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| Four years of art school come in handy when making glaze charts! If only my digital camera didn't make everything look slightly fish-eyed! |
Another aspect of having a student teacher that I'm really enjoying is having a little more time during the day to catch up on lesson planning, blogging, and projects around the classroom. What you see above is my new glaze chart! The chart I had before was just on plain plywood with tiny tiles and colors written in Sharpie. Some of the colors were essentially duplicates and a couple of the colors had bee discontinued. I had been wanting to make a new chart for several years.
For those of you who have had a student teacher, what is your favorite part of the experience? Do you have any fun suggestions or stories?
4 comments:
Zach, that is a seriously cool glaze chart! I never have time to do neat projects like that although I think about it constantly! I haven't had the use of my kiln for almost 7 years and I finally got it back last fall when my new room was finished. I even have a separate room for it which is really nice.
On student teachers, it's hit or miss. I had a run of bad ones for various reasons and then I had one who is now my friend for life. I learned a lot from her (although she was supposed to be learning from me!)I have decided that before I ever say yes to taking on another one, I want to meet them for coffee or whatever and put them through a little interview process. Sometimes people's personalities and sensibilities are diametrically opposed. Five minute at Starbuck's and I'll know.
:)Pat
I was fortunate to have a student teacher who had worked as a graphic designer before returning to school to become a teacher. She was able to bring me up-to-date on technology (PowerPoint, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.) while I was able to help her translate it into classroom use. Her enthusiasm for EVERYTHING was contagious and it breathed new life into my 25 yr old career! She was truly a blessing...
That looks great!! I'm a brand new art teacher and attempting to make one of these for my room. What did you use to get the tiles to stick to the board?
Thanks! I just used one of those obnoxious smelling adhesives. It was called E6000 and it was in the Blick catalog. Anything similar would work, too.
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