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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...

” When I was a kid, I always thought that teachers were pretty, female, and about 25. My five year old brain was pretty sure that was about all there was to it. And while I’m sure (or I hope?!) that most of us now are aware that that’s a whole lot less than true, there’s...

This is one of the key apps that helps me deliver information to my students.  In seconds you can create an beautiful, glossy magazine of images, articles, websites, photos, documents, resources, etc.  Using a tweet, the app displays the content I want to students in a way that...

Year 6 Mythical Monsters Unit – Art & Apps in Action! iPad apps are so valuable in a diverse course that aims to introduce students to as many making processes as possible.  In this unit, monsters from a wide variety of cultures and eras are the stimulus for paintings,...

“Academic ability has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, because the universities designed the system in their image. If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance. The consequence is...

“People gathered on the piazza of St Peter’s to witness the arrival of Pope Francis I light up the evening with the mass of screens they are holding up: as they stand in this vast public space looking at the distant figures in front of the basilica, they are...

The iPad Art Room is all about the transformational levels of the SAMR model in action.   Want to read more?  Check out this PDF from Dr. Rueben Puentedura, full of great exemplars here, and see his blog here.  

“It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to...