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great ideas for contemporary artists to teach with traditional artists!

This is the first in a two-part series that will provide some tips and resources for starting and maintaining a parent-led art program at the elementary school level. (This is a good thing???)

Visual literacy is a multi-faceted subject matter, and faculty wishing to include images in their curriculum can quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the prospect of addressing visual literacy. (looks like something that art teachers are uniquely qualified to teach).

Take advantage of the natural affinity children have for comics and use them as a powerful teaching tool in your classroom. The following tips, tools, and resources will get you started.

Awesome site to manipulate human features. A really fun way for students to learn about proportion.  I see lessons using this to teach caricatures, or have them create themselves.

Sea creatures come alive in student work -- and teach science.

Susan Kapuscinski gaylord teaches you how to make a book with an elastic and a stick.

Susan Kapuscinski gaylord teaches you how to make a book with an elastic and a stick.

educational videos created to teach art related concepts

On-line Picasso Project, good resource when teaching Picasso.

Challenge Based Learning is an engaging multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning that encourages students to leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve real-world problems.

The Teaching Palette: tutorial on navigating Environmental Art Around Google Earth

Examples of visual & optical illusions: great for teaching about the illusion of space, motion, op art, etc.

Digital Editing Lesson

Digital Editing Lesson

How can we as teachers promote an environment where students can freely/safely remix content to personalize their learning?

Advise for art majors. What will you do after you graduate?