It's more than just Thursday
As a community we've grown we've become #CreativleyConnectedEdu but we still have Thursday nights' #K12ArtChat and more. In our early days on twitter we started #FabArtsFri and then @smARTisteacher (Arlene Shelton) challenged the house of Grundler to create a Twitter challenge consisting of a # for each day......and it stuck! Here are the daily tags to connect to for further connectivity! Monday- #MustMakeMon Tweet about your must makes, what do you have in the works? What
The #heART_Ed Challenge - Who inspires you?
About a week ago a very sweet post popped up that #TeamGrundler was tagged in, it was from Holly Bess Kincaid (@artladyhbk) and said, Thank you for being a constant inspiration to others, sharing knowledge and building an active online community of educators! #K12ArtChat #heART_ED. Give a shout out to an art educator you heART and say why. We were humbled and thankful, it was a moment of affirmation. Our professional learning network motivates us to keep finding new ways to
Kindness Creatures and Community Connections!
I was in the #whatisschoolchat about empathy (co hosted by Empatico.org) and shared an idea about have a little/big artist exchange using kindness creatures. We can't take credit for the exchange idea it's been done many times in many different ways but typically it involves second graders developing a creature of some sort in 2D and high school sculpture students re-creating it in 3D then giving the 3D creature to the second graders, while making sure the classes can connec
Healing Journal Post IV
Not sure that this done............is anything really ever done. As I'm writing this it's mid-February and my healing continues (it's not done.) So this lovely little journal might be done(ish) partly because I moved on to a new journal and partly because it's spine was coming apart. The spine coming apart is a sign of how loved the little journal is..... (first time I've had this happen and it can be repaired with a little gorilla glue and a vice grip.) Why do I love thi
Growing into #CreativelyConnectedEdu
We started #K12ArtChat with the idea that it would be great to connect art teachers for a positive conversations around relevant topics. That little idea grew into the amazing #K12ArtChat professional learning network which is now comprised of creative educators from all content areas. Then along the way we found that not only did our PLN want to chat on twitter with our guest hosts they wanted to hear them! So this summer Susan Riley the CEO of Education Closet and the o
Healing Journal Part III
Well this is the mid point of my healing journal, this portion runs from December 26th to January 1st. I often get asked if I work in order and answer is sort of..........When I'm working on a daily"ish" journal like this one, I put a least a little something down each day. That doesn't mean I finish an entire page with media, I just try to capture my feelings for the day then when I have time or feel up to it I work back into pages to finish them. So many little thoughts wh
