Wow--yes, of course--capturing the grafiti or temporary writing via
digital camera, or digital movies..great idea. Then projecting them on
the walls. Writing about the images. Posting the writings. And so on.


>>> "Gabb, Sally S." <sgabb at bristol.mass.edu> 07/18/07 11:33 AM >>>

definitely - and students themselves can be in charge of taking
photographs - even putting on websites through digital means - the
possiblities are endless.  Sal

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Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1444] Re: from Lenore,
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And

Lenore's temporary blackboard markings can be photographed (digital,
'real')
and used as code, texts and illustrations for future work...



> From: "Taylor, Jackie" <jataylor at utk.edu>

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by

> Design:where topurchase it

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>

>

> The following post is from Lenore Balliro, please read on...Jackie

> Taylor

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Lenore Balliro [mailto:lenore_balliro at worlded.org]

> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:34 PM

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> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1434] Re: from Lenore,

> Re:Understanding by Design:where topurchase it

>

> David,

> I love the idea of the clothesline image..there are inexpensive

(dollar

> store) retractable clotheslines one can get and little clothespins.

> Also, if a program/classroom cannot use blackboard paint (I was

> stretching it there) how about a big piece of Masonite or plywood that

> has been painted with blackboard paint and leans sturdily against the

> wall? That doesn't need any permanent installation. For our younger

> learners still in their teens, the idea of doing graffiti and looking

at

> it as a kind of literacy practice and art practice may be an energetic

> way to get them to use popular culture as a way into literacy.

Anything

> offensive to subsequent classes--just wipe it off with a damp cloth!

> Also, the web/weaving idea could be done on a moveable piece of wood

as

> well.

>

>>>> "David J. Rosen" <djrosen at comcast.net> 7/17/2007 11:56 AM >>>

> Lenore and other PD Colleagues,

>

> Great ideas, Lenore.  "Strung across the room" sparked this thought

for

> teachers who aren't allowed to put things on the walls of their

> classroom.  Perhaps a teacher could carry the (rolled up) flip chart

> sheets or posters s/he or the students had made, taped to a

clothesline,

> wire, or heavy duty string that could be put up by students at the

> beginning of each class and folded up by them at the end of the class.

> Maybe this "portable gallery" could even be stored someplace in the

room

> or building.

>

> The "big Idea/Core Tasks" underpinning this might include the skills

> that you mentioned: "speculation", "imagination", "prediction", or

> "inquiry"  and the classroom environment, as well as specific lessons,

> might be designed to provide opportunities to learn (and

> assess) these skills.

>

> David J. Rosen

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