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Combining Art & Technology to Go Beyond BrainPOP Wednesday, January 19, 2010 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour BrainPOP Educator Celebrity Liz Gatewood is back to share tons of inspiring ideas along with samples of student work. Learn how to strike a balance between projects on and offline, and walk away dreaming of new possibilities for collaboration with colleagues. RSVP: http://beyondbrainpop.eventbrite.com/

Kentucky Country Day School’s Lower School Technology Coordinator, Liz Gatewood never ceases to amaze me! She shared two outstanding projects that her classes recently completed. Thanks for sharing your behind the scenes tips, Liz! The first project was drawings of germs that my 1st graders created. During the first few weeks of school, our science teacher does a “hand washing” unit.  So we watched the BrainPOP Jr. movie, “Washing Hands,” then we drew GERMS using Kerpoof!  They are so adorable! The second project evolved from a unit on Community. My original lesson plan was to have the 2nd graders draw an actual picture of a community member (using Kerpoof).  The lesson took two classes – the first class we watched BrainPOP Jr.’s Community Helpers movie, took the quiz, read the Pop-a-joke and the Belly Up cartoon.  The students then used the remainder of the period to practice drawing (since I knew that drawing a community member would take the full 45 minutes).  After watching my students struggle with the practice round, I knew this wouldn’t work.  They were SOOOOO intimidated by having to draw an actual person.  I even tried it myself and it looked terrible! SO, I decided to… Read the Rest»

Learning to Embrace Bear-Hug the Dreaded “I” Word: “Integration” A Guide to Awesome Specialist/Classroom Teacher Partnering! by Renee Holden, Tampa, FL In a time when schools and school districts look are looking to cut spending, specials teachers (Art, Music, PE) are finding that they must put their creativity to work in different ways in order to increase their “market value” in school systems. When budget cuts are announced, it isn’t math or science classes that are at risk. Music, Art and Physical Education programs are quickly becoming “endangered species” in schools around the country. Such programs are considered “extra”, and many specialists around the country are fighting to keep their programs alive in an environment where resources are stretched and the almighty standardized test score is top priority. So what is a specialist to do? Classroom teachers want more time to teach grade-level expectations. Budgets are so tight that new textbooks are hard to acquire, let alone finding funds for art supplies and musical instruments. Classroom teacher or specialist, you know that your particular content area is, of course, the most important content area, so that is where time and money should be spent! Rather than viewing this as either/or,… Read the Rest»

Multimedia in the Art Classroom Wednesday, February 3, 2010 4:00 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Teach students about basic art concepts, art history, and influential artists through BrainPOP movies, activities, and pre/post assessment tools. From Surrealism to graphic design, this webinar will focus on our art-related content and the new Arts & Technology notebook on BrainPOP Jr. RSVP – space fills up quickly!