Instructional Strategies

In today’s “selfie” generation, photography isn’t always seen as a high art form, especially among our students. Therefore, it’s up...

If you’re an art teacher, you’ve probably been told your brain works differently than others’. After an ordeal I went...

It seems whenever we introduce new technology to our students, they’re eager to jump in. The rapid pace of development...

Schoolwide collaborative art projects are a great way to promote community in your art room and throughout the school. Cassie...

We all know a good classroom management plan is a vital part of running a successful art room. And, there...

Finally, summer is approaching! Our students will be doing everything from swimming and playing video games to attending summer camps...

I’ve never been one for icebreakers. They always seem a little bit awkward to me, and I know many of...

Getting class started with middle school students can be a challenge. It’s easy to lose the first few minutes of...

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

Sometimes, useful art classroom strategies come from other content areas. A fabulous kindergarten teacher, Jaime Hammack, showed me how a...

Why did you become an art teacher? I did for the piles of paper. Well, not really. But, when I...