Pedagogy

Managing art group work can be a challenge and seem like more trouble than it’s worth.  How can you assess a single student when it’s group work? What are you assessing them on?  What do you do if someone is not contributing? Despite these worries, I am in favour of group art projects. Of course, […]

The ideas below are all easy art starter activities for zoom.  Many of us are zooming away every lesson and it’s good to have some new ideas to keep things fresh and students engaged. Students Change their Background Picture This first one is so simple. Your students will already know how to change their background […]

Giving neurodiverse students a voice in the arts should be part of what we do.  The Arts are often safe spaces for students with specific learning disorders and mental health conditions to express themselves and shine outside of the academic pressures of the mainstream classroom. It is so important for us as Arts Educators to […]

In the summer I was asked by the Art Education Association of New Jersey to contribute some professional development for their members about differentiation in art, so I created the video below.  This was for their online conference.  I’m pleased to say that AENJ said on Twitter that is was one of the top most-watched […]

Using Showbie for art lessons is a solution for online learning.  I have found Showbie is the perfect platform for art teachers as for each child you can see a progression of their work within the assignments that you create.  It is intuitive to use and I’ve started to use it in more and more […]

Zoom Art Lessons present a whole new challenge for teachers.  I can’t think of a subject more difficult to teach using Zoom than art.  Additionally, I can’t think of another subject where more one-to-one teaching usually goes on.  Seeing student work as it progresses is essential for us to be able to help.  If we don’t, […]