Some of us are projecting up the work of the artist during class, as per Claire here about a week ago:
My class artist … [is] super fast at drawing and very skilled. Students give her directions in French real-time as she’s drawing it….
With my ELLs, we do this routinely (even for classes without storytelling) and it takes pressure off. Even kids have been silent all year start “dictating”/directing the artist on what to draw and how. They really get into it.
I would love to hear from others who are also projecting the artwork as it is being created during the story. Is it working? I haven’t tried it bc my projector has been on the fritz but it seems to me an excellent, almost supernatural way to bring focus and many more repetitions to the story.
Two other things the artist does to make sure that she has the story right (for final drawing of the story before she sends it to me) are:
1. She uses the iPad to record my voice as I ask the story. (This gets into some deep listening by the artist.)
2. She takes a pic of what the story writer wrote to check facts.
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
