Jason Blair
Unlocking the Future: Empowering Students through Surprise, Connection, and Purposeful Learning
Purpose: Creating a Future of Possibility through Surprise, Connection, and Service In today’s world, our students are longing for more...
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Jason Blair
Aug 27, 20234 min read
Entering the mental space before the physical space
This past week marked the beginning of our new school year – a time rife with emotions for students, teachers, and parents alike. The...
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Jason Blair
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Grade-Level Emphasis
Grade-Level Emphasis In the realm of art education, our school nurtures distinct areas of focus for each grade level over a five-year...
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Jason Blair
Aug 4, 20227 min read
The Impossible-Possibility
What if we all viewed our learning spaces, as spaces to make the impossible, possible? Over these past few years, we have increasingly...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20209 min read
2020 Remote Wonderings...
Remote Wonderings– Relationships 2020 will forever be known as the year of the global pandemic. It has been catastrophic on many fronts....
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20204 min read
2020 Creativity
Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to Can and Should Creativity Be Assessed– Creativity in Crisis- Ep. 1. This is a 4 part series...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20174 min read
2017 That’s it?
This year, the students have engaged in various activities along the way to dig deeper with their ideas and learn about some of the tools...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20164 min read
2016 Secondary Ed. and Creativity
I was at a district meeting tonight and we had a discussion about secondary Ed. and the structure of teaching and learning at these...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20163 min read
2016 A mission question....
I am reading the book A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger right now. It is a really good book. Mr. Berger lays a solid...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20162 min read
2016 We all (me too) need to ditch the buzzwords
As an avid reader of education books, articles, blogs, etc., my senses are always on high alert for meaningless buzzwords that dot the...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20154 min read
2015 How will you encourage creativity?
So my passion for creativity extends beyond the classroom, to my non-school life as well. What I have learned over the years is that when...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 201410 min read
2014 Context
Ten years ago I began my teaching career. Fresh out of college, I was excited to begin my career as an art educator at the elementary...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20142 min read
2014 A Student Artist Statement
A Dancing Fire Sometimes flames mean something. Sometimes they don’t. I’m a flame that will never run out of fire. My project shows my...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20144 min read
2014 Grade Level Focus
Grade Level Focus In art, each grade level has a different focus throughout the course of their five years at my school. Each focus...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20141 min read
2014 Some words
Ambiguity Throughout the art process, students need to gain comfort with ambiguity. In a world that is constantly changing, being...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20142 min read
2014 Hmmm.....
I recently read an interview with James Paul Gee, Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, and author of the book, The...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20145 min read
2014 A day (year) in the art room…
I am constantly working on setting up a routine to meet the needs of my students, administrators and district. I feel like every year I...
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Jason Blair
Jan 1, 20144 min read
2014 Leadership Academy reflection
Each summer the school district I work in hosts a summer leadership academy. The goal of this academy is to promote best practice from...
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