The impact that subject knowledge has on teaching.  What are some resources you can turn to for support in lesson planning ideas? People, places, websites…

As an art teacher you need to know how to do it all. Paint, draw, sculpt, throw, screen printing, etc. The list is never ending. It is nearly impossible to be a master of all of these things. But, fortunate for us these are countless resources out there to help us teach ourselves.

When trying to teach myself how to us new materials my go to websites are, Google and YouTube. While they are both every opened ended websites, it is great to have such an array of information to us to teach yourself. For me, being able to watch someone do the new process, I am trying to learn, on YouTube is great.

When looking for lesson plan ideas my number one website is Pinterest. If you have not used this website before, I suggest you try it right now. It has so many great links to teaching blogs and other helpful hints; it is truly a gift from god. I have already used some on the lesson plan ideas from this website in my student teaching classroom. Another great side for lesson plan ideas is: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html. Countless of great, detailed, lesson plans. Dick Blick also has lesson plans on their site, they aren’t really original, but they are good to use as a starting base. Especially if you a teaching a media that is new to you.

And, of course, word of mouth. I always make sure to carry a pen and paper with me because you never no when someone will tell you about a great lesson plan, or when an idea will hit you.