Newshttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/en-US2010-03-10T18:14:17ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)State of Play on Amazon.comhttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2010/3/5/state-of-play-on-amazoncom.htmlAnthony Fontana2010-03-05T15:55:30ZPublication amazon publication state of playThe first Integrative Teaching ThinkTank publication State of Play (available as a free download here) is now in print on Amazon.com. We encourage readers, TT Alum, or anyone who has found this publication useful to be the first to write a review for us! 

Print versions of this document could be a wonderful handout to incoming graduate students who will be teaching Foundations for the first time next Fall, steadfast veterans looking to liven up their classroom, or Administrators surveying what is new in the field of Foundations teaching. 

Click here to view State of Play at Amazon.com

]]>FATE: Call for Proposalshttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2010/2/22/fate-call-for-proposals.htmlAnthony Fontana2010-02-22T21:28:42ZCFP FATE FATE MACAA St.Louis
FATE and MACAA join together to bring an epic conference for 2011 "On Stream". 
Beginning today, February 16, 2010 the onlineCall for Session Proposalswill be active and awaiting your submissions for workshops, panel sessions, roundtable discussions, and more. March 12 is the deadline for submitting session proposals so move quickly!

To make a submission, click on the adjacent image or here to find the Session Proposal link. This will take you directly to the online form which will make your submission simple and fast (not to mention -paperless!).

The conference title "On Stream" could be construed as referencing the Mississippi River that runs through St. Louis and handily near the conference site. That alone could be reason enough since it represents a pioneering passageway to new frontiers. However, for the conference planners, "On Stream" was actually selected from an industrial phrase meaning "in production." The planners from both FATE and MACAA desire to build from the substantive qualities that were formed at the 2009 FATE Biennial in Portland "Confluence". Remarkable concepts and theories were espoused in Portland regarding art foundations! This gathering will focus on celebrating the creative practice and application of these formative ideas and more.

If you are a FATE or MACAA member, you will receiving more information soon in your mailbox. Be watching for that. In the meantime, be fresh and be first! Submit a creative concept for this one-of-a-kind art conference in the Mid-West. See you On-Stream in St. Louis!
]]>Announcing ThinkTank6!http://integrativeteaching.org/news/2010/2/19/announcing-thinktank6.htmlAnthony Fontana2010-02-19T17:11:32ZTT6 TT6ThinkTank6
Leading Change, June 8-12, 2011

Announcing ThinkTank6Leading Change, June 8-12, 2011

Download the brochure (PDF) 

In Leading Change, Harvard Business School professor John Kotter describes factors that inhibit change and factors that advance change. Combining various readings in innovative leadership with our unique perspectives as artists and designers, we will develop strategies for developing new approaches to teaching and learning at the college level. ThinkTank6 will build on Four Minds for the Future, the topic of ThinkTank5 in 2010.

The Creative Mind embraces risk, synthesizes prior knowledge, and develops new concepts. The Constructive Mind transforms creative possibilities into tangible objects or actions. The Critical Mind discerns strengths and weaknesses among multiple options and determines priorities. The Connective Mind brings all of these possibilities together and provides outreach to the larger community of educators at all levels. 

Objectives for ThinkTank6 include 

To explore uses of divergent, convergent and collaborative thinking as aspects of leadership; 

To explore ways to set priorities and use quantitative and qualitative information to the best advantage;

To explore existing ‘best practices’ in curriculum design and rough draft curricula for a variety of institutional needs;

To strengthen understanding of connections between mission and outcome and between coursework and the larger community.

Anticipated cost of ThinkTank6 plus lodging is $850. Because there are pre-conference readings and post conference writings required, all participants must bring a high level of commitment to ThinkTank. The general application deadline is November 15, 2010. Three to Five $850 Emerging Educator fellowships will be offered; the deadline for the fellowships is December 30, 2010.

 

 

]]>Winter 2010 Newsletter: ThinkWirehttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2010/2/10/winter-2010-newsletter-thinkwire.htmlAnthony Fontana2010-02-10T21:36:17ZNewsletter TT5 fellowship future forward leadership newsletter president thinkwire

ThinkWire is the official newsletter of the Integrative Teaching ThinkTank. Please download, read, and distribute this newsletter among your peers in education and the arts. 

Download ThinkWire (PDF)

This newsletter contains articles and information on: 

  • Message from Dr. Richard Siegusmund 
  • Developing a New ThinkTank Journal 
  • ThinkTank Break Out Groups 
  • The Artful Leader: Creativity & Innovation for Leading Change
  • 2010 ThinkTank5 Fellowship Awards

Please send news, article submissions, or other ideas for the Spring edition of ThinkWire to info@integrativeteaching.org . 

 

]]>Fall 2009 Newsletterhttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/11/2/fall-2009-newsletter.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-11-02T18:22:21ZNewsletter TT5 TT5 news newsletter secac state of playIntegrative Teaching ThinkTank
Fall 2009 Newsletter

Message from President:
It has been four months since ThinkTank4. In that time, Integrative Teaching ThinkTank (ITT) has made tangible progress towards its educational goals and planning.

Most significantly, Anthony Fontana (Vice President for Communications) and Stacy Isenbarger have co-edited a publication, State of Play, with contributions from ThinkTank4 participants including Melanie Lowrance, Anna Kell, Kip Bradley, Michelle Illuminato, Oliver Schemm, Matt King, Danica Oudeans, Anthony Fontana and Chris Kienke. Board Secretary and Treasurer Adam Kallish has done yeoman's work in the design of the publication. State of Play can be downloaded here and will be available via print on demand in the near future.

State of Play came about through the initiative of ThinkTank4 participants. It was not a planned objective of the conference. Instead, it came about through ThinkTank's synergy. It is a great example of how artists seize opportunities and create unexpected outcomes.

Within this newsletter is information on ThinkTank5, scheduled for June 2-6, 2010 at the University of Georgia, in Athens. As ITT and ThinkTank become better known, it becomes easier to get the word out to segments of our core constituency. For example, we have lists of individuals who expressed direct interest in ThinkTank at both the FATE and NAEA 2009 conferences. However, there are important divisions of our consistency that we still need reach. Read more...

Participants Sought For ThinkTank5:

Scheduled for University of Georgia, June 2-6, 2010

ThinkTank is a facilitated discussion and intensive workshop forum that is designed to improve Foundations teaching. We bring together emerging educators, master educators, and administrators from around the country to expand the theory and improve the practice of higher education in the 21st century. We anticipate 90 participants in 2010, and plan to follow up with a 48-page journal, providing sample assignments and describing our results. Read more...

Brochure
Agenda
Application

State of Play
State of Play presents practical, innovative assignments that prepare students to learn the technical skills that ground study in art and design by introducing habits of mind that are the foundation for creative inquiry. It is the first Integrative Teaching ThinkTank publication that developed from ITT’s ThinkTank4 held at the University of Georgia in June 2009.

Edited by Anthony Fontana and Stacy Isenbarger. Contributions from Melanie Lowrance, Anna Kell, Kip Bradley, Michelle Illuminato, Oliver Schemm, Matt King, Danica Oudeans, Anthony Fontana and Chris Kienke. Designed by Adam Kallish.

Download it here

News

  • Mary Stewart is chairing a SECAC panel titled Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century: Form, Content and Context. Scheduled for Saturday, October 24, presenters Brian Evans, Lucy Curzon, and Susan Krause will explore a variety of contemporary teaching strategies. Stewart will conclude the panel with a presentation on the mission, structure, and accomplishments of ThinkTank.
  • Anthony Fontana will present on the FATE panel at SECAC his presentation titled "State of Play: Encouraging a Divergent Approach in Foundations Art Making". The topic will explore the role of playful methodologies in Foundations and showcase the first Integrative Teaching ThinkTank publication "State of Play".
  • Congratulations to Stacy Isenbarger and Anna Kell TT4 Fellowship Winners for landing positions as Visiting Assistant Professors at Eastern Kentucky Universit!
  • Congratulations Charles Westfall, ThinkTank4 Emerging Educator, who recently exhibited a performance at Alfred University, after connecting with Michelle Illuminato, Assistant Professor, at ThinkTank4!


ThinkTank Meetup @SECAC
There will be a ThinkTank meetup at the Southeastern College Art Conference on Friday, October 23rd. If you will be in Mobile, Alabama for the conference and would like to join us for dessert after dinner, please contact or call or text Anthony Fontana at 567-343-1319 or email at anthonymfontana@gmail.com.

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]]>Fall 2009 Message from the Presidenthttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/10/20/fall-2009-message-from-the-president.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-10-20T17:26:14ZNewsletter newsletter presidentMessage from President:
It has been four months since ThinkTank4. In that time, Integrative Teaching ThinkTank (ITT) has made tangible progress towards its educational goals and planning.

Most significantly, Anthony Fontana (Vice President for Communications) and Stacy Isenbarger have co-edited a publication, State of Play, with contributions from ThinkTank4 participants including Melanie Lowrance, Anna Kell, Kip Bradley, Michelle Illuminato, Oliver Schemm, Matt King, Danica Oudeans, and Chris Kienke. Board Secretary and Treasurer Adam Kallish has done yeoman's work in the design of the publication. State of Play can be downloaded here and will be available via print on demand in the near future.

State of Play came about through the initiative of ThinkTank4 participants. It was not a planned objective of the conference. Instead, it came about through ThinkTank's synergy. It is a great example of how artists seize opportunities and create unexpected outcomes.

Within this newsletter is information on ThinkTank5, scheduled for June 2-6, 2010 at the University of Georgia, in Athens. As ITT and ThinkTank become better known, it becomes easier to get the word out to segments of our core constituency. For example, we have lists of individuals who expressed direct interest in ThinkTank at both the FATE and NAEA 2009 conferences. However, there are important divisions of our consistency that we still need reach.

There are four areas of focus:

Designers who teach foundations are a particular concern. This may be a small group, as many designers choose not to teach foundations. Nevertheless, designers have been a critical part of ThinkTank since its inception and we need to find voices ready to contribute to the dialogue.

Second, we need to push hard at making sure that the new emerging educators who can benefit from the dialogue and networking opportunities of ThinkTank know about and understand the career significance of their participation. This is where the members of the Advisory Board can be of particular help. You are our national grass- roots organization. You know the young professionals at your local institutions who could benefit. If every one of our Advisory Board members could recruit three emerging educators to apply, we would be able to select from a dynamic pool of applicants. We want ThinkTank to be competitive. We want the best people participating.

Third, leadership is an area that needs to be developed. We need to connect with the administrators who set budgets and establish the conceptual parameters for learning objectives in foundations. We need to do more than assure great teaching in our individual classes. We need to be at the policy table and set the agenda. We need to establish the curricular ideas of ITT as the norm.

These educational leaders are certainly the department heads, or school and college directors to whom we report. They can also be the principals who set standards for the high schools that feed students into higher education foundations programs. Finally, it also includes those higher education administrators who realize that foundation courses do more than develop artists.

Foundations experience develops ways of problem seeking, problem solving, and assessment that are a valuable part of a liberal arts education. This summer, Dr. Zach Kelehear, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership/ Policies, University of South Carolina has joined the Board as Vice President for Policy to assist us as ITT develops this area of focus.

Fourth, we want to reach out to small, targeted group of high school educators who are open to bringing the new ideas and approaches of ITT and ThinkTank into the School Advance Placement Studio Arts and the International Baccalaureate curriculum.

Bringing all of these constituencies into the mix of ThinkTank5 will be a challenge. It remains a priority to keep the scale of ThinkTank small, focused, and intense. Our core mission is improving studio+design foundations. Therefore, we need to find key people, particularly in the last two categories.

Full information for applying to ThinkTank5 is in this newsletter. I look forward to seeing you in Athens in June 2010.

Richard Siegesmund
President
Integrative Teaching ThinkTank

]]>Participants Sought For ThinkTank5http://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/8/5/participants-sought-for-thinktank5.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-08-05T14:50:30ZTT5 TT5 ThinkTank5 agenda application brochureParticipants Sought For ThinkTank5:

Scheduled for University of Georgia, June 2-6, 2010

ThinkTank is a facilitated discussion and intensive workshop forum that is designed to improve Foundations teaching. We bring together emerging educators, master educators, and administrators from around the country to expand the theory and improve the practice of higher education in the 21st century. We anticipate 90 participants in 2010, and plan to follow up with a 48-page journal, providing sample assignments and describing our results.

As a high-intensity and small-scale project, ThinkTank participation is by invitation only. Applications simple, quick, and are submitted on-line. For ThinkTank5, we seek participants in three areas:

Emerging Educators are untenured faculty members, generally with two to seven years of full or part-time college teaching experience. We will offer ten Emerging Educator fellowships that will pay the cost of the event and lodging in the Georgia Center Conference hotel. Fellowship application details will be posted by August 30 and the deadline for application is December 30, 2009. Emerging educators can also fund participation on their own or use funds from their home departments.

Emerging Administrators are experienced teachers who are now seeking or have recently accepted the challenge of leading a Foundations program or Art Department. The opportunity to network with peers combined with discussions of curriculum design, leadership and strategic planning are especially valuable to these participants. Application deadline for Emerging Administrators is November 30.

Master Educators are experienced faculty members and administrators, generally with seven or more years of full-time college teaching experience, including substantial work with Foundations curriculum or coursework. For this group, ThinkTank provides an opportunity to share your knowledge while gathering fresh perspectives. Application deadline for these participants is January 30. 

 

In all cases, we seek participants that are:

· dedicated to developing the best possible Foundations education for the 21st century;

· high achievers as artists/designers/scholars;

· have strong leadership potential or a demonstrated record of leadership;

· willing to follow up on the event itself with a sample assignment, regional workshop, or peer-reviewed article for the new ThinkTank journal.

ThinkTank5 Agenda

ThinkTank5 Applicaton

Download ThinkTank5 Brochure (PDF)

A note to FATE Members: A strong partnership between FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) and ThinkTank is natural. FATE provides open access to the widest range of ideas and approaches. ThinkTank is an ideal forum for those interested in further in-depth discussions and those seeking to change their existing Foundations assignments, curricula or administrative strategies.

]]>ThinkTank 4 Complete!http://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/6/13/thinktank-4-complete.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-06-13T17:14:05ZThinkTank4 Stage 2 finished on Wednesday June 10th at the Georgia Center at UGA. Particpants were engaged by breakout groups that included:


• Critiques & Critical Thinking (Matt King, facilitator)
• Constructing Meaning (Peter Winant, facilitator)
• Leading Change (Mary Stewart, facilitator)

 

Slide Shows and Hands-on Workshops with Master Teachers:


• Drawing Intensive #1 & #2 with Cindy Hellyer-Heinz
• Composing Narrative, Traditional and Digital Approaches with Anthony Fontana
• Visual Structures, with Kristie Bruzenak
• Using MacGyver in the Classroom, with Tony Reynaldo
• 3D: Problems and Possibilities with Matt King

Stay up to date with information about ITT and ThinkTank5 adding this blog to your favorite RSS Reader (such as Google Reader) by following the "Blog RSS" feed in the right hand column of this page.

]]>ThinkTank4: Stage 1 Complete!http://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/6/7/thinktank4-stage-1-complete.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-06-07T15:14:11ZTT4 thinktank4 wikiStage one of Thinktank4 has been successfully completed. The four breakout sessions were intense, driven, and shared many common threads within this year's topic Divergence, Convergence, Emergence: Expanding Cross-Disciplinary Creativity.

The notes from this year's event have been posted to the wiki and will be viewable for a limited time. You will hear more about their findings over the course of the next several months.

Breakout Groups:

]]>ThinkTank4 Saturday Presentationhttp://integrativeteaching.org/news/2009/6/6/thinktank4-saturday-presentation.htmlAnthony Fontana2009-06-06T08:21:14ZTT4Attached is the short initial presentation by Adam Kallish, Board Member of the Integrative Teaching Thinktank, and instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


This is a Download TT4_Opening_Small Use your space bar or press on the screen to advance the presentation.
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