLyer for the Professional Development Day at DB

Professor Samaras and Ms. Kaminski conducted the bookmaking workshop wit a large group of DB teachers.  Professor Samaras has been teaching three types of bookmaking techniques to content area teachers at DBTA this winter,  See LINK

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WP PIR Robin O'Brien and Ms. Post conducted the pendulum painting workshop for the rest of the DB teachers. Pendulum painting was presented by Professor Samaras at last summer's WP Annual Arts Integration Institute 2019. Ms. Post next used the pendulum painting lesson to teach an arts integration class to her 6th grade science class in November 2019.  See LINK.