The Art Lesson, originally uploaded by canonsnapper. The excerpt below was taken from the National Art Education Association. 10 lessons the Arts Teach. By Elliot Eisner 1. The arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships. Unlike much…
Category: Teacher Resources
NCCE Conference 2009
Well I just got back from the Northwest Council for Computers in Education conference in Portland, OR. I took the new teacher I am mentoring and the trip was sponsored by the OSPI EETT grant funds that I received this…
Some quotes that support “Teaching for Artistic Behavior”
In regards to making “cookie-cutter” art where the entire class makes a version of a famous artwork.  “We don’t allow students to copy answers to quizzes, tests, and other forms of assessments so why would we provide them with the answers to creating…
Art club and ATCs
This week in artclub I brought out my binder of ATCs that I have collected over the years along with a BAG of cards that were donated to me for trading. I explained a bit about trading cards, let them…
After School Art Club
My art club (grades 6-8) has been a little different each year. The first year was with a special grant and the SOLE purpose was to create tiles for a public art project. This was a short term thing (10…