Why MoMA’s Massive Online Open Courses are a Must for Anyone Teaching Art (available on Coursera)
The Museum of Modern Art’s MOOCs (massive open online courses), like Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art, are essential for anyone teaching art to grades Pre-K-12, and the ones I have taken have even provided useful tools that I have brought into my courses with undergraduates. In these courses, I have learned techniques for making lectures more conversational, as well as how to engage students through play.
Reading Reflection: ‘Point and Line to Plane’ by Wassily Kandinsky
Over Winter break this year, I read a classic in the field of 2D Design and composition —- Point and Line to Plane by Wassily Kandinsky. The book provides a fantastic entry point into deeper ways of thinking about painting and drawing. Read on to see my ideas for incorporating Kandinsky’s teachings into my own classes.
Reinforcing Learning in Higher Ed: Post-Session Summaries
After class, try sending summaries of the session to your students. These summaries can take on a variety of forms.