What are you going to do after graduating?

Are you worried or unsure of how your career will start after graduating, especially since us art education majors are continuously reminded of the unlikelihood of our employment? Well, if you are in or near the NYC area consider getting involved with Young Audiences New York (yaNY). yaNY offers in and out of school creative experiences to students at every level. This is something I am considering exploring post-graduation. Good luck!

A visual rubric in the multicultural classroom.

This visual rubric is obviously a bit elementary but I think it is a clever way to offer assessment on a visual basis (and it is certainly appropriate for the elementary level). For the secondary level it could be useful in communicating how you are grading a student with a language barrier.

Source: This image came from a great art education website I found. Check it out.http://www.thesmartteacher.com/

Adult education vs. adolescent education

As some one transitioning from young adult to adulthood - looking at the info-graphic below has left me wondering if there is any real difference between how an adolescent learns and how an adult learns. The following suggestions seem like good pedagogical practice for any age.

Source: http://flirtingwelearning.wordpress.com

Interdisciplinary cooperation and the graphic novel.

Do you remember how tedious and painful it was to read Shakespearean texts in a high school level English & Literature class? After finding a graphic novel of Macbeth, I began wondering if students might be able to glean some sort of enjoyment of the literature by creating their own imagery from a chosen excerpt.

Links to said graphic novel on Amazon:

Macbeth: The Graphic Novel

Macbeth: The Graphic Novel (Unabridged)

Transitioning to new common core standards.

Just an article I found regarding some of the reasoning behind the education standards overhaul.


Transitioning to the Common Core Standards

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholastic-achievement-partners/ccss.htm

http://k6educators.about.com/od/professionaldevelopment/a/Common-Core.htm

Check out this amazing teacher tool!

https://www.remind101.com/

Can you blame dentists for their patients' cavities?

We have been talking a lot about assessment in my Theory and Practice class. The following article discusses/examines factors which are highly influential on teacher/student performance, yet are not mentioned or considered in any circumstance of the educational profession. The article:
What we should be evaluating.