As my visual metaphor for teaching, I've decided to carryout the theme of my philosophy: celebrating imagination. I approached the project with the idea of art teacher as party planner. Like a good party planner, teacher's are responsible for inviting their guests (the students), setting up a good atmosphere for those guests to interact and become a collaborative community. Teachers must also use the perfect recipes for the party (lesson plans) and insure that the guests leave with party favors. In my metaphor, I was trying to show aspects of teacher as party planner but creating a complete pARTy planning package. This all-in-one is complete with recipes, invitations, games, center pieces, party favors and more. It isn't quite finished, but I'm happy with the direction it has taken.
I loved your visual metaphor. It was so creative and fun. You mentioned that Guess Who will be played by asking questions like "Is your artist from Pop Art?" etc. I believe that the kids can still play this game even if they don't know much about the artists because they can still ask questions based on the artist's appearance. Its a game for everyone, no matter their knowledge of artists.
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