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Welp, I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to the end of the school year. I have several seniors that have Short timer's ailment real bad.
Somewhat paradoxically, I'm also looking forward to the three week CARD workshop I
l'll be co-teaching in June! Woo hoo!

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I'm a huge fan of teaching critique process and using it as both a formative and a summative assessment.

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Critique again! Particularly when it comes to gathering and stating facts--this is an actual step of critique: DESCRIBING what they are looking at or have made. When students understand this step/expectation, it can be applied to anything they have to think critically about.

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As a staff member I'm looking forward to seeing my students walking across the stage at graduation and the joy each student has walking out and into their summer vacation.
I'm also incredible excited for the summer NSAEC conference and spending time streaming on my Twitch channel. - Rachel B.

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I chose the Woodland Style Art video. In it Elders teach and remind students of traditional Native arts and symbols. Through the project of beading, students are taught, reminded, guided and then 'checked' for understand at the beginning and end of classes. I believe this teacher did a wonderful job of bringing knowledge to her students of tradition and creation through Elders and Native peoples. - Rachel B

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Students at my school are mostly Hispanic and a large portion is JW, art lessons based from holidays are reorganized to appeal to students within the seasons or timeline of the year instead.

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For school:  I'm looking forward to next year.  Every year about this time, I start planning what I'm going to do to augment what I've done this year.  I'm looking forward to trying to include a visual arts project in my math classes.  (I'm also very nervous about it!  LOL).
In real life, I'm looking forward to camping with my family--including (hopefully) my granddaughter.
...Robin H.

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One formative assessment technique I saw was observation: both visually and aurally. Ms. Thrasher was able to observe the students as they practiced dancing to 8 beats.  She also could see and hear if the students could follow a beat pattern on their drums.
Another form of formative assessment is students' reactions to the lesson and/or task.  If they take something that she's taught, make it their own, and then are eager to share it with her--they not only show engagement, but they also show that they're "getting" the concept that is being taught.
Robin H.

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In school, I am looking forward to our walking field trips in art.  We have been working on drawing what we see.  The field trips to an old church, which was built in 1873, to the museum built of rocks and the old dance hall - provide many opportunities for sketching.
Outside of school, I am looking forward to going to a retreat put on by one of my favorite instagram art journalists and eating fresh tomatoes.
Susan R

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The teacher in the installation art lesson used formative assessment by showing the students samples of the activity.  The students did not get tied down to reproducing their art like the samples because she provided at least ten.  She also used self reflection and peer reflection.
Susan R

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One way to use UDL is to identify how students learn and present directions and activities with multiple options to achieve the goals of the activity.
Susan R

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As a teacher I am looking forward to seeing my art students present their portfolios of their work at the end of the year. It is always really fun to see them get excited about all that they have accomplished.

Outside of school I am looking forward to going camping now that the weather is nice. It is just so relaxing to go somewhere where there is no school. Then I can come back with fresh eyes, and feeling rejuvenated.
-Amanda C.

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I chose to analyze "Graffiti: A  Digital Identity". I really appreciated that the instructor taught his students to perform their own formative assessments. Students did this by using feedback from others regularly throughout the construction of their project to help them adjust their designs.  He also did a great deal of checking in on their original sketches created in their notebooks, before students moved on to the digitizing phase of their design.
He also might wish to have students give written reflections partway through this process. It could help identify any issues with understanding of the assignment that the students may have.
-Amanda C.

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When watching the videos on this I couldn't help thinking that UDL is what many teachers strive for every day. We are constantly looking at our students to see how they might learn best, and then creating lessons that work for all those differences (as best we can). One reason I love teaching art classes is that there is so much freedom to incorporate different learning modalities.
Written and verbal directions, discussions, and a hands-on project with visual examples and/or rubrics are my go-to format for a standard lesson. On top of that, taking the interests of my students into consideration often  helps keep them engaged.
-Amanda C.

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A lot of information was presented and I'm challenged to think how to work UDL into my math classes.  I do try to present information in many different ways, but I traditionally don't give the students multiple ways to present what they know.  I think I'm going to work on that challenge--including more art in the ways that they can represent their learning.
...Robin H.