Feb 22,2021

Hours: 1

 Today’s class was extremely lucrative. I met in the learning hub with Aki. We talked about how we are feeling in the observation and broke in groups to share our experiences.

 I was grouped with two of my classmates. One was observing 1st graders and the other was observing adults with special needs at a community center. Both of their experiences were great! Full of many things that they have learned and individual challenges. What I like about both of their experiences are that they are similar in some ways. For example, both have to work with their budding artist on their level, respecting who they are despite their disabilities. That is the mindset that I want to bring when I teach. All have to offer in their way.

 Afterward we came back to our large groups and learned how to give meaningful feedback that is more than just “ I like it.” We had to find 10 things that we saw about Jean- Michel’s piece and describe why we like it and why it was working for us.

 I found that this type of feedback was extremely useful and hope to bring it to my practicum’s next critique session and share this method to my students!

 Why I want to be an artist and why it is important to me:

 Ever since I was young, I have always loved art. Naturally, I thought it was the right path to go on, but little did I know that it was going to be hard. It turned out that there were more people who were skeptical than supportive and tried to turn me away from it. To them, it was not lucrative. However, I see it as a way of life.

 Being an artist transcends being an occupation or a hobby. It is a mindset in how to see the world. Whether it is through color, shape, pixels, or captured image. Art gives an important insight in a perspective that would otherwise go overlooked.

 I believe the art has the power to revolutionize the world, and is more important for everybody to see and process the world than just facts and statistics.

 Feb 23,2021

Hours: 1

 Today is an optional troubleshooting day for the class and two students showed. They have brought so many wonderful questions regarding photoshop that John and I tried to answer. The experience of trouble shooting was awkward. Only because the students did not know how to share screens or felt awkward about turning on their cameras. John also showed a couple tips and tricks with clipping masks that I will definitely use in my classes going forward.

 Besides troubleshooting, we had an in-depth conversation with a student about their feelings and their future in art.

 As of right now, they are feeling anxious with learning new tools and wants to go back to the method that they are used to create art. John reassured the student that great art takes time and practice. They should not hold themselves to an unrealistically high standard when starting out.

 I appreciate John for doing that. His approach dealing with student with anxiety is very thoughtful and was made to build the student up. If something comes along like that in my practice, I want to be able to tend to their emotional needs as much as possible so that they can grow.

 Feb 25,2021

Hours: 1

 Today I talked with John about planning a lesson to teach the student for the following week. I will be teaching his class about animating on photoshop.

 Feb 26th & 27th ,2021

Hours: 2

 The Thursday group was full of energy! Everybody was participating and gave really impactful feedback. For this class, we used the “critique sandwich” approach for student feedback which was easy to follow. However, on the following I chose to use the Hub Learning approach to critique and it was tougher than I thought it would be. I find myself going back to “ I like it” a lot. It didn’t help that Friday’s group was unresponsive most of the time and felt like I was forcing it. I think I will practice using the Hub Learning approach more often so it would sound more natural and sincere when giving critique.