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Professional Development!

11/4/2011

I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to participate in some professional development sessions lately. Beth Breaux ( @drydentech )and I (@fuglefun ) had a video Skyping session with the art teachers, technology people, and administrators of a St. Louis, MO K-8 school district on Nov. 2nd after school to discuss iPads in the Art Room. I was able to share my screen and demo using the dropbox and brushes apps and shared some tips for managing images and artist statements on Artsonia. (I was able to do this because I had a technology buddy practice skyping with me where we played with a bunch of options and in the software until I felt comfortable, (Thanks Carol Broos @musictechie )
Beth was able to explain the networking and management challenges of our 100 iPads.
Here is a screen shot from our talk:

Then on Thursday I was able to participate in Downers Grove School District #58's "Transformative Learning Experiences" technology professional development day.
I presented mainly to the art teachers a whole slew of things. But, since the group was small we had a chance to test out equipment, ask lots of questions, figure out how what I was showing them could be used right away in their classrooms and what things were to come in the future. I loved this experience and felt like I made some friends:) Here is a picture of art teacher Jon Belonia testing the Bluetooth pressure sensitive Wacom tablet in the free MAC app Sketchbook Express.

3 Comments

Ben link

11/3/2011 11:15:21 pm

The Sketchbook Express looks very similar to ArtRage. Have you used both, and if so do you have a preference?

I usually tell my art teachers to go get the free version of ArtRage, but since only the older version is available for free download, I'm looking for something else. However, we don't have tablets, so I'm curious if our IWB would still offer decent control without the ability for the pressure sensitivity.

Tricia

11/3/2011 11:20:21 pm

I've used both and they are very similar. No real preference except for the fact that SKETCHBOOK EXPRESS IS FREEEEEEEE! in both the Mac App version and the iPad version. That makes it my favorite!

Sarah David

11/4/2011 02:09:50 am

Thank you for coming to our district yesterday... I will send you glue bottle pictures (hehehee) and I have been showing my classes the Glue Blues video... they love it!!!! we truly made a new friend yesterday!!!

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is the K-5 art teacher at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, IL. with a masters in K-12 technology integration. Tricia has been recognized for her innovative teaching in 2010 with the PBS Teachers Innovation Award, won Illinois Art Teacher of the Year in 2011, awarded Teacher of Distinction in 2012 by the Golden Apple Foundation, received Western Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year 2013, selected to become a Jacobs Educator 2014-15, was presented with the NAEA Art Technology Outstanding Community Service Award in 2016, honored with the ISTE Teacher Educator Network Tech in Action award, 2018, and won an Art Education Leadership Award via Artsonia in 2019. Learn more here.