Last year I took up the challenge to complete a sketchbook as part of the Sketchbook Project 2012. I found out about it through one of the fabulous members of my PLN: Malyn Mawby. It was a fantastic endeavor, and I found nurturing my creative side helped me as an educator.
I plan on participating again this year, and I was wondering if you would join me.
What – you say you’re not an artist?
That’s okay! This year’s themes allow for a variety of interpretations with ideas like
- Travelogue
- Memoir
- Narrative
- Atlas
- and Diagrams.
Do you teach science? Why not create a logbook of experiments for the Sketchbook Project? Language arts? How about a sketchbook of short stories? Social studies? Why not gather clippings from your favorite maps and create collages? Math? Could you draw pictures with numbers?
It’s another way to stretch and grow, and I would love to see a community of educators do this together this year. We could talk about it on Twitter using the hashtag #edSketch. You could also blog your journey along the way (like here and here). When you’re done, you’ll send in your sketchbook and share it with a larger audience as it goes on a US tour.
So will you join me? You can find out more information about the Sketchbook Project 2013 here. They also offer groups discounts (off the standard fee of $25 – if you’re interested, let me know so we can get a group together). It will be a new way to grow together as educators. Take the challenge – you’ll grow in ways you never could have imaged! What are you waiting for?!
Hope is the Thing with Feathers from Janelle Wilson on Vimeo.
Janelle,
I want to join in! I loved what you and Malyn did last year. Thanks for getting a group together!
Denise
That’s awesome, Denise! I’ll let you know when we’ve worked out the group pricing. It will be an awesome experience. 🙂
I need a creative spirit to free me from too much focus. A beautiful idea.
How does that work
Well, there you go, Sheri! We have Malyn and Janelle! 🙂
I have an idea to change the world. I have a windmill for home use
Apparently I didn’t pay enough attention and missed the group pricing part! Oops! I just ordered my book 🙂
Laura
You could try contacting them to see and explain what happened. Good luck!
I think this sounds like a really neat project. I would love to join as well. I know Denise Krebs and Malyn.
Kris, So excited you want to join us! Like Denise said, if you can fill in the form on the link she provided, I’ll make sure you get the discount code. I should be sending that out early in the week.
Awesome, Kris! Did you see this sign up sheet?
https://mrswilsonscience.com/stretchingforward/update-on-edsketch/
Denise