Teacher Tools: Episode 7: How to do group conference Calls
Sometimes you just need to have a face to face conversation, but you just can’t get your schedules to line up. Zoom.us has become my new go to tool for super simple video conferencing. Since I do a lot of teaching online, being able to do group conference calls is essential, and the newest tool […]
How to get your Students UnStuck and out of “I can’t” Mode
“I can’t do. I don’t have any ideas. Can I have my mom draw this for me? This is terrible, I’m terrible, this is horrible, I can’t draw. I’m not creative. No one in my family is creative. Why am in this stupid class?” You cringe when you hear these words coming out of students […]
Teacher Tools Episode 8: How to Create online Courses
Love the idea of teaching online, or just wish that there was any easier way to reach all of your students? Wish that there was some way to check for students understanding and give them automatic feedback? I’ve been using zippy courses by Social Triggers for 2 years now and really love it. In the […]
Teacher Tools: Episode 6: Pinterest
You might be staying away from pinterest because you’re afraid that you’re going to waste your time scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. Or you might be on it, but feel like you need some help organizing ideas. It doesn’t have to be a waste of time. I’ve found it to be a great source […]
Part 3: 6 Steps to Stop Procrastinating
” To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing. ” Picasso We all do it…. we check our phone, email, facebook, over and over again, instead of getting the next thing crossed off of our to do list. 6 ways to help you and your students stop procrastinating. Deadlines: if there […]
Procrastination part 2: There’s No Creativity Without Slack Time
( audio recording at the bottom) ” There’s no creativity without some slack time. “ I’d purchased a groupon for 30 days of yoga classes, I’d never done yoga before, but I exercised, and figured this might be a fun change. With determination to take full advantage of my 30 days pass, I decided that […]
Teacher Tools: Episode 5: How to make Videos
If you want to start using more video in your classroom, but aren’t sure how, this has quickly become my go to tool for creating videos. As I mention in the video below, don’t let the pricing scare you off, tell them what you want to use it for, and they should be able to […]
Part 1: Deadlines Do they Matter?
Confession: I’ve recently become a procrastinator I’d agreed to lead a teacher in-service training on creativity, at the moment it seemed like no big deal, creativity is my jam. I marked the date on my calendar, did some backwards planning, and knew exactly what I needed to do and when I needed to do it […]
Teacher Tools: Episode 4: How to use SELZ
You have lots of ideas. You want to share and sell your lesson plans, you just created an amazing workbook and are trying to figure out how to share with the world, or you’ve decided that you want to start offering private art lessons and running an art camp, but you need an easy to […]
Teacher Tools Episode 3: How to use the Art Assignment
I was standing in the back of my classroom sobbing into the phone, my mom was on the other end, and students were about to walk through my door, I needed to get my act together. It was one of those crazy days, that turned into a crazy week, and then a crazy month. […]