WHY Visual Arts? by Nathan Johnston https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts When considering WHY visual arts are important for a students' educational experience, we feel... en-us 2017-11-21 11:22:56 UTC 2017-11-22 16:44:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/4572611/b98513a777bc45affcf110287256ac41/SUSD_Logo.png L Sovis https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209491505  integrate skills along with open minded thought and creative processes ]]> 2017-11-22 16:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209491505 RHouseholder https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492313 Art is the place that allows exploring of ideas with open ended outcomes.  It is the process of exploring materials, ideas and concepts that is most important.]]> 2017-11-22 16:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492313 M.Moore https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492390 Art gives students an additional view and different perspective on other subjects and topics. Art can enhance the learning of other things and help students understand in a different way they might not gather as easily]]> 2017-11-22 16:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492390 C. Saraniero https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492482 To enrich lives]]> 2017-11-22 16:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492482 https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492648 the arts enhance the students retention across the curriculum
jami h]]> 2017-11-22 16:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492648 T.Johnson https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492650 Global Connection across all disciplines]]> 2017-11-22 16:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492650 McGraw-Fortney-Johnson-Pierre-Biz-White-Hinkhouse-Allende-Conti https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492730  It's an interactive way for students to connect with other academics. Very cross-curricular 
 It''s a universal language 
 Students with troubled behaviors have an outlet in art and it creates communication
 Global connections
 It helps with speaking and communicating thoughts and using proper words
 Students learn how to disagree appropriately 
       
Students learn how to disagree appropriately 

Students have to independently problem solve


]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492730 C. Belk https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492766 Art helps develop the skills that are needed across all subjects while also fostering higher level thinking such as evaluation, judgment, analyzing, critical thinking, and connecting concepts
In addition to cognitive development we also foster growth with physical development in the form of fine motor skills.]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492766 JPriceThiede https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492777 The world is becoming more and more visual, the students are surrounded by it and visual arts can help them connect and play a bigger part in it.

]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492777 R. Heineman https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492831 To promote student creative choices.]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492831 C. Recla https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492897 To promote skills that foster evaluation and critical thinking. Everything that is higher on Bloom's taxonomy.]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492897 RPierre-Bez https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492939 2017-11-22 16:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492939 lslovis https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492947 Art...developing and extending a creative thought process the allows students creative integration

]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492947 E.Felix https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492951 2017-11-22 16:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209492951 V. Conti https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493012 Visual Arts promote creative thinking and the thought processes involved in making art are used in all of the core classroom subjects. The idea of being a problem solver comes up in the visual arts and again is transferable to all subject matter.

]]> 2017-11-22 16:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493012 J. Weller https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493043 To promote problem solving skills]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493043 https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493090 Building whole brain students. Academics focus heavily on left brain thinking. Art develops the rest of the brain.

]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493090 MPeacock HS https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493148 Arts frames how we live, how we relate to objects, people, our environment, we are surrounded by the arts through clothes, buildings, visually. We educate critical assessment and evaluation to better support our students in being aware, informed consumers. 

]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493148 art opens conversations https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493151 2017-11-22 16:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493151 S.Pearce https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493196 To develop appreciation of different cultures.]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493196 https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493329 Early exposure to the arts gives students the confidence to continue trying new subject areas in middle and high school.

]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493329 J.Ray https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493388 To develop meaningful creative experiences and explorations. ]]> 2017-11-22 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493388 Art is https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493479 2017-11-22 16:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493479 Julie Contadino Visual Arts is the unspoken universal language of creativity and expression with interdisciplinary purpose and vision that connects people despite age, cultures, experiences, and beyond. In a world evolving in advanced technology with more imminent images...we are provided with unlimited perspectives to creativity problem solve, and connect in small communities, globally, and anywhere in between https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493487 2017-11-22 16:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493487 SSpahr https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493520 universal Language- connects people more deeply into the world and open them to new ways of seeing- creates the foundation to forge sicial bonds and community cohesion]]> 2017-11-22 16:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493520 shelly https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493794 refines 
motor skills, inspires creative problem solving and lots more

]]> 2017-11-22 16:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493794 A WilkinsVisual Art is an non verbal universal language that crosses all cultural boundaries and exists in all counties around the world. https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493835 Allows and encourages people to be more like themselves rather than like other people.

]]> 2017-11-22 16:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493835 H. Fortney https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493857 2017-11-22 16:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493857 https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493909 https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bvq9nVyZPy0/WZpnI2lYUiI/AAAAAAAAI8o/NgJw3hteIVAPdqf8DUzGeesjskIjA3QRwCLcBGAs/s1600/G-2.jpg]]> 2017-11-22 16:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493909 S. Pearce https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493948 To recognize that their are diverse ways to look or understand art.]]> 2017-11-22 16:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209493948 yvonne white https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209494349 brings cultures together and introduces others]]> 2017-11-22 16:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209494349 C.Riccio https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495264 It opens up the creative mind- exercising the right side of the brain- when students are focusing on the left side majority of the school day.]]> 2017-11-22 16:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495264 S. Spahr & K Anderson https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495415 Visual Arts is an non verbal universal language that crosses all cultural boundaries and exists in all counties around the world. "...it's an academic area addressing core content requirements and Art Standards. It acts as the building blocks towards the use of the Arts as a teaching tool; one which will increase engagement and enjoyment."  AZ College & Career Readiness Standards.The arts enhance the process of learning.  The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capacities impact the driving forces all other learning (Jenson, 2001).]]> 2017-11-22 16:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495415 V. Conti https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495576 Visual art promotes creative thinking and the issue of problem solving is relevant and critical to all elements of a child's educational experience.]]> 2017-11-22 16:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495576 https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495953 McGraw-Fortney-Johnson-Pierre-Bez-White-Hinkhouse-Allende-Conti 
Why do we do it?
• Because of our own personal experiences in art classes
• We do it to keep students in school
• We do it because we want students to independently think
• To create safe spaces
• To allow an open environment
• To create outlets through communication

]]> 2017-11-22 16:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209495953 S. Spahr & K. Anderson https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209496234 "It connects people more deeply to the world and open them up to new ways of seeing. ...forges social bonds and community cohesion."  Edutopia - Why Arts Education is Crucial, and Who's Doing Best.]]> 2017-11-22 16:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209496234 y white https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209496847 an out let ]]> 2017-11-22 16:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/njohnstonmusic/WHYvisualarts/wish/209496847