Talking to Students about feelings and the future
As a teacher, you can go years without really feeling like you’ve made a difference, and then you receive an email like this one. This may be weird but I feel your the only person I can ask about this.. I am well really lost about what to do for college. I feel so […]
How to Keep your Students Engaged
It can be hard to know how to keep all of your students engaged, to check for understanding, or to come up with fun ways for students to review important facts and concepts. Kahoot.it is a great ( and free) program that engages all of your students in a fun and interactive review game. […]
What is imagination
“And what is true for individuals is true for people’s. Our problems are not more harrowing than the ravaging depressions and wars of a century ago. But our economic, demographic, and ecological challenges are in fact existential. I think we sense this in our bones, though it’s not a story with commonly agreed-upon contours. Our […]
Teacher Tools: Episode 12: Where to find FREE Stock Images
Looking for FREE and awesome stock images, here’s what you’ve been looking for! This is a great resource for both you and your students to find images for presentations. Visit Unsplash
Teacher tools Episode 11: Art History for Kids Made Easy #Metkids
This site is great for parents and elementary art teachers. It makes it easy to search by time period, and topic, and helps you to have meaningful conversations about works of art throughout history. Check out METKIDS by clicking here
Teacher Tools: Episode 10: Understanding Art and History
This is a great tool to bring into your art history class or your visual arts class. It’s also great a tool for language and history teachers. French Teachers: Learn about Women Artists in France Cezanne Photography Teachers: check this out Explore Met Museum Past Exhibitions here
Are you allowing students to discover?
” When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it […]
Teacher Tools: Episode 9: One Great Resource for Inspirational/ Motivational Videos for Your Classroom
You’re always looking for new inspiration, great ways to grab your students attention and to help keep them motivated. You’re going to love the site The Kid Should See This. This site is great for a wide range of subjects, topics, and age levels. Bonus, it’s super easy to search!
3 Ways to Respond to the Angry Parent Email
So you were in the middle of having a great day, like a really great one. You woke up, had time to both make and drink your coffee , plus you’re outfit is pretty darn snazzy today. The kids are listening…….. OH…. MY …… GOODNESS, you just realized that they’re all working, no one is […]
How to Help Students Make Connections through Combination
I’m always trying to find new ways to help my students to develop ideas and push their work further. Recently I’ve read a lot of discussion about the validity or importance of the elements and principles, especially for older students. Just telling students to use the elements and principles creates lack luster results, however, […]