Title
Folkvine.Org: Exploring Arts-Based Research And Habits Of Mind
Abstract
Follow a virtual back road to a visitor's center to learn about Florida folk artists. Folkvine.org marries folklore, folk art, arts education, and technology through rich, accessible, and compelling media. Over a period of four years- with the support of seven grants-faculty and students from the University of Central Florida (UCF) worked with artists and their communities to create individual postcard Web sites of ten different artists (or groups of artists), four tour guides, several podcasts, and two curricula. Although the product is primarily a Web site (http://www.folkvine.org), the project also included public events and scholarly publications and presentations. This chapter 1) briefly describes the Web site and the team's arts-based research approach, 2) explores the practice of using Folkvine.org in an elementary classroom based on three of the Harvard University Project Zero's eight Studio Habits of Mind, and 3) describes ways-based on working with this rich and varied Web site-folk art and folklore can enrich teachers' and students' learning experiences. © 2011 by The Utah State University Press. All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2011
Publication Title
Through The Schoolhouse Door: Folklore, Community, Curriculum
Number of Pages
151-167
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84903414694 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84903414694
STARS Citation
Congdon, Kristin G. and Branen, Karen, "Folkvine.Org: Exploring Arts-Based Research And Habits Of Mind" (2011). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 2054.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/2054