evaluate: art21's materials (2)

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art21 educators' guides


Which of the Art21 Educators' Guides are you familiar with? (check all that apply)





Which of the Art21 Educators' Guides have you used in your teaching? (check all that apply)





Please select the answer that best describes your rating of the following:

Overall quality of the Educators' Guide(s)


Overall usefulness of the Educators' Guide(s)


Design of the Educators' Guide(s)


Readability and clarity of the narratives and instructions


Overall user-friendliness of the Educators' Guide(s)


Please select the answer that best describes your rating of specific sections of the Educators' Guide(s):

'Introduction' and 'In the Classroom'


Thematic pages


Individual artist pages


Before and After Viewing Questions


Suggested Activities


Glossary


Web site links


If you have not used a particular section of the Educators' Guide(s) or you rated a particular section as 'Not Useful,' please explain:

How do you use the images in the Educators' Guide(s)? For example, primarily for your own reference or do you show the reproductions to students? Please explain:

Is there a different way that images could be presented in the Guide(s) (in terms of placement, size, number of images, etc.) that would be more useful or helpful? Please explain:


Do you follow the order of the materials in the way it is presented in the Guide(s) or do you pick and choose material? Please explain:

Is there anything missing from the Guide(s) or anything you would like to see more of? Please explain:

Have you followed the links listed in the Guide(s) to additional materials in the Online Lesson Library?



If you answered 'no' to the previous question, please tell us why:

art21 online lesson library & website on pbs


Have you used the Online Lesson Library for curriculum planning?



Have you used the Online Lesson Library for classroom instruction?



If you answered 'no' to either of the previous questions, please explain why (and skip to the next section of questions):

Please select the answer that best describes your rating of the following:

Overall quality of the Online Lesson Library


Overall usefulness of the Online Lesson Library


Design of the Online Lesson Library


Readibility and clarity of the narratives and instructions


Overall usefulness of the Online Lesson Library


If you answered 'Low' for any of the above, please describe:

Are you able to search for and find lessons on the Art21 Web site? Please describe:

Is there anything missing from the Online Lesson Library or anything you would like to see more of? Please explain:

Have you used other parts of the Art21 Web site? If so, which sections and/or pages? Please describe:

art21 & educational standards

Please select the answer that best describes the extent to which you agree with each of the following statements:

Art21 materials and resources help me to prepare my students to meet national art education standards.


Art21 materials and resources help me to prepare my students to meet state standards pertaining to the arts.


Art21 materials and resources help me to prepare my students to meet local standards pertaining to the arts.


The way in which standards are integrated into the Online Lesson Library is a useful model for my own planning needs.


My school administration requires that I include state/local standards in my lesson and/or unit plans.


Measuring the degree to which students meet state/local education standards in the arts is important in my school/district.


I need more resources on how to measure the degree to which my students meet federal/state/local standards for the arts.


I need professional development to help me better understand how to measure the degree to which my students are meeting federal/state/local standards for the arts.


Briefly describe any additional thoughts you have about standards. For example, are they useful? Are they important in your planning? Are you accountable to measure and report on the degree to which your students meet them?

summary


Please describe your thoughts on teaching contemporary art before seeing Art21. If at all, how did your perceptions change after using Art21 materials?

Do you feel you have learned enough about contemporary art through Art21 to introduce it successfully in the classroom? If not, what else would you like to know? Please explain:

What has been most valuable about Art21 for you and why?

Will you use Art21 materials in the future? If so, which materials and how? If not, please explain.

Please feel free to share additional comments, anecdotes or suggestions.