Beyond Lesson Plans–Modern Ways to Connect&Collaborate in Your Art Room–AME 035 - a podcast by Patty Palmer: Art Teacher and expert in teaching art to kids.

Are you looking for ways to spruce up your art program? Move beyond traditional lesson plans with artist trading cards, a flipped classroom and QR codes.

Nic Hahn, author of the popular blog, Mini Matisse, shares how she transitioned to a choice-based art room, how she uses videos to flip her classroom plus she shares the art projects that have been the most successful with her students. 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How working with different age groups gives you added perspective as a blogger


How Artist Trading Cards help the learning process for studentsHow her focus on Careers in Art has exposed the children to all sorts of possibilities


Why reflection in the art room is needed, and how Nic ties pop culture into the curriculumWhy she uses QR codes in her classroom


How questions she receives online leads the direction of her blogHow presenting the masters of art to her classes allowed Nic to grow as an artist herself

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Yuko Larson and Nic Hahn's Trading Cards

Bit-O-Bios Art BiographyQR Codes Lesson Download

Careers in Art Sample LessonDownload Careers in Art

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