http://theteachingpalette.com Perfecting the Art of Education Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en theteachingpalettehttp://feedburner.google.com If you're an art educator, chances are that you have heard of or even have been using Artsonia as a place to "digitally hang" student artwork.   When I started using Artsonia six years ago, I knew it would be good for my students; what I didn't know at the ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/eYggFG6914Q/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/11/04/artsonia-more-than-just-an-online-art-gallery/ I try to organize all the paperwork that lands on my desk, but somehow sculptural forms (OK . . . I'll just admit it, piles of paper) take over.   I'm not sure I am going to change the way my desk looks anytime soon, but I have found a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/DRl1wPkMJdo/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/10/10/livebinders-to-manage-digital-clutter/ The following is a guest post written by Katie Jarvis. She has been teaching art for nine years and currently teaches at Cameron Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia. At the beginning of every year, art teacher's everywhere make up a "rules poster" to review with students on the first day of classes. ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/ZUVl8VyR7vs/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/10/01/whole-brain-teaching/ We made it!  One year old and we have grown in so many ways. Here's a little history on how our blog started: Email from Hillary to Theresa (Labor day weekend 2008): "What do you think about starting a blog where we can post all our classroom management stuff ?" Yea, we've come ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/ZQ4jgaVcTXQ/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/09/25/happy-birthday-teaching-palette/ After watching the Lifetime movie about Georgia O'Keeffe over the weekend, I was inspired to share with you two of my favorite O'Keeffe teaching tools. I am a big fan of Google Earth and look for every opportunity to incorporate it into my teaching. So, I created a Georgia O'Keeffe ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/88MISfPnwdE/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/09/22/georgia-okeeffe-in-google-earth/ When we launched The Teaching Palette back on September 29, 2008 (almost one year ago), one of our goals was to create a place where other art educators could share their ideas and successes.  With the start of the new school year, we came up with the "Show Us Your ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/NVuujyXxuwU/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/09/18/art-room-showcase/ Today we discovered that Scholastic Instructor named The Teaching Palette one of the Top 20 Teacher Blogs!  A huge thank you to all our readers who have inspired us to keep writing about issues that impact the art education field! Other blogs listed among the Top 20: Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog TEACHFOR.US Docere Est ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/R2qGesrqfEc/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/09/17/scholastic-instructor-top-20/ The first week of school typically involves going over classroom rules and procedures.  However, making these rules "stick" is a year-long challenge.  The SlideShare PowerPoint below, created by an art teacher from Michigan, outlines her art classroom expectations and management solutions.  This presentation could be useful to play periodically throughout the ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/1IUtGqj-qlk/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/09/04/present-your-classroom-rules/ By now, you are probably back in your classroom planning for the upcoming school year. Over the summer, we were busy adding to our Teaching Palette resources; here are a few you may have missed while recharging your batteries. Show Us Your Art Room - Have you set up your art ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/--bi0DYZcYA/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/08/30/posts-you-may-have-missed-during-the-summer/ It’s that time of the year again.  Over the next couple weeks, most of our readers will be preparing their art classrooms for the new school year.  Wouldn’t it be great to see the creative spaces of other art teachers around the country… or around the world for that matter?  ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theteachingpalette/~3/F7jhwLt7B0U/ http://theteachingpalette.com/2009/08/12/show-us-your-art-room/