Resources for Participants

The iPad provides us with endless possibilities for innovative teaching and profound potential for learning.  However, the iPad is such a poweful tool that introducing apps and workflows into units requires art teachers to see beyond what the iPad can do, beware of the ‘wow...

What does art education do for the individual and for society?  Why do we teach art?  How does art contribute to education at all levels?  There are many good answers to these questions, but three stand out as crucial in today’s social and economic climate.  We believe that...

  New to twitter?  Use this great page to find out how you can use social media to make the most of your contacts, find information, share content and connect with collaborative communities.  This hashtag list for educators is a wonderful resource.  Get tweeting! This Google...

Go copyright free and use this powerful creative commons search engine to search for images by colour.  Apparently there are more than 10 million images avaliable…

According to Dearborn Public School, when young children engage in expressive art activities, they; Can give vent to thoughts and emotions in healthy, growth producing ways Gain a sense of accomplishment which helps move them along the path toward self-affirmation. Dare to try...

What We Learn 98% of what we teach using art, music, physical movement, and/or drama 95% of what we teach someone else 80% of what we experience personally 70% of what is discussed with others 50% of what we hear and see 30% of what we see 20% of what we hear 10% of what we read...

“Consider that 65% of the population are visual learners and 90% of the information that comes to the brain is visual. The brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Art education not only fills a critical gap in institutional learning, it also dovetails with the way...

Role of Art in Schools “When two researchers published a study a few years ago concluding that arts classes do not improve students’ overall academic performance, the backlash was bitter.  Some scholars argued that the 2000 study’s authors, Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland of...

Watch this fingerpainted 30 sec ad created on an iPad for the Taormina Film Festival 2012 and… Education Closet has posted a great lesson starter, making links between persuasive writing techniques, advertising and visual art.   The idea came from a wonderful article 8...