Thing 19-Podcasts

While this "thing" gave the hardest time-first in finding anything art focused for kids, then in finding a podcast that was not too length and to "adult world" (ie. wordy, ambiguous, rambling....) I did so enjoy the NPR "This I believe" podcasts-I've read these collections before and listened to them on the radio. http://thisibelieve.org/ As for teaching art and their application--I could certainly create podcasts that accompany my power point presentations, reading the text aloud and going into more death explaining the project. I also have such trouble getting good substitute teachers when I am out. I love the award winning writings by students one can find on the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards site. This site is laden with poetry, short stories, and essays. Reading these aloud and making podcasts for a substitute to read while students illustrate the images they "see" would be a great way to get kids involved, and I think hearing my voice may keep kids on task! http://www.artandwriting.org/galleryhome.htm)

Thing 18-Slideshare

Uploading PowerPoint presentations form slideshare wasn't difficult task wise, finding an appropriate useful PowerPoint presentation was however. Most were very wordy, dull, not as factual in a "bulleted" sense and some were not done with authority, checked information or even spell-check. I did get off task laughing so hard that I cried at "Family photos". This presentation is well worth the investigation, though not appropriate here. So, at the moment I have not found many presentations that I can use as is. I am sure I can tweak them and re-write some for my students. I have uploaded a lovely short presentation from the Whitney Museum of Art. Enjoy!

Comics, Fine Art and Museums 2008

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Thing 17 "30 Boxes" and Library Thing

OK, this is what I was afraid...if my search to organize my life, I seem to have fallen down the rabbit hole. I now have 3 blogs-one for 23 Things, one on Art Education 2.0 and another on Are Education/Art Educators-AHHH! I also have a calendar in my district e-mail, a new one here on "30 Boxes", and still can't keep the pocket one in my purse organized. After inputting all the info. I could into "30 Boxes" I was more than a bit disappointed in the blah appearance of the calendar. Where were the fun stickers? The color coded days? The animated gifs? Pretty sad. And frankly, if anyone I know makes there calender public and expects me to be in-tune with all they have to do, along with all I have to do, I may resort to nasty e-mails or Facebook taunts. (Idle jest, since I do not do a thing on my Facebook page.) Now, after all of that I discovered "Library Thing"! I don't know if I will ever sign in and enter data, but the vastness of it all was amazing! Recommendations! Amazon.com connections! Reviews! ...They had me at hello.