That's what I was telling myself as we were going over class expectations for History of Art Education tonight. Mainly because I realized the whole time that I have 3 other classes which will require just as much and possibly more. It's been a long time since I've been in school and simple things like how to write a bibliography require research on my part. But I'm excited and this is all I have to do, thank goodness. There are folks in the program with children! Yikes!
My first assignment is to do research on the history of art ed from 1960-1980 which is right when I was in high school and college recieving art education. I will write a formal research paper, make a powerpoint and conduct a seminar for the rest of the class . Each of us ( there are 12) were assigned 2 decades and this is how we will cover the material with Dr. Davis as a facilitator. We will also do papers, powerpoints and presentations on individuals in the field. In addition we are going to learn some snazzy new software being used by Museums recently called Pacyderm and we're going to do a presentation on that as well. And finally we will be contributing to a website on the history of art ed which is an ongoing project of students of this class. Check it out www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/HistoryofArtEd/index.html
That was tonight.
The rest of the day I spent settling into my work space in the Priddy Lab. I have my own little cubicle and a full time tech guy who works right down the hall. He helped me get my computer all set up the way I want it and even found an extention cord for my coffee pot. How cool is that? And of course there's our "den mother" Dan, who is the administrative assistant for NTIVEA
who is also a computer genius who helped me set up my email and trouble shoot some server problems. Then I went shopping. I got some snacks for my desk drawer, some cheap silverware so I can eat my lunch up there, got a few desk organizing items and I'm nested. ( is that a word?)
I also took a tour of the fabulous new recreational center where I plan to take a "core strengthing" class. Wowzer. It's a beauty and all free to me.
What a day. Tomorrow I will begin research. I have no time to waste, I can see that already.
home sweet shoebox
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Go grab the library books you need and squirrel them away in your cubicle before the other grad students get them. You are not the only one who needs the only copy of Fitzhugh's Problematic Dialectic of Art Education Ontology. Ok, I made that up, but remember, grad school baby, it's brutal.
Post a Comment