In June of 2025, I retired from teaching upper elementary/middle school art after 36 years. The decision to leave was mine to make and was primarily based on feeling tired at the end of the day. Every day. Standing and walking around the classroom became increasingly exhausting, and I found myself sitting at my smallContinue reading “Looking Forward 36 Years Later”
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Digital Design to the Rescue!
I’ve had lots of folks ask me for lesson plans for my digital design projects. I’m happy to share and will be adding links below for all of my student projects for both 5th and 6th grade Art. I also have a lot of “how-to” demo videos for teachers and students. Hope these examples inspireContinue reading “Digital Design to the Rescue!”
Fall Fun
Since my students bring their Chromebooks to the art room, I have created a lot of different fall Choice Board projects. Here are some of the links and photos of projects – all using Google Drawing: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bOmo3fvsVTvZuoJPAHKt2nUhu-EgKqLd0Nhah-GKhso/edit?usp=sharing
Google Drawing in the art room 