Creatively Teaching

Inspire and facilitate... When I think of this standard of the ISTE Visionary Leadership I think of a principal that I met today. I had an interview for the classes she is building. The position for the middle school level of animatronics and robotics and 3D printing. To walk through those halls today, I was inspired and I could see just by the student work in the hallways that she was facilitating her staff to bring the most to her students. " This leader has planned and implemented a districtwide technology initiative. "  *      I aspire to have my leadership style mimic traits of hers. I want technology to integrate into the children's lives the way it does on a regular basis outside of school. As I walked through that school today there were 3 students sitting in a circle on the floor right outside of the classroom door working together in a group. One was reading from a packet to the other, and one had a laptop open to search/type the answers to the questio...

           I am creating this blog to start a new chapter in my life. Hopefully I'll chat about things that happen that day or week at school and hopefully you will give me feedback or just pure motivation to keep blogging.       I’ve been teaching Art for nine years now. I live in NJ, but currently I've returned back to the Philadelphia Public School District, Which is part of what drove me to go back to reaching my goal.      Through my years as an educator, I have taught Art both 2D and 3D Fine Art, Ceramics, Graphic Design with and without technology directly in my classroom. From the simplest of materials, and not a single computer in my classroom, trying to teach Art by writing on a blackboard with chalk (yes this is my current placement). Though I've also had 33 computers, smart board and large color printer, 3D printer, a t-shirt machine and a decal maker.  Boy do I miss those things. I have taught grade...