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1 Long Distance Learning in and through the Arts: A Case Story from Austin, Minnesota

2 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 “it starts before it starts”

3 Windows and Mirrors

4 “All students deserve a curriculum that mirrors their own experience back to them, upon occasion—thus validating it in the public world of the school. But the curriculum must also insist upon the fresh air of windows into the experience of others...” —Emily Style in the Oak Knoll School monograph Listening for All Voices, Summit, NJ, 1988 © Emily Style

5 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Technical set-up

6 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Mobility The videographer moves around, sometimes zooming in on the dancer’s body to make the movement more visible to the students.

7 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Class begins In Golden Valley …and 125 miles away in Austin

8 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Video Clip: Practicing dance etiquette and vocabulary

9 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Giving feedback

10 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Video Clip: Teaching Artist demonstrating Sowu Dance

11 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Reflective Exchange about Sowu Dance

12 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Video Clip: Students rehearsing with music

13 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Reflecting after the lesson

14 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Next day… student reflection led by teachers

15 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Assembling and organizing learning objects

16 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Many of the tools and principles in these dance exchanges were pioneered at THE PERFORMANCE LAB™ (TPL), national leader in innovative interactive arts experiences using technology. As an affiliate of TPL for seven years, Diane Aldis draws from quality teaching practices known collectively as the TPL™ Model and developed by Rick Hauser, TPL™Co- Founder; Nancy Mason Hauser, Videographer; their associates, and arts partners. www.theperformancelab.org

17 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 We would also like to thank the Austin teachers, students and all of the participating teaching artists in addition to the technology support from Austin School District and the Perpich Center for Arts Education.

18 Perpich Center for Arts Education August 2008 Thank you

19 Reflective tools, video conferencing, online resources What are the possibilities? What are the limitations?


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