final ustaris educon 2011 presentation
TRANSCRIPT
HOW DO YOU READ
THESE IMAGES?
The role of visual texts in teaching divergent thinking and
analysis in an inclusive ninth-grade English classroomLorraine A. Ustaris, The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
Meet the Class
Population: 27 amazing kids
Who are reduced to these labels on paper…
Special Learning DisabilityAutism Spectrum DisorderESL“Regular” EdGifted
We don’t need
no education!Help!!!
No more bricks in The Wall :
Pink Floyd + Paradigm Shifts
on the First Day of
High School
Are literary terms too legit for us to quit?
Do metaphors matter modernly?
Are symbols significant?
Is rhetoric really
important?
What is school compared
to in Pink Floyd’s video?
What does it
mean to be
‘just another
brick
in the wall’?
What is Pink Floyd’s
message?
. . . What happens when the next stop on the road to
changing paradigms is the kingdom of paradigms?
Reading the World
through
Disney’s Fantasia :
Engaging in
Literary/Cultural
Analysis in an
Inclusive English
Classroom
An Analysis of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
http://bigmamastar.edu.glogster.com/sorcerors-apprentice-1925/