Field Experience 2

I am sad to say that the situation has not changed with the use, or should I say the lack of use of the arts, in my fieldwork. I really enjoy seeing the students interact with the arts while teaching other core standards. In the classroom there is a great deal of technology being used, but the other is lacking throughout. The students did have a group art project showing in the hallway, but it seemed like something that took awhile to accomplish. I really wanted to see the use of the arts in the classroom in the form of a process drama, or maybe even having the students sing a song. I don't mean to be too critical of my teacher, he does have some strengths, but he seems to want to take the easy road all the time. By this I mean he wants to pull up a quiz or a test on the Internet and send the students searching for the answers while he does something else in the back of the room. Again, I am disappointed in the process of integrating the arts in this school.

The teacher was impressed with what we did in one of our lessons. We had the students perform singing syllables with some of the contributions of Ancient Rome. It was fun, one could see the students really enjoyed it. I think it is something that is lacking in the schools today. I hope that the schools do not think it is not important in the classroom because I would think to fight the difference in opinion. I will use it in my classroom when I become a full time teacher. I did use art during a geography lesson during my field. I had the students look at a map of the Roman Empire, then they were asked to create an original map of an Empire or a city based on the Roman Empire. It was fun to see what ideas the students came up with. Teaching can be fun, it can take a little more effort in the classroom. How can a person retain the use of creative arts in the classroom? I think it can be done with little effort, there needs to be a desire to do it though!