For those of you that tried using Thingamablog to build a web site and felt intimidated by it’s heavy use of code, you might want to check out the latest version. Don’t worry, it’s still free. Thingamablog’s now been updated to be a lot more WYSIWYG (That’s What You See Is What You Get, for …
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Rainbow Warriors
To those of you who think that newspapers only report bad news, I say “HA!” and “HA AGAIN!” James McHenry Elementary School really has a good thing going for it with Mr. King and his Rainbow Warriors program, which is one of the many reasons why I’m glad it’s one of my schools. I won’t …
Book Review – Photography: A Crash Course
It should go without saying that a good teacher should know his or her subject area well enough to teach it without a book. Being able to and having to are much different things, however, and I for one am grateful for that. Texts are wonderful resources that can foster discussion, provide background information, and …
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A day in the life of a tech addict Art teacher
As a teacher, I pride myself in using technology intelligently every day to help with my lessons. I include the word “intelligently” because as cool as computers are, they aren’t always the best solution for every problem encountered. For example, let’s take a look at my typical day. I start off checking my e-mail and …
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I’m relatively famous!
A while back I fired off an email to Steve Dembo of teach42.com about several things, including a mysterious person named GCPS who was posting all kinds of useful educational links on a regular basis. At first Mr. Dembo and myself were both under the impression that GCPS was a person who was just very, …
Cha cha cha changes
I’m switching my RSS feed over to Feedburner because I’d like to know how many people subscribe to it and, let’s be honest, we all like to jump on bandwagons. Because of this, I would appreciate it if those of you who are subscribing to my RSS feed would delete the old feed link and …
Mastering PowerPoint
There are some who would say that PowerPoint® is a teacher’s best friend. After all, here is this simple little (ok, not so little …) program capable of displaying any media you choose, and all you need to do is drag and drop! If you’re giving a linear presentation, and chances are you are, then …
Oh clip art, where art thou?
I’ll admit I myself have an aversion to clip art, but then I make my own stuff all the time and not everyone does that. As a result, I present to you several alternatives to making everything from scratch. I assure you that I’ve never seen a principal act in the way portrayed below – …
Edugadget
Golly gee whiz, I’ve got more content! When I created this blog I wanted to use it not only to to provide useful information to others, but to also show the blend between art, tech, and education. (Insert venn diagram … here.) As such, I always get a kick when I see other web sites …
Drawing / Sketching
Interested in improving your drawing skills? Well you can always take more Art classes, buy drawing books, and join local art clubs – all of these are helpful in encouraging you to push your skills to the limit. However, you can also try visiting online “how-to-draw” sites for advice and information. They’re often not as …