Everyday Art Room

Advocacy is always relevant, but it is especially important now with online learning happening everywhere. Now is a good time for us to be advocating for our program and reminding people of the importance of what we do. Listen as Nic brings on Alicia Peters to discuss content, curriculum, standards, and the importance of advocating for ourselves.

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• Why You Should Use Social Media as an Advocacy Tool
• 10 Arts Advocacy Resources Every Teacher Needs to Know
• Check out the YES Network Website and Facebook Page
• See Tiffany Erie's Franklin Art Studio page

Teaching looks incredibly different right now, but as art teachers, we have the ability to continue to share the visual content that develops in our room. In today's episode, Nic discusses how we can continue with our advocacy and share the work of our students in a time of distance learning.

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• See how Nic's students post a FlipGrid response
• Why You Should Use Social Media as an Advocacy Tool
• 10 Arts Advocacy Resources Every Teacher Needs to Know

In between creating engaging content, connecting with our students, and making sure they have the tools they need, distance teaching is an incredible challenge. However, teachers everywhere are rising to meet that challenge. In today's episode, Nic discusses what teachers everywhere are doing for their students and why a growth mindset is such an important tool right now. Resources and Links

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• SeeSaw
• FlipGrid

Over the past few weeks, Nic has been refining her teaching and figuring out what will work the best for her students with distance learning. In today's episode, she shares some of her best plans, lessons, and strategies, including why she is taking this opportunity to help her students focus on careers in the arts.

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• Nic's YouTube page is here
• Nic's Architecture Post
• 60 Visual Arts Careers to Discuss with Your Students

As we are sitting in uncertain times, don't you wish we could look into the future and just get an idea of what it's going to be like? Today's episode is the closest thing we can manage. Kit Lang returns to the show, this time with Zoe Coughlan, to talk about life on the ground and in the classroom in Hong Kong.

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• Take a look at Padlet and Parlay
• Follow Kit Lang on Instagram
• Zoe Coughlan is on Instagram as well

Our teaching is in a state of upheaval right now, and we are all looking for ideas to get started with distance learning. In today's episode, join Nic as she shares some of her best ideas for lessons and ways to connect with your students.

• View all of AOEU's resources to help with distance learning
• View Nic's Continuous Line Bunnies and #12Eggs Challenge
• FlipGrid
• Nic's Architecture Post

The Catalyst Approach is an approach to professional development and classroom management that can help every teacher. Today, Nic talks to two teachers about the approach and how it can help in your classroom. Listen as they discuss how you interact with students, how you interact with the curriculum, and how you are able to adjust your own behavior to be in service to the students that are in front of you.

• The Catalyst Approach
• Nic's Mini Matisse Blog
• Nic's Instagram
• AOEU Resources on Classroom Management

With the NAEA National Conference coming up soon, it never hurts to start thinking about how to make the most of your experience in the host city. Luckily, Nic calls the Twin Cities home, and she has a lot of advice for you on what you can do in Minnesota. Listen as she and Heidi Miller discuss all the sites you will want to take in as an art teacher and an artist.

• A list of Minnesota museums, galleries, and exhibits
• A slide show of Minnesota galleries
• Take a look at Heidi's personal website
• 8 Reasons to Attend an Art Ed Conference

Sketchbooks are incredibly valuable in the art room, but it can be tough to utilize them when you teach hundreds and hundreds of students. In this episode, Nic shares some of her best ideas for using sketchbooks and sketchnotes for yourself and with the students you teach.

• Implementing Sketchnotes PRO Learning Pack
• Sketchbook Ideas that Really Work PRO Learning Pack
• Encouraging Students to Use Sketchbooks in a New Way
• The Easiest Sketchbook System Ever
• Amber's Advanced Fibers PRO Learning Pack

It is always difficult for teachers to find time to create their own art, but it is especially difficult this time of year. We spend all of this time developing incredible lessons and passing on our passion for art . . . but how do we keep ourselves working? In this episode, listen to some of Nic's ideas on getting back to making and how you can go into the next few months with a clear goal and a plan for creating some of your own work.

• See some examples of last year's eggs
• Take a look at Jaana Mattson's website
• Creativebug
• Sketchbook Skool
• Explore all of AOEU's Graduate Courses