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		<title>Unschooling and Informal Learning Models</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; “Where does learning happen?” … The answer depends on who you ask. &#160; You don’t need a classroom to learn &#8230; My experience as a learner, a teacher and an artist &#160; Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught  - George Savile &#160; Tell me, and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/09/15/unschooling-and-informal-learning-models/</link>
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		<title>ETFO Art &amp; Culture Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted by the Elementary Teachers&#8217; Federation of Ontario announcement this week, that my children&#8217;s book, The Cutest Face has been chosen as this year&#8217;s winner of the ETFO Art &#38; Culture Award! Here is the media release, dated August 16, 2011: Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Award for Arts and Culture Book author furthers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/08/24/etfo-art-culture-award/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Changing Minds&#8221; Documentary Trailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my PhD, I am creating a documentary film on creativity in education. I am using Art-Based Research grounded in Unschooling theory to illuminate how creativity is treated (i.e. fostered/suppressed) in various educational models (e.g. traditional schooling, Montessori, Waldorf, Sudbury Valley, homeschooling, unschooling). My guiding question throughout this study is, &#8220;how can creativity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/08/24/changing-minds-documentary-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Art Based Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; I am an ARTIST, a RESEARCHER, and a TEACHER combined. &#160; Irwin &#38; de Cosson (2004) call the work that comes from people like me, &#8220;A/R/TOGRAPHY&#8221;. &#160; They write that these roles intertwine to create a unique triadic perspective from which to make art, conduct research, and teach. &#160; I&#8217;ve illustrated this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/07/25/art-based-research/</link>
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		<title>Beauty, Inclusive Practice, and Critical Literacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m Rebecca Zak Art as Communication = how meaning is constructed through the visual image * &#8220;a picture says 1000 words&#8221; means that art can say what language cannot Nick Ut, 1972 Ed Burtynsky, Oxford Tire Pile No. 1, 1999 What is beauty? Media projections vs. evolutionary psychology. The Golden Spiral Explained! &#8211; Leonardo Da Vinci A Night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/06/08/beauty-inclusive-practice-and-critical-literacy/</link>
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		<title>Flip Book &#8211; Intro to Animation Lesson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was off work (teaching grade 7/8 art) and I wanted to have the supply teacher get the classes started on &#8216;flip book animation&#8217; &#8211; Instead of sending her details in an email, I posted this video online for the class to watch. I also sent along a template to get them started. Recently, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2011/01/18/flip-book-intro-to-animation-lesson/</link>
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		<title>Critical Literacy for 2010 (and beyond)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are my notes from my second engagement as a guest lecturer at Brock University, St. Catharines. __________________________________________________________ Critical Literacy A picture says 1000 words, yes&#8230; but it may not always tell the truth. . .                            . . . . What is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/11/17/critical-literacy-for-2010-and-beyond/</link>
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		<title>Social Justice and Caring in Education: from an Artist/Researcher/Teacher&#8217;s Lens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[_ In November 2010, I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for Dr. Dolana Mogadime at Brock University. Below are my notes from that talk, based on my experience as an artist/researcher/teacher in promoting an ethic of care in education. _____________________________ Thanks for having me here. First, a little background as we begin&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/11/11/artistresearcherteacher-on-social-justice-and-caring-in-education/</link>
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		<title>Meeting Eric Walters!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I met Eric Walters this week!  For those who are older than Eric&#8217;s readership (and aren&#8217;t teachers like me), Eric is a hugely prolific juvenile fiction novelist.  He writes about 7 titles a year, he tells me, and has just finished number 70! This is all while also heading up his own charity to help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/06/11/meeting-eric-walters-2/</link>
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		<title>Our first book now published!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YAY!!!  We did it!!! After 10 months of painting, writing, researching, designing, and hustling, our book The Cutest Face has finally arrived! I wrote the first draft of The Cutest Face after my first year teaching at Lisgar M.S.  It was last summer that I came up with a vision for how it could be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/06/11/our-first-book-now-published/</link>
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		<title>Furry helper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My cat Feather likes to help me paint. We&#8217;ve been hanging out in the studio together since she was little, Feather usually sitting on my lap as I work on projects. She seems to have resigned herself to the fact that when I have a paintbrush in my hand, I don&#8217;t really pet her (she&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/03/28/furry-helper/</link>
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		<title>Artist and Artist in love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 4 years of dating, Dave (davezak.com) and I are getting married!  Last week we made the trip up north to Gravenhurst to plan out the details and take some photos.  Can&#8217;t wait till August! share some life in paint!]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/03/22/artist-and-artist-in-love/</link>
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		<title>Vision research project guinea pig</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I participated in a research project where the team from Brock and McMaster University wired up my brain with electrodes to establish what part of my brain is in operation when exposed to visual stimuli (eg. flashing checkerboards, moving dots, faces).  Always good to see your own brain hard at work. share some life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/03/04/vision-research-project-guinea-pig/</link>
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		<title>The perfect red</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just found this online&#8230; a perfect shape, a perfect shade.  I know it&#8217;s just a smudge of paint, but I think it&#8217;s so pretty.  share some life in paint!]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/02/26/the-perfect-red/</link>
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		<title>Sherri &amp; Jay&#8217;s wedding gift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My good friends Sherri and Jay love the cottage, the outdoors and of course, Rosie their dog.  For their wedding, I wanted to paint them something that reflected all of those things. Now that it&#8217;s finished, I think of it as a visualization of my wish for their marriage: comfort, enjoyment, peacefulness, loyalty, fun. share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/02/25/dock-dog-a-wedding-gift-for-sherri-jay-101109/</link>
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		<title>Welcome mural at Springdale P. S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Murals are a great way to create immediate atmosphere in a space. In the foyer at Springdale Public School in Brampton, the goal was to make students, families and community members feel welcome and included, so I featured some friendly looking people in bright, happy colours to make it feel inviting. Very fun little project. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2010/02/25/welcome-mural-at-springdale-ps-brampton/</link>
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		<title>New LIP website!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[. . Welcome to the new and improved site for Life In Paint!  A hundred thank-yous and kisses go to Dave for everything he&#8217;s done to set this up.  What would I do without that guy? share some life in paint!]]></description>
		<link>http://davezak.com/lip/2009/10/30/blogs-on-homepage/</link>
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