Little Hands, Big Work Kathy Cassidy -- Blogmeister This spring, our class has been working with other classes around the world--sharing and learning together. Several collaborative projects have resulted. The book below is one of the products from that collaboration and contains pages created by various PreK - 2 classrooms from around the world as part of the Flat Classroom Project. Each of the participating classes focused on "A View From the Window" of their school in a different way. childcareland blog Blogs That Promote Unconventional Discussion We were thrilled to see The Teaching Palette as a featured blog in the May/June issue of SchoolArts Magazine! If you missed the article, “Building Your Personal Learning Network, Part 2,” by Craig Roland, you can read it here. Like an artist that visits a museum for inspiration, we visit blogs to challenge our teaching and thought process. There are some amazing art classroom blogs certainly worth exploring out there, so please list yours or any you follow in the comments area below! Art Education Resource blogs: Art Inspiring Blogs: Esty – that place where artists sell their stuff has a “Handmade Blog” too. General Education blogs: (because we are all in this education thing together) Teaching Challenges General tips on teaching easily integrated into the art room.Free Resources from the Net for Special Education Really, this blog applies to everyone! Blogs are most useful when you are notified that new information has posted; either through RSS feed or via email.
TEACHING IN THE DIGITAL AGE - TECHIES AND DINOSAURS! By Brian Puerling Chapter Two “Using Photographs and Images to Inspire” Oh, my goodness! I haven’t written a book report since high school! First, I feel like a kid who just learned to ride her bicycle! Several years ago I purchased a Kitchen Aide stainless steel mixer with all the bells and whistles. When I saw the chapter “Using Photographs and Images to Inspire” I thought it would be about using children’s photographs to make books, name cards- etc. My favorite vignette from the book was a video with four-year-old Eddie. Now, here’s the grandmother teacher in me coming out. And, here are a few hands on activities that popped in my head as I read the chapter! Swiper Have children hold up their index finger. Where is Swiper? Where is Swiper? Here I am. Here I am. Ready to swipe. Ready to swipe. Yes, I can! Yes, I can! SWOOOSH! *Let children draw a face on a dot sticker and attach it to their fingernail. iPads for All Each child in your classroom can have her own iPad with this project. But Dr.
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