most memorable moment of learning?

As a teacher, I believe that we often assume that students 'get it'. I always try and go back and remember when I was taking a Ceramic Glazes class in college. I had no prior art class experience when I entered college so while I could produce what the teacher was asking for in the visual art classes, I would not have the knowledge base of the terms and medium. Therefore, I would have to wait, hang back and see what the other students were doing after the assignment was given so that I could understand what the assignment actually meant.
So, when I entered the Ceramic Glazes class, I was very intimidated. I had not had a Chemistry class and, of course, that is what you need to have before you begin working with the dry chemicals.
Always before in school I was able to keep pretty good grades with relatively little effort. I could study the night before and pass tests.
So, to make a long story longer, the day we had our final in the Ceramics class, I had studied really hard the night before and thought that I was prepared. When I sat down and opened the test, I realized that I was not. I could actually feel the blood in my whole body drop to my toes and then flush up to the top of my head. I just knew that I was going to bomb on this test.
I tried my best though and actually earned a B on the test.
My point is, I always try and remember that experience when I work on my assignments for my students. Never assume that the students have the prior knowledge that you think they should have.

thoughts on technology

Again, I am not a writer. I am an artist, a teacher, a facilitator, a mentor and most of all, a learner. It seems that I am constantly finding out things that I don't know, or perhaps it is that I have forgotten things that I should have remembered. I say this because it is intimidating to me to read other participants blogs and to read such good postings. Maybe it is being an art teacher; I think art teachers are more competitive than other content teachers. Oh, well, I'll try to do better.
My work here at the Globaloria will be on the simplest of terms. The computer that I brought from school reinforces the idea that I need to 'bite the bullet' and buy my own new laptop. THis one is sooooooooo slowwwwww. I would like to embed links to other sites but it takes about 4 minutes to load onto another site and I am afraid of losing my connectivity. I did read the wv designdiva's posting and it was awesome. Bill DOrsey had some good ideas and Patrick's had a link about photography that I will be sure to check out. Rachel's art links about gaming is definitely one that I will begin with because after all, I am an art teacher.

Charleston Workshop

June 23, This should probably be titled "Call for Auditions". Jeremy is planning a new film and he is looking for a few good men, or is it women; I'm not sure. We'll have to wait for the movie premier to see what he comes up with.