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How to Run a Meaningful Critique in Minutes

As art educators, it’s our responsibility to keep the learning in our classrooms fun and exciting for students. It’s important...
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6 Strategies for Fast and Formative Assessments

While assessments are not the most exciting thing to do in the art room, many districts require them. Finding assessments...
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3 Clay Pretests Your Students Will Actually Love

There are many unique challenges to teaching middle school. One of those is having a classroom of kids with a...
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How to Help Students Develop a Body of Work

Students often create a work of art, turn it in, and are ready to move onto the next project. As...
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Try Mid-Term Triptychs for an Authentic Twist on Assessment

After the first few months of school, I like to assess my students with a project-based midterm in which my...
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End of Project Reflection

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How to Help Students Understand the Value of Process

So much of our professional practice inadvertently emphasizes product over process. Bulletin boards, art shows, and even social media posts usually...
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How to Use Online Quizzes for Differentiation

Did you know online quizzes can be good for more than telling you what celebrity you most resemble? Using online...
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4 Skills Students Have Lost and How to Get Them Back

I am about to enter my fifteenth year of teaching elementary art. That means I’ve logged almost a decade and...
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What Is It like to Teach Without Grades?

It’s no secret many people don’t think of the fine arts as real academic subject areas. As art teachers, we...
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Loves and Lessons Self-Reflection

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The Wackiest Review Strategy You’ll Ever Try

Educational fads are part of teaching. New ideas are introduced, integrated, and then later abandoned in favor of other innovations....
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