Teaching ART using the Workshop Model
While the workshop model has proven successful for both language arts and math, not a lot of art educators have tried to utilize the strategy during art classes. Mastering…
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My Art Standards
My Art Standards Student can engage the creative process. Student can share thinking through conversation and/or work. Student can identify areas of personal interest and/or personal importance and tries…
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5 Skills Students Can Practice by Viewing Art
Viewing art can help students to practice several key academic skills. Incorporate Art Viewing with your students to practice these skills! Trevor (@trevorabryan)
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Arts as Exploration
I grew up believing that art was about self-expression. I see art differently now. Art, I have come to believe, is about exploration and discovering what is…
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Coloring Goals
Color inside the lines! We've all heard it. We've probably all said it. But it's wrong. And we all know it. Go to any art museum and you'll see. …
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Serve the Person
If the goal of art education is to reproduce an image that doesn’t interest the maker or to create a work in a specific genre that doesn’t…
10 Most Popular Visuals of 2016!
Our 10 Most Popular Visuals of 2016! 1. 5 Alternatives to Reading Logs 2. 7 Ideas for Student Reflection 3. Questions We Should Be Asking Students 4. 5 Academic Skills…
10 Most Popular Posts of 2016!
Our 10 Most Popular Posts of 2016! Supercharge PD - How can you improve PD in your school or district? Try these activities for something fresh and new! 5…
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A Reminder
This is the painting that greets my students as they enter my art room. I made it for them but perhaps it's really a reminder for me. Trevor…