Mind Your
Mandalas!
Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Fuller-what's the connection?
How Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Fuller met.
Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Fuller met at the Teacher Institute for Contemporary Art-Technology (TICA) 2010 session at the School of Art-Chicago Art Institute. We stayed connected through Facebook. In the picture to the right you can see Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Fuller (middle and right) with another friend/teacher from TICA. More of the teachers in our group are sitting behind us on the steps of the Chicago Art Institute.
Mrs. Fuller's students accessing, commenting, and posting with Mrs. Bewley's students on Marqueed and Mural.ly.
Mrs. Fuller and Ionia High School Drawing and Painting Students.
Mrs. Fuller and her students are in Ionia, Michigan at Ionia High School. Mrs. Fuller's students are studying drawing and painting. Mrs. Fuller's first block class participated in our collaboration. The class consists of 9-12 grade students from beginner to advanced. For this project Ionia students used traditional media to create hand drawn and painted mandalas.
Mrs. Bewley and Wilson Central High School Digital Photography Students.
Mrs. Schauer-Bewley and her students are at Wilson Central High School in Wilson, New York. Mrs. Bewley's students are 10th graders studying digital photography. Mrs. Bewley's first hour class participated in the collaboration. For this project Wilson students used Photoshop to create digital mandalas.
Mrs. Bewley's students bonding beyond the computer lab.
Mrs. Schauer-Bewley
Mrs. Schauer-Bewley is a media arts teacher at Wilson Central High School in Wilson, New York with over twenty years of teaching experience specializing at the secondary level. Mrs. Bewley's experience includes Media Arts, Digital Photography, Video, Web Design, Ceramics, and Sculpture. Mrs. Bewley is also experienced as a college level instructor at Niagra University specializing in Advanced Photography and Communication Studies. Mrs. Bewley holds a BS and MS in Art Education from State University of New York College at Buffalo. Mrs. Bewley is married to James Bewley and has one son, Chandler. In her time outside of teaching Mrs. Bewley loves to work on her beautiful property and to take care of her beloved pets. Learn more about Mrs. Bewley and the work of her students through her blogs:
Mrs. Fuller
Mrs. Fuller is a visual arts teacher at Ionia High School in Ionia, Michigan and at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Fuller in in her seventeenth year of full time teaching. Mrs. Fuller's experience includes drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, jewelry, and graphic design. Mrs. Fuller holds a BA in K-12 visual art and K-12 reading specialist from Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She also has an MA in Education Leadership from Western Michigan University. Mrs. Fuller is also near the completion of her second MA in Education Technology-Developer Track from the University of Michigan-Flint. Mrs. Fuller has been married to Mike Fuller for 34 years. The Fullers have two sons, Michael and Jordan. Michael and his wife Johanna have the Fuller's only grandson, four year old Jackson. In Mrs. Fuller's time outside of teaching she enjoys gardening, playing golf with her family and friends, traveling, biking, reading, skiing, learning, and making art. Learn more about Mrs. Fuller and the work of her students through her websites:
Acknowledgements
Mrs. Fuller initiated this Wilson-Ionia Visual Arts Classrooms Enactment project as a course requirement for EDT 660 at the University of Michigan-Flint. Mrs. Fuller's original plan for the enactment included participation with students in an English language learning classroom first in South Africa, then in China. The original project was a failure! Through the patience of Mrs. Fuller's professor, Dr. Jeff Kupperman (aka Wiz) and Mrs. Schauer-Bewley's friendship and enthusiastic willingness to jump in with both feet on the spur of the moment, Mrs. Fuller was able to complete the requirements for the course. Mrs. Schauer-Bewley's and Mrs. Fuller's students were able to meet, share works of art, and collaborate through the use of technology. Mrs. Fuller is greatly appreciative and has great respect for Dr. Kupperman and Mrs. Schauer-Bewley--as well as all of our wonderful student participants. Thank you very much, one and all!