Visual Thinking Strategies
October 24, 2010Harvest of Ideas workshop
Jude leading a VTS sessionOn October 12th
I traveled with Catherine Ring to Machias to present a session called: Motivating students: The Power of the Arts at the Harvest of Ideas workshop that was sponsored by the Washington county consortium.
After our session we attended the Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) workshop conducted by Jude Valentine. Jude works for the Tides Institute & Museum of Art (TIDES) and wrote a grant last year to provide the opportunity for VTS training.The VTS pilot program is underway in Washington county. Eighteen schools are participating with art and/or classroom teachers at each school working with various age levels K-12. Each teacher will participate in trainings throughout the year, traveling to Boston in May for a recap.
Beyond this year Jude is hoping to continue to grow the program by involving more teachers. There is also more info on the TIDES web site where the press release is and Jude invites all of you to take a look at the information they’ve provided.
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