Blind Contour Drawing: Hands
I remember learning “blind” contour drawing in art class in elementary, middle, and high school. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until I was student teaching that I learned why blind contour was so important to learning how to draw. I remember watching my cooperating teacher explain this lesson to one of my first classes… and it finally made sense. It also made me realize why so many people think that they “can’t draw” or that…
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Drawing Contained Space (Geometric) Landscapes
I created this video for my students in my drawing class to learn from during distance learning, inspired by Black Lantern’s geometric landscape illustration. https://www.blacklantern.com/blogs/news/new-geometric-landscape-illustration This two-day mini project is an activity to combine the elements of art after learning about all of them, specifically the use of line, shape, value, texture, and space. The goal is to use a shape to create a frame to contain the…
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Ethics and Technology in Education: Protecting Ethical Dissent, Avoiding Groupthink, and Fostering Healthy Disagreement in a Time of Cancel Culture
This was a piece I wrote for an ethics class for my master’s degree in educational technology. The purpose of this assignment was to research a current ethical issue regarding technology andeducation, and this could be a current issue faced by an educator in the classroom. After identifying the issue, I designed an educational plan and lesson materials to promote ethical behavior in future similar situations. One of the greatest issues I saw at that time,…
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Copyright, Fair Use, and the Public Domain
Link to Google Slides Link to Intellectual Property Quiz This teacher resource was created for my master’s level course in educational ethics. Feel free to use, adapt, and modify as needed.
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