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Make Visual Note Taking Fun in the Art Room: Sketchnoting Strategies (Ep. 5)

What if drawing could help your students remember more? Research suggests that drawing can support memory and recall, even when...
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How to Use TAB Art Stations to Spark Creativity, Reflection, and Autonomy

Teaching for Artistic Behavior, or TAB, is more than exploration and choice; it’s a guiding framework for cultivating the artist...
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The Best Ways to Brainstorm in Student Sketchbooks to Be More Creative Thinkers (Ep. 4)

Do your students’ sketchbooks fill up with the same cliche drawings over and over again? Brainstorming can help students move...
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Simple Sketchbook Routines for Busy Art Rooms: Fun Activities & Sub Work (Ep. 3)

Are you struggling with students who don’t know what to draw? A consistent sketchbook routine can transform your art room....
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Stop Losing Sketchbooks! Storage & Supply Ideas for the K-12 Art Room (Ep. 2)

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of sketchbooks in your art room? You are not alone. In this...
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How to Choose The BEST Sketchbooks for Art Teachers: Buy or DIY? (Ep. 1)

Sketchbooks can be intimidating. Hardcover, spiral-bound, softcover, handmade, digital, travel-size, graph paper, drawing paper, or a simple binder with copy...
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Sketchbooks 101: A Guide to Build Better Sketchbooks, 1 Page At a Time

What if one page could change everything? Welcome to The Art of Education’s Sketchbooks 101, a new YouTube series designed...
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Transform Your Pre-K Art Room with These 6 Essential Routines!

Are you feeling nervous about teaching Pre-K art? The tiniest artists in the building may have the smallest hands, but...
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Building a Meaningful Digital Art Curriculum (Ep. 535)

On this episode of Art Ed Radio, host Tim Bogatz talks with Angela Matsuoka, a K–12 curriculum designer at The...
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The Bottom Line on Line: Ideas to Teach this Element with Confidence!

Learning about the Element of Line is often a great starting place for all grade levels. Creating a lesson plan...
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Lessons and Community Building at the Start of the Year (Ep. 534)

The beginning of the school year is the perfect time to slow down, build trust, and establish the routines that...
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3 Ways To a Picture-Perfect Process AND Product with the Studio Habits of Mind

Social media is a fun place to find inspiration for art teacher life, especially beautiful art project ideas. The polished...
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