Saturday, March 29
8:00 - 9:50 AM
Business Meeting
Delegates Assembly
Laura Milas, Penelope Venola, Debra Pylypiw, Linda Popp
Representatives from partnering state associations and NAEA Issues Groups collaborate to help shape
the future of NAEA. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom D and H/Level 2
9:00 - 9:25 AM
Art Education Technology (AET)
Extreme Art Learning: What Art Learning Websites Owners Say About Their Top-Rated Websites
Tingting Wang
Shares several art learning and teaching website owners' stories and goals for building the website, their
efforts to improve it, and their usage of the technology to enhance learning. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23A/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Jacotot and the Student Strikes: Learning on Art, Pedagogy, & Politics From the Street
Moniques Richard
Examine art practices translated into political issues and emancipatory pedagogy using posters,
Facebook, graffiti, performance, etc.—with Jacotot's concept of translation and global connections to
street protest. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE)
Soundscape: The Creative Process of Deep Listening
Ehsan Akbari
Soundscapes are artworks created from careful reflection of an environment through listening,
recording, and editing sound. Receive practical guidance on teaching deep listening through the creation
of soundscapes. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28A/Upper Level
Community Arts Caucus (CAC)
Service-Learning in a Special Needs Community: Applying Course Concepts, Breaking Down Barriers,
and Building Relationships
Amanda Alexander
Discover how a service-learning course provides an avenue for preservice art teachers to better
understand community engagement and outreach with people who have special needs. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Art Sparks for the Wee Ones
Sherry Snowden
Art educators of wee ones will learn how to best design meaningful, creative art experiences that align
with art standards and result in wow factors that add sparks to learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Design Issues Group (DIG)
Form Follows Function: Creating Functions With Nature
Cameron Platt
Examine a process of designing ceramic-ware in which students create collaborative-class sketchbooks
including teacher models. Objects from nature will hinder the functional designs which will be resolved
in clay. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Around the World in 40 Projects: Creating a Preschool Art Show
Jessica Whittingham
Help your students make meaningful global connections through 40 country-inspired projects. Discover
how to transform a series of elementary art projects into a successful art exhibit. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Art Educator as Teaching Artist: Using Original Art and Technology to Inspire Student Learning
Hanna Traynham
Discover how to inspire student learning with your original artwork by generating lively discussions,
multiple interpretations, e-mail correspondence with students all over the world, and insight into
conceptual artwork. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Relationships of Media, Task, and Learner Engagement in an Online Tutorial to Teach Art Criticism
Nancy Wood
An experimental study analyzed the relationships of interactive vs. static media, guided vs. open inquiry,
and learner engagement with media, in an online, asynchronous tutorial, designed to teach image
analysis. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
New to Teaching Art? Need Organization Now? Let's Amp it Up!
Natalie Thornton, Lucy McHugh
Check out how a new teacher synced the chaotic potential of curriculum, calendar, deadlines,
inspiration, presentations, storage, student work, and her ever-growing to-do list with an organizational
freeware. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Dyslexia as a Super Power
Kesling St. Denis, Sarah Bare
Learn how to meet the challenges encountered working with dyslexic students and how to embrace
their flexible thinking as a tool for creative problem solving in the art classroom and beyond. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Student Chapter/Preservice (SC)
The Art of Transformation: A Lesson on Private & Public Community Art Projects
Barbara Atkins
Presenter describes a community art lesson that intertwines ethnography, art, and literature while
questioning transformative qualities of art. Research, lesson plan, and artwork will be shared. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
Technology
Art @ STEM
Cheri Jorgenson
Discover how teaching art at a STEM school differs, and how to incorporate STEM-related artists and the
d-school process into the art curriculum. See examples of art and design projects created on the iPad.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Technology
Putting Art Back Into Computer Art
Andrew Watson
Explore a seven-step instructional map that leads to creative problem solving and meaningful computergenerated student artwork with any group of students. Student artwork examples are shared. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
9:00 - 9:50 AM
Advocacy
Art-a-Thon: For the Arts
Robin Brewer, Lisbeth Bucci
No assignments, just opportunities! Build excitement and interest for the arts with this incredible event.
Teachers and students get together for a day of exploratory artmaking. How-to handout provided. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Share and Collect Lesson Plans on the CSTAE Digication e-Portfolio: A Resource for Teachers!
Jennifer Combe, Patricia Bode
Want fresh, thematic curricula rooted in contemporary and historical contexts and student interest?
Have you written curricula that mirror this vision? Learn about an open-source hub for pK-16 and
lifelong teaching. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7B/Upper Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC)
Gentrification or Cultural Genocide: Bronzeville as Resistance Pedagogy
Vesta Daniel
How can school-community partnerships address the relationship between change (gentrification) and a
community master narrative? Chicago's Bronzeville arts community is the focus for exploring resistance
pedagogy as contemporary, culture-based communication. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Community Arts
Practicum/Service-Learning: Saturday Family Literacy Program at Doris Henderson Newcomers School
in NC
Maria Lim
Learn about an enduring public school-university collaborative community art project in Greensboro,
NC. Gain extensive insights and practicable prototypes of unit/lesson plans from the Art-ESL integrated
approach based on the concept of multicultural education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Carpe Diem: Seizing the Common Core With VTS
Mary Franco, Kathleen Unrath
Carpe Diem! Seize the Common Core! Come VTS with us and collaboratively explore how this amazing
pedagogy can help you teach to the Common Core in rich and powerful ways. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Techniques for Creating Exciting Digital Pencil Art
Kathi Hanson
Create exciting digital art by utilizing special effect pencil techniques in your line design. Learn how to
grate, dissolve, burnish, and manipulate pencil pigments to add excitement and interest. Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
If Art is Idea: Why Do the Elements and Principles of Design Drive Programs?
Michael Parks
Formalism has long dominated art curricula, creating a disconnect from today's artworld. Can we
envision a richer, truly artistic curriculum while maintaining the integrity of the visual arts program? Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Elementary
Using Multi-Media Approaches for Art Lesson Motivations in the Elementary Art Classroom and
Beyond
Linda Kourkoulis
Offers art educators a unit of comprehensive lesson plans specifically designed with multimedia
approaches to art lesson motivations, demonstrations, group discussions of artworks, and researchbased projects. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30B/Upper Level
Elementary
Out of This World TraDigiTal Self Portraits
Nicole Nelson, Janet Wolfertz
Unite art, science, and technology: students can creatively connect to space exploration. Explore
creation and manipulation of photos, patterns, and textures; digital and traditional tools to create
graphic components; and portrait tips and techniques. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30A/Upper Level
Elementary
Sewing and Spontaneous Collaboration
Jodie Pellish
Discover how to set up a classroom as a supportive space for collaboration to flourish. Gain different
lessons conducive to allowing students to work together, develop ideas and knowledge with each other
via sewing and collage. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28D/Upper Level
Higher Education
What Counts as Service-Learning?
Melanie Buffington, Pamela G. Taylor
Explore ethics in service-learning. By investigating higher education service-learning projects, presenters
address the importance of critically reflecting on and reconsidering what happens in the name of
service-learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Becoming Exceptional Elementary Art Teachers Through Theme-Based Lessons and Technology
Stephanie Danker, Katherine Schwartz
Discover new methods for creating theme-based elementary art lessons through a combination of
contemporary theory, practice, reflection, integration, and technology. Includes student-created digital
resource collections and lesson samples. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Rediscovering Learning: The Promise of Studio Processes for Non-Art Graduate Students
Olga Hubard
Learn how a substantive studio course enriched the educational journey of 30 graduate students in nonart-related fields. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25C/Upper Level
International
Present Practices: Art Education in India and Myanmar and a Massachusetts School District
Diana Adams Woodruff
Presenter will share her observations of the structure and content of art education in India and
Myanmar, and draw comparisons to the art program in her Massachusetts school district. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
International
Connect Your Students to Modern Art Through the Exploration of The Armory Show of 1913
Ioanna (Yianna) Angelopoulos
Explore how The Armory Show of 1913 changed the American perspective of art and learn to connect
your students to modern art through a published lesson in Scholastic Art magazine. Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus (LGBTIC)
I AM the GSA Sponsor, and I Have a Gay Agenda!
Tiffany Asha
Discuss my gay agenda and how art therapy makes for the best GSA meetings. Make Day of Silence a
performance art experience for your students. Can we talk?! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Media Arts
Critical Multiculturalism Through Student-Led Filmography
Amy Zschaber
Learn how to harness the power of authentic engagement, mass-media, and free technology to teach
critical multiculturalism through student-generated filmography that critically examines personal and
global culture(s). Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Museum Education
Got the Interactive App Blues? What Educators Can Do With Little to No Technology Budget
Ann Rowson Love, Deborah Randolph, Melissa Hueting
Panelists share successes and failures in developing interactive technologies at two art institutions.
Successes include creating interactive iBooks and involving graduate student content developers. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Museum Education
Smile! You Are on Camera: Video as a Collaborative Reflection Tool for Museum/Arts Educators
Lindsay Smilow, Alyson Luck, Greer Kudon, Jenny Bevill
Learn about video reflection and analyze short video samples to add to a growing set of best practices
for Art/Museum teaching reflection—garnering feedback from peers and encouraging critical analysis.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30D/Upper Level
Museum Education
Museum Maker Spaces: Creating and Play for Adults
Anne Thwaits
Learn why a Maker Space might be right—and feasible—for your museum; explore examples of
successful Maker Spaces and discuss resources for developing such a space. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Professional Development
Next Generation Visual Arts Standards for Middle Level Students – A First Glimpse!
Dennis Inhulsen, September Buys, Deb Hannu, Vanessa Lopez
Get an in-depth look at the next generation visual arts standards and meet members of the Visual Arts
writing team. Learn all about the new Enduring Understandings, Essentials Questions and Performance
Standards. Spend time with colleagues discussing possibilities for implementation and integration into
your teaching. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
Professional Development
The Studio Thinking Network Online
Lois Hetland, Kate Thomas, Matt Dealy
Explore an online professional learning community focused on teaching and learning practices related to
Studio Thinking—including motivations, structure and content, benefits, challenges, lessons learned,
and future plans. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Mind-Mapping With Art, Curriculum Standards, and Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein's Sparks of
Genius
Jenny Marvel
Explore multiple interdisciplinary connections using a single work of art, curricular standards, and the
creative and divergent thinking process emphasized in Sparks of Genius. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32B/Upper Level
Professional Development
Collaborate! Strategies and Structures for Parallel Curriculum Planning
Christine Woywod, Jacobo Lovo, Ryan Krippendorf, Mike Driscoll
Presenters share strategies and structures used to facilitate the design and instruction of project-based,
culturally responsive units of study that integrate visual art, math, reading, and language arts. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Professional Development
Using Innovative Teaching Practices and New Technologies to Reconsider Creativity in Art Education
Enid Zimmerman, Flavia Bastos
Authors and the two editors of a forthcoming NAEA book on creativity will focus on the roles of
contemporary issues, innovative pedagogies, information technologies, and intercultural perspectives in
art education. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Research
Social Media Museum Education Actors in Pedagogical Assemblage
Yen-Ju Lin
Discusses fusions and fissures of personal and collective learning in and through social media in museum
experiences. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
Near and Far: A Mid-Century Art Educator's Sense of Place
Sue Uhlig, Christina Hanawalt
Presenters consider how an art educator from the 1940s used postcards and murals to represent a
sense of place after taking a professional development course from Viktor Lowenfeld. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Secondary
Glass Art: From Powder Drawing to Molten Sculpture, The Success of a High School Program
Monique Boyd
Find out what it takes to start a wildly successful glass art program in a high school, from drawing with
glass to blowing and sculpting it hot. Explore hot shop, kiln, cold work, torching, and working with
students' ideas to create provocative images. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26A/Upper Level
Secondary
Collaboration: High School Art and College Art Foundations: What Connects Us?
Alyson Pouls, Kerry Freedman, Richard Siegesmund
There can be different learning expectations for advanced high school art and entry college art
foundations programs. An online Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a model for managing this
transition. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28B/Upper Level
Secondary
Photography and Memory as Narrative, Pedagogical Practice: Contemporary Entry Points for Visually
Archiving the Self
Blake Smith
Learn ways to engage narrative, counter-narrative, and memory thematically. The Visual Story Corps
Photography Project and works by socially located contemporary photographers like Alfredo Jaar will be
introduced. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31C/Upper Level
Secondary
Focusing on the Art of the Indigenous Americas in the Revised AP Art History Curriculum
Rebecca Stone
Understand the revised AP Art History course curriculum and content from the indigenous Americas as a
starting and/or focal point. Learn how thematic connections can be made among global artistic
traditions. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31B/Upper Level
Supervision and Administration
Supervision and Administration Issues Forum
Angie Fischer, Cheryl Maney, Elizabeth Stuart
An opportunity for Supervision and Administration Division members to discuss issues related to
leadership, curriculum and assessment, instruction, professional development, and other current topics
of interest. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Technology
Leveling Up: Art Educators Teaching Digital Game Design
Ryan Patton, Robert Sweeny, Ryan Shin
Panelists will share their findings for teaching digital game design to preservice art educators with an
emphasis on P-12 implementation in a multi-site pilot study entering its third year. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA)
Korean Folk Art as a Vehicle for Making Connections Between Korean and Native American Culture
Jaehan Bae, Oksun Lee
Discusses the social, cultural, and spiritual context of two Korean folk art forms—Jangseung and
Sotdae—and their pedagogical applications to American art classes. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
9:00 - 10:20 AM
Super Session
Art in an Age of Digital Expression: Storytelling and Augmented Reality
Bernajean Porter, Jason Ohler
Join Bernajean Porter and Jason Ohler as they show many examples from their years of work with
students in the world of digital storytelling and new media—combining stories, artwork, narration,
video, music, and other media. In particular, learn about Augmented Reality and how it is being used to
create a new art form that spans Real Life and Virtual Reality. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Ballroom 20CD/Upper Level
9:30 - 9:55 AM
Women's Caucus (WC)
Generations Legacy: Gendered Stories of Strength, Reliance, and Rewriting One’s Self Into Feminist
Pedagogy
Anniina Suominen
Explore being bound to gendered encounters with one another. Presenter works through gendered
relationality to arrive at the conceptualization and practice of radical availability as a form of feminist
pedagogy. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Art Education Technology (AET)
Integrating Math Technology Into the Art Room: Using GeoGebra Software
Amy Sawchak
Are you looking for a fun and free way to integrate math technology into your art room? Come explore
the possibilities with GeoGebra! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23A/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
PhotoVoice, Participatory Photography for Social Change: A Diversity Project
Paula McNeill
Highlights of a photography project with at-risk students in grades 6-12 that culminated in a communitywide exhibition of student-generated documentary photography and reflective writing. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Committee on Lifelong Learning (LLL)
Artmaking to Support Reminiscence: An Art Teacher/Caregiver's Story
Melanie Davenport
Older adults with memory loss can enjoy reminiscing through artmaking—a mutually beneficial,
enriching experience for both the older learner and the artist-teacher. Learn and share strategies to
support remembering through art. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Art as Glue: Teaching Thematically at BASIS
Porter McDonald, Carrie Vonier
Two BASIS educators discuss ways to create and implement thematic curricula that not only connects
disciplines and grade levels, but also uses online galleries and blogs to bridge between schools. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
A 4-Year-Old's Use of the iPhone to Make Still Images
Kim Schwartzhoff
This session presents how a four-year old child, unprompted, used an iPhone to photograph a sequence
of tableau he made using toys and stuffed animals, and the narrative he made up that accompanied his
play. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Research
Through the Lens of Key to the Cupboard
Asavari Thatte
A critical interpretation of the art educational program Key to the Cupboard (telecast in 1959) explores
how art education has continued to co-exist and evolve with digital media. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
The Public Art Project: 3-D Design
Carla Stetson
Looking for a culminating 3-D design project that allows students to demonstrate synthesis of design
concepts while discussing social purposes in art? This project mimics the actual process of submitting
proposals to a public art commission. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
Internet Memes as Visual Research
Laura March
Based on results from a visual discourse analysis, suggestions are provided for studying and creating
online activist memes inside social justice arts classrooms. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Best Practices to Bring Visual Arts Into Your Classroom
Jennifer Alexander
Explore examples of how art education can foster social and behavioral skills in students, especially
students with special needs, and learn about application in the general education environment. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Technology
Insta.Nalysis: Combining Social Media Photography Applications With Arts-Based and Qualitative
Research Methodologies
Laurel Hart
Learn this step-by-step method for conducting research using social media photography practice
combined with the qualitative research methods of poetic analysis and constant comparison, as
exemplified within the #mymontreal project. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Technology
Engaging Students Using Online Extracurriculars
Peggy Martinez, Natalie Blake
Art teachers from the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow will present the methods they use to advise
the Art and Photography Clubs in the virtual environment. Free resources will be shared. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
10:00 - 10:25 AM
Elementary
Art for Water
Celeste Robbins
One teacher, two schools, and 450 works of art sold to raise money to build a water well for a village in
Burundi, Africa. Come see how we did it! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Line in Space: Introduction to Wire
Lindsay Calhoun
Share the experience of middle school students sculpting with wire for the first time. Included are
student examples, techniques, materials, tools, and lesson ideas. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Innovative Teaching Strategies Inspired by the Reggio Approach
Annette Swann, Pat Tarr
Apply brain development research to Reggio-inspired classrooms; explore innovative teaching
strategies, materials, and environment for optimal creativity in young children. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
Creating Digital Demos
Kathy Skaggs
Learn how to use your iPhone or digital camera with Keynote or PowerPoint to create interesting
presentations for your classroom, giving students a quick review or a closer look at what you’re
demonstrating. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
Crowd Sourcing Images: Emerging Qualitative Research Tools
Scott McMaster
Showcases new media technologies to help inform visually based literacy/media studies and promote
image-based research—re-imagining research methodologies in visual culture, literacy, and art
education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
10:00 - 10:50 AM
Advocacy
Art Stories
Kirby Meng, Barbara Laws, Linda Kieling, Lynn Felts
Presenters will videotape educators sharing their Art Stories of encouragement and inspiration,
describing the impact art has had throughout their teaching career. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Advocacy
Author Series: Exploration in Virtual Worlds: New Digital Multi Media Literacy Investigations for Art
Educators
Mary Stokrocki, Rick Garner, Sandrine Han, Ryan Shin
Explore concepts, teaching models, projects, and machinima crossing the generational divide—in
various types of schooling, with people of diverse abilities, including virtual world pros and cons and
future challenges. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Assessment
Criteria Checklists and Rubrics: A Piece of the Assessment Puzzle
Annamarie Bollino, Tanya Green
Find the balance between creative problem solving and checking for understanding. Gain knowledge in
planning, implementing, and assessing art lessons using criteria checklists and rubrics. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Why is Art Necessary for the 21st-Century Learner and the Common Core Standards?
Susan Deaton
Discuss the integration of art with the common core standards and the role art should play in 21stcentury education. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Comics! Art, Literacies, and Learning
Kerry Freedman, Josh Elder, Stephen Carpenter
Discuss ways that online comics and graphic novels can enhance curriculum, motivate learning, and
represent knowledge in the visual arts, reading, and writing. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
The Audacity of Choice
Nan Hathaway
It takes courage, trust, and a good sense of humor to run a successful Choice-Based art program. This
approach is not for everyone. The reward? Intrinsically motivated, self-directed, enthusiastic, art
students. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Vessels of Hope: Start to Finish Getting Students to Create Meaningful Art
Jessica Hickey
Learn a new lesson that offers opportunity to work with the community and have a greater purpose!
Explore ways to teach vocabulary-heavy units! Have your students create an artist statement that has
depth! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
The Creativity Infusion Curriculum: A Comprehensive K-12 Program for Developing and Assessing
Creativity
Raymond Veon, Jeff Mather
Provides an inquiry-based, experiential K-12 curriculum and professional development program for
developing creativity, including classroom case studies, e-Portfolio assessment methodology with a 0.95
reliability co-efficient, and web resources. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Early Childhood Art Educators (ECAE)
Color of Thinking: Using Arts-Based Research, Children Make Their Understanding of Abstract
Concepts Visible
Mary Geisser
The thoughts and voices of young children are powerful, and yet they often go unheard. This
presentation will share how preschool and kindergarten children utilized the arts to make their
understanding of abstract concepts such as fairness, friendship, and freedom visible. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Think eARTh! Lessons on the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Ellen Hargrove
Explore environmentalism through a contemporary K-5th unit that will create connections, inform, and
inspire your students. Includes images, resources (literary, Youtube videos, websites), student handouts,
lessons, and assessments. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30B/Upper Level
Elementary
Impersonating Artists
Craig Hinshaw
O'Keeffe, Monet, Audubon… Presenter has been them all and more—having begun impersonating
artists in the final season of teaching. Costumes, lessons, and benefits will be shared. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30A/Upper Level
Elementary
My Journey… How to Scaffold From Teacher-Directed to Choice Learning
Maryellen Picker
Thinking about implementing Choice-Based Art? Don't be afraid… explore how to scaffold the learning;
learn how to create new procedures and routines; and take home 30 mini lessons to begin your journey!
Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28D/Upper Level
Higher Education
Deconstructing Silos: New College Art Curricula and Implications for Art Teacher Preparation Programs
William Charland
College art programs are deconstructing studio silos in favor of integrated curricula. Examine the fit of
traditional art teacher preparation programs in a rapidly evolving contemporary art curriculum.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Challenging Norms: Play & Imagination in the Integration of Digital and Traditional Materials
Sean Justice, Richard Jochum, Iris Bildstein
The Teachers College art program faculty discusses the integration of new and traditional media in the
education of art teachers, and the promotion of imaginative risk-taking in art classrooms. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25C/Upper Level
Media Arts
Holography
Allison Procacci
Holography is a medium that constitutes the design of light and space via laser. Learn and discuss this
emerging technology with changes to the virtual and digital 3-D landscape. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Middle Level
Design as Nature
Linda Keane, Mark Keane
Shares information, object, experience, and environment design activities linked with virtual field trips
and best practices to enhance middle school learning—blurring work, play, and fun with creativity. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Middle Level
Creating Art and Animation From SCRATCH: An Imaginative, Innovative Computer Programming
Language
Diane Lally
Discover SCRATCH, an innovative, emerging form of technology that supports art education in your
school and motivates students to create, using the computer as a tool to release their imagination! Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25B/Upper Level
Museum Education
Art and Public Television: A Collaboration in Innovation
Anne Henderson, Samantha Andrews
The Frist Center and Nashville Public Television created 1-minute television spots to spark interest in art
among children seven to nine years old. Explore this collaboration and available resources. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Museum Education
The Future of Youth Art Shows in Museums: New Thoughts on an Old Idea
Lori Sokolowski, Amy Briere
Join the Museum of Photographic Arts and The San Diego Museum of Art as they share challenges facing
their longstanding programs and their innovative ideas to solve them. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30D/Upper Level
Museum Education
Interactive Art Museum Programming for Adults With Special Needs
Jaime Ursic, Justine Menchetti, Jennifer Kowitt
Learn about an art museum program for adults with special needs that promotes visual literacy, selfexpression, and cognitive skills. Explore benefits to museum and school. Includes student interviews and
artwork. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Professional Development
Design Thinking for Art Educators
Robin Vande Zande
Learn about design thinking and the design process of problem-solving, human-centered, prototypedriven processes for innovation—which may be easily applied to lessons, curriculum, school, and district
design. Hands-On Workshop Studio
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Professional Development
Common Core Plus Creativity: Possibilities in an Art Curriculum
Gretchen Boyer, Bettie Lake
Explore curriculum re-examination, considerations accommodating the common core learning focus,
students' observation and analytical skills enhancement through the creative process, the needs of your
principal, and teacher evaluation. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Sparking Innovation, Creativity, and Teacher/Student Success With an Urban Public School and
Museum Partnership
Becky Coyne, Rachel Trinkley, Leslie BeVier, Kassie Hurley-Hook
Join art educators from the Columbus Museum of Art and Columbus City Schools as they discuss their
45-year partnership and how they impact student success using 21st-century skills. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Engaging Worldwide Networks and Collaborations Through InSEA
Marjorie Manifold, Fiona Blaikie, Steve Willis, Melanie Davenport
Projects and initiatives of International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) are described; teachers
invited to network, share student art, and collaborate with art educators from around the world. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Professional Development
The Whole Art Educator: Remixing Studio Practice and Investigation in a Digital Age
Benjamin Tellie, Jessie Nathans
Explore artmaking investigations as models for art educators to balance digital and studio media to
cultivate creativity and to enhance teaching and learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Research
The Abandoned School: Intervention as Innovation in Arts-Based Research
Natalie LeBlanc
Doctoral research explores how photography became a situational provocation in arts-based research
creating opportunities for re-imagining relationships between space, time, place, and memory. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
Out With the Old. In With the New!
Cindy Todd
Wonder why presenters no longer speak favorably about DBAE? What are you supposed to do now?
Come learn what the top art education programs say are today's most respected teaching strategies.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Secondary
Art Plus STEM Equals STEAM
Shelly Breaux
Using art as an educational tool will enhance a different way of learning for students and gain student
confidence. Lesson plans on integrating art into STEM will be shared. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26A/Upper Level
Secondary
Personal Meaning: Engaging Adolescents Through the Visual Arts
Shyla Rao
Do you see great presentations but don't know how to apply them to your classes? Come and see how
teachers have applied cutting-edge theories to their own secondary art classes! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28B/Upper Level
Secondary
Printmaking in High School
Ken Schwab, Bob Capitolo
Printmaking in middle and high school can be successful and reasonable in cost. We will share
printmaking procedures, techniques, and student examples. This can be done with/without a press. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31C/Upper Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Art and EBD Students: Successful Projects From the Classroom, Outdoors, and Around the Corner
Joseph Parsons
This is a two-part presentation. Part one addresses EBD students, behavior management, and successful
practice tips. Part two provides exciting, successful, innovative, and adapted art projects. Come and
learn! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Technology
Communication, Collaboration, and Creation: Integrating Emerging Technologies Into the Art
Classroom
Rebecca Barsi
Explore how iPads have been used to optimize student potential in the art classroom through global
communication, collaboration, and art creation. Join the discussion and share your thoughts and
experiences. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
Technology
Digital Sketchbooks & Portfolios in the Cloud
Allison Fuller-Mulloy
Using iPads, cloud-based tools, and apps, learn all the tools needed for students to create digital
sketchbooks and cloud-based portfolios as soon as they return to school. Bring your iPads and iPhones!
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Technology
Insta-Wow! Photographic Expression of Daily Life Through Instagram and Other Technological Rituals
of Self-Expression
Joanna Rees, Fatih Benzer, Clayton Funk, Aaron Knochel
Explore the possibilities of Instagram and other new media applications that facilitate expressions of
daily life, identity, and creativity in art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
Women's Caucus (WC)
Objects as (Multi)Cultural Signifiers: A Group Performance
Deborah Smith-Shank, Ramya Ravisankar, Heesung Hur, Rebecca Turk
This group presentation investigates the importance of traditionally female-used material culture
objects as historical documents with multiple time- and culture-based contexts and clues that help us
understand our ancestors and ourselves. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
10:00 - 11:20 AM
Business Meeting
Using Web 2.0 for Advocacy, Teaching, Collaboration, and Research
Sheri Klein, Jennifer Motter, Christine Woywod, Olga Ivashkevich
In this interactive session, WC Board members from K-16 share strategies for using technology to
advance teaching, collaboration, research, advocacy, and initiatives. Everyone welcome and audience
participation encouraged! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Research
Research Forum: Data Visualization
John White, Graeme Sullivan, Chris Grodoski, Enid Zimmerman
Working out of the Research Commission's Data Visualization Working Group, this forum invites
members to discuss emerging forms of data visualization and their influence on the conduction and
dissemination of research. Randi Korn will present examples from a mapping project that the American
Association of Art Museum Directors is conducting. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
10:00 - 11:50 AM
Business Meeting
The Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education CSTAE Open Executive Board Meeting
Alice Pennisi, Aaron Knochel, Patty Bode, Lisa Hochtritt
All Executive Committee officers of CSTAE are required to attend to review business reports and budget.
This is an open meeting and CSTAE members or other interested parties are welcome. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 19/Mezzanine Level
10:30 - 10:55 AM
Curriculum and Instruction
STEAM: What Does it Mean and How Does an Art Classroom Respond to it in Korea?
Yoonjung Kang
Explore the examples of lesson plans to show how art can be taught with science, and share more ideas.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Bridging the Gap: One Art Teacher, Many Classroom Teachers!
Christine Mulcahey
Learn how you can engage your faculty and administrators in fun, artmaking experiences—leading to
better support and understanding of your program, as well as an additional funding source. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Using Graphic Novels as a Learning Tool
Sandra Hernandez
Explore how Literature Graphic novels can be a resourceful learning tool in the art classroom. Use a
collaborative curriculum across several subject areas while integrating Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Digital Design Conversations as Visual Research Support the Illustration of an Indigenous Knowledge
Paradigm
Christine Stocek, Rodney Mark
The collaborative process—creating a poster illustrating local Cree values between a Chief, his
community, and Stocek—is described through design conversations that seven digital images elicited.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
Identity Development via Lucha Libre Mask Making
Richard Schreiber
Promote self-awareness and identity development through the creation of Mexican Wrestling masks
and accompanying luchador personas. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
Use of Digital Technologies at University Saturday Morning Art Classes
Tingting Wang
Shares the research idea of children's use of advanced technologies such as iPad, uDraw Game Tablet,
and Xbox 360—as well as a mixture of applications in various platforms. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
11:00 - 11:25 AM
Curriculum and Instruction
Utilizing Collaborations Across the High School Curriculum
Angela Jackson, Jessica Matthes, Rachel Edwards
Join Visual Arts educators from noted local public high school, Canyon Crest Academy, as they discuss
how to use collaborations across disciplines to strengthen the curriculum and engage all students. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Teaching Chinese Landscape Painting Through Visual Narrative and Meaning-Making Processes
Kevin Hsieh
Examine strategies for assisting students' meaning-making processes and the construction of visual
narratives when teaching 10th- to 11th-century traditional Chinese landscape paintings. K-6 students'
works and lesson plans included. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Using Art to Comprehend Concepts in Earth and Space Science
Beth Teresa Gosnell
Awarded a NC NASA Step to Stem Grant, this project incorporates middle grade students' perceptions of
science, converging perceptions of Multiple Intelligences in conceptual development and spatial
reasoning in the classroom through Art. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Sensing the Self: Exploring MFA Students' Artistic Identities
Jennifer Schneider
How does artmaking influence one’s sense of artistic self? A qualitative study sought to explore this
question through the lived experiences of four Master’s of Fine Arts students. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
Integrating Old and New in More Ways Than One: Art and Media Bring Generations Together
Carol Rose
By bringing the generations together, artmaking becomes an intergenerational learning experience
engendering pride of place. A school/museum collaboration encourages reaching out to the local.
Technology makes it possible. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
Using Technology or Integrating Technology? Technology Integration Practices That Teach 21stCentury Skills
Christine Liao
Discover current practices whereby technology is integrated into art education and ways in which such
integration fosters students' development of 21st-century skills. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
11:00 - 11:50 AM
Advocacy
Success Stories on How Schools Used Creative Resources to Become Arts-Infused
Linda Parzych, Mary Wells
Explore what creativity means—how art builds 21st-century skills and increases student engagement.
Includes free professional development resources and a participatory hands-on activity. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Assessment
Spark Your Students’ Learning With Total Participation Techniques and Meet the Common Core State
Standards
Jacqueline Cassidy
Learn how Total Participation Techniques can be used in your art classroom to meet every student's
learning needs and meet the Common Core State Standards. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Asserting Female Ways of Knowing: A Videotaped Collaborative Painting with Maya Painter Paula
Nicho Cúmez
Kryssi Staikidis
This video presentation of a collaborative painting made with Guatemalan Maya painter Paula Nicho
Cúmez utilizes collaborative video as an emerging technology that supports innovative decolonizing
research practices. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC)
Narrative as Political Agency in a Critical Race Theory Inspired Art Education
Emily Denis
Investigate narrative's potential for establishing political agency and finding voice within racially
marginalized populations through a critical race theory lens on art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
History as Art, Art as History: Creating Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Dipti Desai, Jessica Hamlin
Explore the ways contemporary artists use historical methods. Share ideas about creating
interdisciplinary curriculum in both art and history classes in schools. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Sequential Pedegogy
Kay Furst
Explore good teaching practice through the use of repetition of topic and sequencing of medium,
providing learning evidence for assessment while easing your school day. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Journaling Connects Art, Science, and Nature
Shari Hofschire, Joanne Sowell
Observation is important to both artists and scientists. See how students can use journaling in both the
natural world and a museum setting to connect art and science. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
My School, My Museum, My Park = Our Community
Ai Wee Seow, Emily Pinkowitz, Michelle Kurlan-Schneider
Learn how the collaborative efforts among educators from an elementary school, an art museum, and a
public park helped students develop a sense of ownership for their community. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Install America: Community-Based Art Installations
Connie Stewart
Discuss how Art Installations are used to reexamine stereotypes embedded within American
communities. A unit completed by art education students provides a model for installation and new
media in classroom instruction. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Lights, Camera, Action: Filmmaking in the Art Room
Stefanie Vorrasi, Lauren Hinish
Learn to create an innovative K-6 Filmmaking curriculum that combines digital media production with
traditional artmaking as we share our experience in discovering exciting new ways to engage students!
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Elementary
The Sami People of Finland: A K-8 Intercultural Art Education Curriculum
Laurie Eldridge
Explore the art and lifeways of the Sami people of Finland while you learn about developing intercultural
curriculum units. This is a presentation of a Distinguished Fulbright Teacher's capstone project. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30B/Upper Level
Elementary
Digital Art Ideas for Digital Kids
Cheri Lloyd
Learn ways to create technology lessons that meet grade visual arts standards and common core
standards, preparing students to be 21st-century learners. Free sources and purchased programs will be
discussed. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30A/Upper Level
Elementary
Mondrian, Pac-Man, and YEAH, Man! Are You Playing Games With Me? In Art?!
Katherine Pohl
Art history and technology collaborate in a thought-provoking lesson about Mondrian, including a video
game of a painting, to challenge and entertain as students connect art concepts with life. Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28D/Upper Level
Elementary
Assessment on the Run
Bob Reeker, Lorinda Rice
Art educators are busy educators! Assessment requirements abound, so we must work smarter, not
harder. Explore multiple formative and summative measures in an elementary setting. Ready, Set,
Assess! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Higher Education
edTPA and Teacher Assessment, Part II: Oh My!
Elizabeth Stephanie Cramer, Judith Kelly Jorden
How does our art education community continue to prepare for teacher assessment? Learn and discuss
how art teaching models provide built-in opportunities to integrate CC Standards and assist students.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Using Blogs and Technology to Help Transition Student Teaching Portfolios Toward EdTPA
Terese Giobbia
Provides examples of how blogs can be used to help student art teachers build stronger teaching
portfolios for EdTPA review. Relevant strategies for assessing teaching portfolio blogs are also discussed.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Nothing Special: Challenging the Objectification of the Mentally Disabled Subject
Mikko Koivisto
Through Disability Studies, analyze how art education’s adhesion to the dominant notions of disability
limits the understanding of the subjectivity of mentally disabled art educators and students. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25C/Upper Level
International
Small Art, BIG Ideas: International Interdependence Hexagon Project VII
Beth Burkhauser
Learn about, discuss, and participate in this global social justice visual design project using downloadable
hexagonal template, a metaphor for interconnectedness. Project facilitates 21st-century skill building,
and is student-directed and collaborative. Receive templates, materials. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Leadership Series
Conversation About Leadership
Deborah Reeve, Dennis Inhulsen, Pat Franklin and members of the Task Force on Leadership
Development
Join NAEA National Leaders and members of the Task Force on Leadership Development for an informal
conversation about leadership. Whether you are an experienced leader or interested in pursuing
leadership opportunities, join the conversation—share your insights and interests. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7B/Upper Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus (LGBTIC)
Sexual Orientation & the Advanced Placement Art History Survey Course
Richard Bond
Address issues of sexual orientation in the art classroom. Discover how to introduce lesbian and gay
artists and artwork that deals with lesbian and gay issues in your art curriculums. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Media Arts
The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy
Rebecca Bullen
Sharing knowledge to implement visual literacy and media arts projects into the classroom through
exploring techniques in the deconstruction of media, advertising, and the link between sexism and
gender stereotyping. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Museum Education
The Think Tank: Art Museum Educators and K-8 Teachers in Dialogue
Rebecca Herz, David Bowles, Madeleine Stern
Over the past school year, 15 art museum educators and K-8 teachers have convened a think tank to
consider the art museum field trip experience and its connections to classroom learning. Explore this
question in a collaborative forum. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Museum Education
Alignment and Impact: Strengthening Long-Term School Programs
Susan Witmer Wolffe
Learn about the evolution of The Baltimore Museum of Art's multiple-visit program Close Encounters
and the ongoing evaluation and alignment that takes place to ensure its relevance. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Professional Development
Designing the Art Room: NAEA's Design Standards for School Art Facilities
Kathi R. Levin, Kathy Unrath, Martin Rayala, Elizabeth G. Stuart
The NAEA Facilities Review Committee will introduce the updated edition of NAEA Design Standards for
School Art Facilities, and discuss how art educators and others can use this new resource for designing
and/or renovating school art room(s). Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Promoting Resiliency in Early Career Art Teachers: The Urban Challenge
Jo-Anna Moore, Wendy Osterweil, Walter Myrick
Explore a professional development program for early career art teachers from inner city schools, and
learn how teacher preparation programs can respond to new urban art teachers' needs. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32B/Upper Level
Public Policy and Arts Administration (PPAA)
Universal Goals vs. Localized Goals: A Comparative Approach to Understand Art Education
Kyungeun Lim
Should art education have universal standards or localized approaches? Explore this question through a
comparison of art education in various counties. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Research
The Art of Words, the Language of Leadership: Transdisciplinary Writing Instruction as Arts Education
Advocacy
Vittoria Daiello
Explore the arts education leadership implications of a new, transdisciplinary arts-writing course
developed within a higher education context. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
The Artist's Visual Vocabulary: Development, Formation, and Use
Jason Swift
Investigates the role experience plays in the formation and development of an artist's visual vocabulary,
and how it is used in narrative construction and visual language formation. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Retired Art Educators Association (RAEA)
Blending Our Voices
Linda Willis Fisher, Melissa Righter
Join the RAEA and NAEA Student Chapters as the 2014 Outstanding Student Chapter presents its
accomplishments. Interact with chapter representatives, advisors, and mentors to influence positive
actions. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Secondary
The Diary Project: Crossing Geographic and Artistic Boundaries
Deborah Brock, Stephanie Pickens, Stephanie Wirt
Three art teachers from different geographic locations share how they collaborated to engage students
in contemporary art practices, cross-school dialogue, and reflective writing through both handmade and
digital artists diaries. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26A/Upper Level
Secondary
Teaching Conceptual Art: The Ideas of Sol LeWitt
Sarah Diallo, Nathalie Ryan, Paula Lynn
Explore the work and ideas of American artist Sol LeWitt. Educators from the National Gallery of Art will
share strategies for teaching conceptual art in grades 4-12, to broaden students' understanding of art.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28C/Upper Level
Secondary
Finding Relevance Through Digital Media in the High School Art Classroom
Reta Rickmers, Nancy Ritcher, Pennie Baxter, Paul Stephens
Four high school art teachers will share their innovative approaches to teaching art content, including
the use of digital media tools and emerging technologies, to motivate and enhance student learning.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28B/Upper Level
Secondary
Using iPads in the Art Room, Without Sacrificing the Art
Ian Sands, Jessica Balsley
Learn to use the iPad as a teaching tool to enhance, not replace, the artmaking in your classroom.
Includes resources, App suggestions, and set-up information to get you started. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31C/Upper Level
Secondary
Embodied Objects: 3-D Meaning/Making
Matthew Sutherlin, Amy Counts
Explore 3-D printing in a 9th-grade Performing and Visual Arts English Language Arts classroom.
Students printed physical objects that embody concepts formulated through engagement with poetry.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31B/Upper Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
SRAE Past President Salon: Mentoring Narrative and Descriptive Forms of Research
Kimberly Powell
Are you conducting ethnographic, case study, narrative, or other form of descriptive research—or are
you a mentor to someone who is? Come share your challenges/successes about your approach to
research and/or supporting researchers. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Lessons for ALL: The VSA Teacher Guide—Art Teachers as Inclusion Pioneers
Juliann Dorff, Linda Hoeptner Poling, Sonya Robbins-Hoffmann
The authors of The Kennedy Center's VSA visual arts teacher's guide present an array of identity art
lessons applicable in all pK-12 classrooms based on the National Visual Arts Standards. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Technology
Do-it-Yourself Robots: A Hands-On Demonstration
Philip Robbins
Learn how to build your own DIY robots using easily sourced and inexpensive materials. Receive
exemplars, practical tips, and strategies for introducing robotics within your regular classroom activities.
Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA)
Getting Real: American Indians Contemporary Arts Lesson Development
Christine Ballengee Morris, Steve Willis, Lori Santos
It is important for us, as teachers and citizens, to reconsider our approach and curriculum as it relates to
and about American Indians. This workshop-like presentation explores ways to teach about and with
Indigenous people through art lessons. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
11:00 - 12:20 PM
Super Session
INOCENTE
Matt D'Arrigo, Inocente Izucar
Screen the film Inocente, winner of the 2013 Oscar for Best Documentary Short, about the power of art
transforming the life of an immigrant youth facing homelessness and abuse. Then, meet the star of the
film, Inocente Izucar, and her mentor and “ARTS | A Reason to Survive” founder and CEO, Matt D’Arrigo,
who will facilitate a Q&A about the film and share strategies on how to maximize opportunities for arts
education through innovative partnerships between local non-profits, city government, and classroom
educators. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Ballroom 20CD/Upper Level
11:30 - 11:55 AM
Curriculum and Instruction
Flipping the Art Classroom
Meranda Dawkins
Learn about the flipped classroom model and discover strategies to flip the art classroom. Explore Web
tools and technology to create and deliver video lessons and demonstrations. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Creating a Culture of Connection: To Our Elders, Our Extended Community, and Nature
Julie Crowder
Explore ways in which teachers can help construct a culture of connection. Examine the possible ways to
teach connection to nature, community, and elders. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Teaching Empathy to Middle School Students Through Project-Based Parallel Curriculum
Jacobo Lovo
Learn how students gained a deep understanding of empathy through parallel curriculum connecting
Language Arts, Math, and Visual Arts in self-reflective project inspired by self-taught artist Martin
Ramirez. Handout provided. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Beyond Taking Selfies: How Do Adolescent Girls Make Meaning Through Photography?
Lisa Perkowski
Despite profuse accessibility to digital camera devices, how do adolescents tap their multifaceted lives
to create meaningful photographic art? Hear how four adolescent girls made meaning through their
photography. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Secondary
Art CPR: One-Day Projects to Pump Life Into Dead Student Art
Matthew Milkowski, Phyllis Burstein
Shock forgotten student work back to life! Captivate schools with interactive, explosive one-day
projects: massive outdoor projections, eerie videos, digital weavings, and tech-border swaps. Validate,
celebrate art! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
Creating a Class Tumblr Page
Kirsten Hixson
Discuss how to incorporate an online resource into a classroom through Tumblr. Learn how to create a
customized class Tumblr page that allows for posting by teachers, administrators, and students. HandsOn Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
12:00 - 12:25 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
The Concerto Café: Where Art Comes to Life!
Michelle Crosby
Discover Concerto Café, an interdisciplinary performance event, where art comes to life! Visual art
students explore art history by becoming "living paintings" combined with dance, theater, and music
performance. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Research
S.T.E.A.M. Matters: Making a Difference in Education and the Lives of Children
Amy Leidtke
Examine practices of teaching + learning design thinking through the multisperspectival lens of design +
design education. Explore the axiom that design-infused curriculum makes a positive impact on learning
outcomes. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Technology
Using iMotion HD for the iPad to Create Stop-Motion Animations
Melissa Hayes
The iMotion HD app makes stop-motion accessible to artists of all ages. Explore a brief history of stopmotion, ways to create the actors and set, and how this technique can be used in your classroom.
Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
12:00 - 12:50 PM
Advocacy
Champion Creatively Alive Children: How to Educate Others on th Importance of Arts-Infused
Education
Barb Reinke, Sarah Danner, Becky Blaine
Learn about the arts-infused advocacy resources developed by Crayola. NAEA state leaders will share
their stories of success in utilizing these tools. All will receive the CCAC DVD/CD. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Art Education Technology (AET)
Games, Art Education, and Pedagogy
Christine Morris, Michelle Aubrecht
Explore game design, creative projects, game-based art pedagogy, and student/cultural driven
approaches. Discover how to incorporate game building and playing in your classroom. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23A/Upper Level
Assessment
Measuring Growth Through Student Work Portfolios: Results, Discoveries, and Lessons Learned
Gregg A. Coats, Amy Lutterloh, Dorothy Northern, Jennifer Shiberou
The Tennessee Department of Education and Memphis City Schools developed a state-approved
assessment model measuring student growth in the arts. Explore findings and strategies used in first
year of implementation. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Business Meeting
Seminar for Research in Art Education Business Meeting
Kimberly Sheridan
SRAE promotes an informal, yet focused, exchange of ideas about research and inquiry in the field of art
education. Attend our annual business meeting to learn more and join our organization's efforts.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
The Virtual Technology of Art's Machinic Politics
Charles Garoian, jan jagodzinski
Technology in art education will be discussed in terms of Deleuze and Guattari's concept of art as
machinic: an interminable process of the body becoming-other through sensation, affect, and
movement. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC)
Empowering the Self: Using Integrative Visual Arts Education in Urban Schools
David Herman, Shaunqula Wilson
Learn how to use integrative visual arts education and culturally responsive classroom engagement to
empower the self-concepts of children in urban schools. Examine findings from urban schools that use
Preservation LINK's 4th-grade Visual Literacy Workshops. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Flip, Blend, and Remix: Using Emerging Practices to Integrate Technology in the Visual Arts Classroom
Janine Campbell
Learn how to integrate technology (like online assessment tools and portfolio builders) without losing
the hands-on application of manipulating materials in the Art Classroom. Discover applicable and
manageable methods to infuse technology in current curriculum as well as a road map for the future.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Drawing as Drawing Upon: Word, Text, Ideation, and Expression
Kris Heintz Nelson, Connie Stewart
What happens when basic drawing classes expand beyond developing skill? Explore innovative
instructional strategies, which effectively encourage individual ideation and development of unique
imagery. Practices include collaboration, multi-media, and concept-maps. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Full STEAM Ahead!? Perspectives on Linking Literacies of Art, Technology, Science, History, and
Museums
Jonathan Silverman, Nancy Langston, Lisa Bird, Katelyn Ziegler
From sculpture and chemistry to art in STEAM to museum collaborations to PechaKucha storyquilts—
four educators offer perspectives on integrity, power, and creativity when fusing art, technology, and
interdisciplinary learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
STEM the Tide and STEAM Ahead
Aaron Stratten, Tamra Ferreira
Advocate for a STEAM program. Promote incorporation of A into STEM by crafting a vision and
framework showing how arts education builds skills that compliment and align with the sciences.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Addressing the Common Core Using Digital Fine Art Images
Cynthia Walker
Visual arts play a vital role in the most exciting aspects of the common core. Using Digital Fine Art
Images, students build upon knowledge, observation, and evidence—while delving into the artistic
decision-making process. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Early Childhood Art Educators (ECAE)
Children as Innovators: Re-Envisioning Technology in Early Childhood
Pam Krakowski, Patricia Tarr, Christine Thompson, Kristine Sunday
Using visual and narrative examples, panelists address: What does meaningful engagement with
technology look like? How can educators support children's desire to make meaning and their potential
to be innovators? Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
Independent School Art Education (ISAE)
Medieval Castle-Building in France: The Guédelon Experience
Pat Kerner
Find out how to inspire your students to learn about Medieval art and architecture! This presentation
will share information about building a recreation of a Medieval castle in France. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
International
Global Perspectives Through Study Abroad
David Chang
Explore cultural perspectives through art education study abroad programs to France and China.
Participants will learn about art, architecture, and education from various cultural and historical
influences. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Leadership Series
Membership Growth and Management Idea Swap for State Association Leaders
Christie Castillo, Krista Brooke
Join NAEA staff and fellow state association leaders in a roundtable discussion to discover how you can
reach potential members in your state—using resources you can easily access for free! Gain tips and
tools to organize and motivate your current members to recruit their colleagues. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Media Arts
Media Literacy Empowering Indigenous Communities
Melanie Davenport, Jennifer Bergmark O'Connor
Access to technology, visual culture, and media literacy can empower indigenous communities to share
narratives challenging dominant cultural views and create a means to self-represent contemporary
indigenous cultures. Explore this fascinating topic! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Museum Education
The Traveling Exhibition: Experimentation, Innovation, and Critique
Emily Jennings, Caren Gutierrez, Susan Rome
How can temporary exhibitions be used as a laboratory? Three institutions discuss processes and
strategies for developing innovative programming. Attendees will learn about the risks and challenges of
each approach. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Museum Education
Pushing Our Practice: New Directions for Family Programs in Art Museums
Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, Daryl Fischer, Heather Nielsen, Cindy Foley
Four art museums—engaged in a 2-year conversation—share insights on redefining family audiences
and programming, authentically engaging their communities, and navigating sweet spots between
content, process, and creativity. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Museum Education
Enhancing Participation and Investigating Engagement With the DMA Friends Program
Nicole Stutzman Forbes, Susan Diachisin
Dallas Museum of Art educators share the impact and implications of DMA Friends, a high-tech program
that allows educators to investigate the participation and engagement of individuals over time. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30D/Upper Level
National Association of State Directors of Art Education (NASDAE)
Improving Michigan Arts Education in a Teacher Accountability Environment
Ana Luisa Cardona, Linda Tyson, Kristen Morrison, Cecilia Gollan
Introduction to Michigan's Arts Education Blueprint, Audit Tool, and Assessments developed by
Michigan arts educators K-16 for districts and schools to improve student access to quality arts
education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Professional Development
Writing the Next Generation Visual Arts Standards - Up Close and Personal
Dennis Inhulsen, Kris Alexander, Deb Hannu, Vanessa Lopez, Scott Russell, Marilyn Stewart
Join Dennis Inhulsen, NAEA President, and members of the Visual Arts Writing Team for Next Generation
Visual Arts Standards for a look into the writing process and challenges along the way. Learn all about
the new Enduring Understandings, Essentials Questions, Performance Standards and the use of Model
Cornerstone Assessments up close and personal. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
Professional Development
Maine: An Oasis of Art, Technology, and Teacher Leadership
Catherine Ring, Argy Nestor, Suzanne Goulet
Come discover how to fuse creative thinking with art knowledge and skills to create powerful teaching
and learning opportunities through the use of a variety of technology tools. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32B/Upper Level
Professional Development
Creative Leadership Teams Build Schoolwide Creative Capacity
Cheri Sterman, Jennifer Duncan
See how Creative Leadership Teams use fine art to help colleagues build visual literacy skills and
confidence. Use these hands-on experiences and essential questions to build creative capacity
schoolwide. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
National Board Certification: Basics and Benefits
Julie Tonkovich
Learn how National Board Certification promotes accomplished teaching, improves student learning, can
contribute to continuing education requirements, may increase financial opportunities, and is
recognized by many states (allowing movement between states). Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Research
From Lesson Plan to Transformative Practice: Creating Interdisciplinary Innovative Curricula as Artistic
Production
Kerry Dixon, Mindi Rhoades
Discuss innovative alternatives to traditional lesson plans. Explore a case study of interdisciplinary urban
educators who created artists’ books (rather than standardized plans) to communicate the richness of
their arts-integrated classroom experiences. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
Online Data Collection for Art Education Researchers: Advantages, Limitations, and Strategies
Oksun Lee
Explore advantages, limitations, and practical strategies for art educators who intend to collect
quantitative and qualitative data through online. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Research
Trajectories of Space and Place: (Re)Searching Steps
Manisha Sharma, Justin Sutters
Two scholars map their knowledge construction by reconstructing their research process to examine
what happens when we move from a shared academic place into singular pedagogical spaces. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Research
Author Series: From the Indispensable Collaborators: Graduate Students’ Perspectives of Teaching &
Learning Emergent Research Methodologies, a New NAEA Publication
Candace Jesse Stout, Stephen Morrow, Traci Quinn, Adrienne Boulton-Funke
Graduate students from three universities offer personal narratives of their experience in reading
chapters from the new NAEA publication Teaching and Learning Emergent Research Methodologies in
Art Education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Using s Strength- or Asset-Based Approach for Empowering Children Living in Crisis
Donalyn Heise
Practical applications for teaching art to empower children who are homeless or living in extreme
poverty; who have loved ones who are incarcerated; or who suffered neglect, abuse, violence, and
physical or emotional challenges. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31B/Upper Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Making Art Accessible for the Severely Disabled
Kelley DeCleene
The joy of creating art should be accessible to all, including those with severe cognitive and physical
disabilities. Learn tips and techniques for modifying environments, tools, projects, and expectations.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Student Chapter/Preservice (SC)
Student Meet and Greet: NAEA SC
Kayla Gale, Melissa Righter, Carla Majczan
Welcome to Sunny San Diego! Come mingle with your NAEA Student Chapter team and students; ask
questions about your time at Convention, student chapter, and role in NAEA. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Technology
iMovie… iCan: iMovie as a Tool for Documentation and Assessment
Mary Stuart Hall
Learn the basics of iMovie, including importing video clips and editing them into a short movie.
Advanced topics will also be covered. Please bring your computer and smart phone or camera. HandsOn Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Technology
Who Says You Can't Teach Experienced Teachers New Technology?
Michelle Schroeder, Michele Agosto, Mary Wolf
Technology is an excellent way to re-engage and re-invigorate teachers. Discover tools used during a
Buffalo Arts Teachers Collaborative program; discuss iPads, virtual conferencing, electronic journals,
social media, digital portfolios, and more! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
Women's Caucus (WC)
Participatory Digital Architectures for Living Curriculum
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Yen-Ju Lin, Ann Holt, Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor
What does it mean for a curriculum to live? Explore a feminist art online archive. Participatory digital
architectures facilitate art curriculum development to generate and (re)assemble content for your
teaching. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
12:00 - 1:50 PM
Meal/Award Function {Ticketed Event}
Higher Education Division Luncheon and Awards Event
Flavia Bastos, Sara Wilson McKay
The Higher Education Division will recognize several of its outstanding members. Last year's National
Higher Education Award winner, Kit Grauer, will present. (This is a ticketed event, however, you are
welcome to join us to honor awardees at 12:45 pm) Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom E/Level 2
Meal/Award Function {Ticketed Event}
Middle Level Division Awards: Celebrating and Connecting
Kimberly Cairy, September Buys
Great opportunity to honor our colleagues who have distinguished themselves as regional & national
contributors with meal, keynote, and door prizes. (This is a ticketed event, however, you are welcome
to join us to honor awardees at 12:45 pm) Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom B/Level 2
Meal/Award Function {Ticketed Event}
Supervision and Administration Division Awards Luncheon and Ceremony
Angie Fischer, Cheryl Maney, Mary Wilts, Barbara Laws
Regional and NAEA Supervision and Administration Division Awards will be presented at this ceremony.
(This is a ticketed event, however, you are welcome to join us to honor awardees at 12:45 pm)
Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom C/Level 2
Meal/Award Function {Ticketed Event}
Recognize the 2013 NAEA Secondary Awards Winners
James Rees, Andrea Haas
Recognize the 2013 NAEA Secondary Awards Winners, connect with fellow secondary art educators
from across the nation, and celebrate! (*This is a ticketed event, however, you are welcome to join us to
honor awardees at 12:45 pm) Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom A/Level 2
Meal/Award Function {Ticketed Event}
Elementary Division Awards Luncheon
Nancy Walkup, Thom Knab
Join us for a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow elementary art educators as we honor our
national and regional award winners, enjoy lunch, and receive goodies and door prizes. (This is a
ticketed event, however, you are welcome to join us to honor awardees at 12:45 pm) Interactive
Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom D/Level 2
12:30 - 12:55 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Teaching Aesthetics Through Korean Women's Art
Chongim Choi
Explore how art teachers can help students to construct positive philosophical values for life through
aesthetic discussions on inner/outer beauty and art activities using traditional Korean women's art.
Useful handout provided. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Research
Art, Culture, Education—And the Rights of Children
Anna Kindler
Drawing on the legacy of Januz Korczak, explore the impact of societal changes mediated through art
and popular culture on the re-definitions of childhood and examine the unique role that art educators
can play in protecting civil rights of children and youth. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Technology
#Tag: Using Tags for Networking, Conceptual Development, and More!
Laurel Hart
Belonging, artistic growth, and inspiration are several characteristics of successful social media arts
practice. Considering Instagram, explore how artists, researchers, and teachers can use tags to design
their experience. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
1:00 - 1:25 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
ACCLAIM! The Aboriginal Culture, Community, Literacies, and Arts Integrative Media Project
Mindy Carter
Discover the digital arts insignias that have been created by arts teachers in "aboriginal only" Canadian
schools in Cape Breton (NS) and Northwestern (ON); discuss how this work intersects with youth
identity, community building, and dialogue. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Technology
Incorporating iPads Into the High School Art Curriculum
Kent Dyer
Learn how iPads can be integrated into a High School Art Curriculum to enhance students engagement
and further prepare students to become better prepared digital citizens. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
1:00 - 1:50 PM
Advocacy
Beyond the Classroom: Advocating for Art in the Digital Age
Jane Dalton
How can we catch up with our students and embrace the technologies that are part of their daily life?
Learn about tools to showcase art while modeling digital citizenship. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Advocacy
Ocean's in Jeopardy: Addressing Issues of Sustainability in a Fifth Grade Art Class
Nicholas Wozniak
Explore the results of an open-ended art activity addressing issues of sustainability in an elementary art
room. Given a prompt, students responded in a collaborative effort, encouraging synergy and creative
thinking. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Assessment
Digital Portfolio Cumulative Project
Elizabeth Dilley
Explore how to create digital portfolios in Windows Movie Maker and how to use digital portfolios as a
tool for assessment, as well as the possibilities for their use as a promotional tool. Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Award Function
Museum Education Division Awards Ceremony
Jacqueline Terrassa
Come celebrate our Museum Education Division regional and national award winners and their
contributions, leadership, and service to NAEA. The 2014 National Museum Educator of the Year delivers
a keynote address. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom H/Level 2
Business Meeting
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC) Business Meeting
Zerric Clinton, Joni Acuff
Join COMC to elect officers, expand the plan of action for the upcoming year, and discuss emerging
issues. Committee reports include the newsletter journal project and technology-based initiatives.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Committee on Lifelong Learning (LLL)
Universities Connect With Adults and Older Adults in Local and Global Communities
Angela La Porte, Susan Whiteland, Wendy Strauch-Nelson, Lisa Kastello
Five panelists will discuss a variety of recent university program partnerships with adults and older
adults in their local and global communities. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28A/Upper Level
Community Arts
Where is the Community in Community Public Art?: The Challenge of Reversing Conventional
Paradigms in Institutionally Led Community Art Projects
Irma Esquivias, Alexander Jarman
The San Diego Museum of Art’s Open Spaces Program took on the challenge of collaboratively creating a
community public work of art—seeking to give residents of underserved communities the power to
determine content, medium, and location of public art in their neighborhood. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Community Arts Caucus (CAC)
Creating a Culture of Care: Civic Engagement With Homeless Children
Wendy Miller
Through civic engagement, preservice art teachers develop ethics of care, foster positive
dispositions,and experience first hand the issues of poverty while creating art with homeless children
after school. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Art as the 4th R: Helping Students Become Compelling Digital Storytellers, Creative Augmented Reality
Artists, and Magnificent Media Makers
Jason Ohler
Following his Super Session, Jason Ohler gets down to business, showing a number of free resources and
practical processes he uses to engage students in creating digital stories, augmented reality art, and
other forms of expression. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
East Coast Meets West Coast: Lesson Plan Exchange
Karrie Detwiler, Veronica Navarro
Come bring your flash drives and laptops with your top lesson plans and bridge our country through
aspiring art. Share your favorite lessons, units, and best practices. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
So You Think You Can't Draw?
Karen Graff
Participants will engage in drawing exercises, explore amazing drawing possibilities, and share ideas they
have! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Bojagi: The Art of Korean Wrapping Cloths
Carrie Jeruzal
Contemporary art meets literacy, technology, and tradition in this lesson that will combine the Korean
cultural folk art of Bojagi with fiber arts that can be used in conjunction with a self-portrait unit. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Art Rocks
Holly Kincaid
Explore ways to infuse musical connections into the art room to keep the art room rocking! Successful
art lessons will be shared and along with the sounds of inspiration! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
21st-Century Skills
Cindy Todd
The new NAEA standards will be based largely on 21st-century skills. What are these and do your lessons
address them adequately? This interactive session helps you understand them clearly and update your
personal practices. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
Elementary
The Art, Books, and Creativity Curriculum Picks up STEAM
Deborah Gaston, Lucinda Presley
Seeking ways to foster students’ creative and innovation thinking? Learn how one museum and its
partners integrated artists’ books, writing skills, and engineering design with science standards to
effectively increase student learning and engagement. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Independent School Art Education (ISAE)
Conversation With Colleagues: Independent School Art Educators Unite!
Rebecca Stone-Danahy, Dolores Eaton
Discuss current trends in independent schools, share creative programming ideas, and highlight best
practices and school facilities. Don’t miss this annual opportunity to meet and greet other independent
school colleagues across the nation! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
International
Youth Creativity and the New Visual Force: Anime/Manga Fan Culture in East Asia
Jin-Shiow Chen
Explore anime/manga fan culture in East Asia to see how youngsters learn and produce anime/manga
creatively and how visual images and symbolic interaction work in its socio-cultural context. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus (LGBTIC)
LGBTQ Art Educator Stories: Space to Share Your Stories and Strategies
Ed Check
What is your story? Share how you negotiate self-identifying as LGBTQ as an artist or educator in your
school or community. Session is a gathering space for stories for anthology. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Media Arts
Getting Started: Build Your Own Media Arts Program
Robin Brewer
Grow your program! Learn how one Visual Arts department expanded to include film and animation
with no start-up cost. Participants will leave with ideas and lessons to get started. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Middle Level
Order in the Art Room
Joan Maresh Hansen
Organized? A 34-year veteran of high school is teaching middle school and still sane. Sound best
practices in positive classroom management are significant; incorporate successful systems into a
teaching day to have things run smoother. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Museum Education
To Pay or Not To Pay: 2013 Redux
Jeanne Hoel, Sheila McGuire, April Oswald, Barbara Bassett
Where are we on the issue of paid vs. volunteer museum educators? Educators representing paid,
volunteer, and hybrid systems reconvene to share new data comparing post-2008 realities, costs, and
attitudes. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Professional Development
The National Board Portfolio in a Nutshell
Peggy Bollman
Learn the nuts and bolts of The National Board. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Professional Development
Unanswerable Questions Posed by Art Educators: Professional Development Workshop Based on
Poems by Pablo Neruda
Cathy Rosamond
Use Pablo Neruda's poetry book of "unanswerable questions" to raise critical issues surrounding art
education practices. An anthology of participants' original unanswerable questions will be "published"
on the NAEA App. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32B/Upper Level
Professional Development
Growing Readers and Writers Through the Arts
Cathy Topal
Discover how a kindergarten teacher and art teacher can work together to create a strong and vibrant
program that weaves art, reading, and writing into classroom work throughout the year, starting from
day 1. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Research
Slaying the NAEP Dragon
Katherine Giard
Looking at the National Assessment of Educational Progress Visual Arts, what can be gleaned and
practically implemented in a visual arts classroom to improve what students know and can do? Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
Using Art Historical Examples of Nudes to Frame Dialogues With Adolescents in Life-Drawing Classes
Barbara Salander, Rose Viggiano
Research focuses on adolescents taking drawing classes with nudes. Art-historical images depicting
nudes framed discussions about appearance and bodies, both aspects of self-identity. Videotapes of
classes were critical for analysis. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Retired Art Educators Association (RAEA)
RAEA Issues Group Meeting
Dean Johns, Linda Willis Fisher, Madeline Milidonis Fritz, Karen Branen
Open to all RAEA members, and focues on current and future programming, this session will be an
interchange of ideas to move RAEA forward with solid recommendations for delivery of its program.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Sending & Receiving Messages: Interpreting Nonverbal Communications
Lynda Abraham-Braff, Janice Kustron, Leah Morelli
Explores best practice of teaching methodologies in the museum and classroom, focusing on students
with autism. Learn innovative curriculum methods, using evaluation tools and sharing effective
nonverbal communication strategies. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Art as Gateway to Learning for Homeless and Other Children Living in Crisis
Donalyn Heise, Juliann Dorff, Lisa Kay, Sue Loesl
Discover best practices for enhancing artistic and academic needs of the growing population of
homeless, at-risk, or other children living in crisis. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31B/Upper Level
Technology
Visual Learning Through Virtual World Viewing, Creating, and Teaching Experiences: Why We Need
Virtual Worlds
Hsiao-Cheng (Sandrine) Han, Takako (Yoriko) Gillard
VIEW is a virtual world for educational purposes only. Learn about a course that uses virtual worlds as
learning environments for education and focuses on the importance of learning through the visual in the
virtual world. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Technology
Maker Spaces: Merging Low-Tech and High-Tech to Nurture Transdisciplinary Skills
Shaunna Smith
“Maker spaces” are informal design spaces that leverage various technologies to make (almost)
anything. Come explore action research projects, transdisciplinary lessons, and demonstrations—and
learn how to create your own space. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
United States Society for Education through Arts (USSEA)
Global Connections—Whole Self, Whole World: Digital-Darkroom Photography
Barbara Caldwell
This interactive presentation features a global,holistic approach to teaching digital-darkroom
photography. Community building, technical versatility, and respect for diversity yields dynamic student
photography and multidimensional growth. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
1:00 – 2:25
Research
Research Speed Dating for the Curious and Creative Researcher
Mary Hafeli, John Howell White, Graeme Sullivan
Fast-paced, thin-slicing, participatory event to share individual research focuses with a range of different
people in brief, one-on-one conversations. No presentation materials necessary—business cards
recommended. Open to all. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
1:00 - 2:50 PM
Business Meeting
Art Education and Technology (AET) Business Meeting
Christine Liao
Why not join the AET Issues Group? We will discuss issues concerning technology in arts education—
specifically, our group’s progress, accomplishments, and ideas/directions for next year. All NAEA
members are welcome! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25C/Upper Level
Business Meeting
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education JSTAE Author's Roundtable and Peer-Reviewed Publishing
Opportunities
Alice Pennisi, Sharif Bey, Kryssi Staikidis, Melanie Buffington
Dialogue facilitated by editors of JSTAE. Authors from JSTAE Volume 33: Preoccupy/Maximum
Occupancy discuss their articles. Learn about publishing opportunities to submit to JSTAE Volume 35.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 19/Mezzanine Level
Design Issues Group (DIG)
Design Issues Group Annual Meeting
Robin Vande Zande
Design Issues Group invites all members to its annual meeting. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25B/Upper Level
Professional Development
NAEA Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session
David Burton, Christine Ballengee-Morris, Read Diket, Deborah Smith-Shank
NAEA Distinguished Fellows have years of experience and expertise in art education. Discuss your
research and/or professional concerns one-on-one with a Distinguished Fellow. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Aqua 311/Level 3
Research
Art Education Editorial Board Meeting
Robert Sweeny
This is the annual business meeting of the Editorial Board for Art Education. Board members will meet
with the Editor, Associate Editor, and Instructional Resource Editor. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 202A/Level 2
1:30 - 1:55 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Dancing on Chairs (and Other Strange Strategies to Spark Student Engagement Starting on Day One)
Janine Campbell
Dancing on chairs to learn vocabulary and students evaluating teachers are just a few strategies for
fostering a caring, creative environment—allowing students to be silly and have a say in their learning.
Includes lesson plans, examples, and resources to spark student engagement! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
2:00 - 2:25 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
That Artist Made Interesting Choices: The Gallery as a Learning Place
Marta Cabral
Young children can have active roles in gallery settings as artists, visitors, curators, and tour guides.
Discussion, decision-making on appropriate information, and engaging with artworks provide
opportunities for standards-related learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
YouTube Origami in the K-6 Classroom: Mystery, Geometry, and Culture
Eunjung Chang
Explore great online resources where people share ideas and interests of origami. Participants will learn
the basic folds and explore the mystery, geometry, and joy of origami. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Secondary
Go Ahead Kids, Teach Me! I’m Ready to Learn!
Lucy McHugh, Natalie Thornton
Witness how one digital immigrant blended together tech savvy students with understanding purposes
of museums. The results? On Fire research and presentations using freeware. You are never too young
to teach! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
Digital Art Workshop for Children
Fatih Benzer
Discover a collaboration between Fine Arts Academy in Duluth and University of Minnesota to introduce
theoretical and practical experiences with emerging technologies while teaching children Animation HD.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
2:00 - 2:50 PM
Advocacy
Revitalizing the Arts in an Urban School District: The Chicago Public Schools Arts Education Plan
Ray Yang, Mario Rossero
Learn about the creation of the CPS Arts Education Plan, its major initiatives, the impact on Chicago, and
how the results might be replicated in other major urban school systems. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Assessment
Understanding by Design: Developing Statewide Frameworks for Visual & Media Arts Curriculum &
Assessment Maps
Jeremy Holien
Don't reinvent the wheel! Utilize statewide curriculum and assessment mapping processes, which utilize
UbD frameworks and emerging National Core Arts Standards, to leverage arts education for the value it
deserves. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Business Meeting
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE) Issues Group: Business Meeting I
Lynne Horoschak, Juliann Dorff
Special Needs in Art Education Business Meeting I focuses on committee reports (program, awards) and
updates on the Special Needs website and column. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Participatory Art, Education, and Politics
Lisa Hughes, Juuso Tervo
Participate in an interactive dialogue about emerging contemporary aesthetic practices that fuse social,
political, and participatory qualities for art education theory and praxis. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Community Arts
Food Landscapes: A Video Art Service-Learning Project
Jessica Norris, Melanie L. Buffington
Food Landscapes, a teen afterschool program, incorporates video art into a service-learning curriculum
about nutrition and food advocacy. The story is documented and disseminated through social media.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Reflect Revisit Review Revise: Using Feedback to Support Effective Teaching
Katherine Douglas
Effective teachers make choices to fashion the experiences offered in their art rooms. Learn how to
create a personal template for planning and evaluating successful art lessons. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Integrating Common Core Reading in High School Art Classes Without Sacrificing the Art
Kristina Smethers
Learn about authentic use of Common Core Reading standards in studio art classes, including creating
and modifying curriculum. There will be lots of visuals and handouts! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Storytelling: Creating a Cohesive Visual Narrative Using Digital Photography
Nicholas Wozniak
Explore the results of a semester-long thesis project created by an undergraduate photography class.
This photographic inquiry provided the students the opportunity to fabricate a cohesive visual narrative
emphasizing a story. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Early Childhood Art Educators (ECAE)
The Exhibition Experience in Early Childhood
Andrea Saenz Williams, Angela Eckhoff
Presenters will share findings from their work with young children, classroom teachers, and teaching
artists working to explore meaningful ways to build exhibition experiences in early childhood. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
Elementary
Create a Creative Classroom Environment
Laura Lynn Emberson
Learn how a K-5 art educator developed an art curriculum that impacted the school community through
an interactive community art wall, school-wide student-generated murals, and a student-relevant
classroom curriculum. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30B/Upper Level
Elementary
Constructing Community: Artists as Builders
Donna Jonte, Jenifer Weiss
Students become reflective architects of a collaborative classroom, purposeful technology users, and
playful recyclers in a construction unit inspired by Lawrence’s Builders Series and Tyree Guyton’s social
activism. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30A/Upper Level
Higher Education
Fellows Forum: Fundamental Considerations of Material Culture for Art Education
Doug Blandy, Paul Bolin
Explore 12 fundamental considerations useful for understanding material culture and the field of
material culture studies, particularly as they relate to art education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Exploring the Role of Documentation Design Within Art and Design Education
Kristina Lamour Sansone, Paul Sproll
Graduate student work and practical strategies from a studio-based course in documentation will be
shared. Tools include curriculum materials, posters, books, video, and digital presentations. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28A/Upper Level
Higher Education
HE Issues Forum: Art Integration and Innovative Teaching: Leading With Art in the Schools
Julia Marshall, Sarah Cunningham, Louise Music, Delane Vadana
This panel will discuss current strategies for advocacy and leadership in art education, capitalizing upon
the directions in which current art practices can inspire approaches for maintaining art in the schools.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
International
Exploring Art Education Through the Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching Program in Argentina
Ioanna (Yianna) Angelopoulos
Presenter shares her Fulbright experience in a public school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Explore how
best practices translate across cultural boundaries and learn how international art collaborations
encourage global competence. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Media Arts
Visual Storytelling: Long, Long Ago and Still Today
Bernajean Porter
Following her Super Session, Bernajean Porter defines an urgent role for ART as a strong partner in
shaping creative meaning-making and impactful media-making in an age of infowhelm and saturated
communication channels. From drawing on cave walls to cameras along with other emerging digital
mediums, images shape and influence our communication across time. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Media Arts
Collaborating to Make Digital Art Accessible for Big and Small Budget Programs
Amy Zschaber, Cheri Lloyd
Engage students with adapted digital art projects inclusionary of diverse technology budgets. Receive
digital art project ideas resulting from a collaboration between two art teachers working in very
different technology environments. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Museum Education
Museum Education Meets George Jetson: Research Findings About Mobile Devices Designed for/by
Art Museums
Debbie Randolph, Ann Love, Ashley Thicksten
Discuss findings from a content analysis of mobile device applications designed by and for art museums.
Learn ways to adapt art museum and non-museum applications at your museum. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30E/Upper Level
Museum Education
Big Questions in Art: Philosophical Inquiry in the Museum
Rebecca Shulman Herz, Petra Pankow
How do we engage big questions that arise when interacting with art? Learn how two museums and
universities collaborated to integrate philosophical inquiry into their established museum education
practices. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Museum Education
Partners in Art: Museum Educators and Artists Working Together to Create Experiences for MultiGenerational Audiences
Emily Sullivan, Jen Arpin, Jaime L. M. Thompson, Felice Q. Cleveland
Explore ways educators from Milwaukee Art Museum, the Contemporary Arts Center, and the Mattress
Factory approach working with artists—as they discuss on-site programming, site-specific commissions,
and off-site teaching. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30D/Upper Level
Professional Development
Remembering "Other" in Education: Discussions on Race, Gender, Class, and Disabilities
Amy Pfeiler-Wunder, Heather Fountain
How do we "frame" students in education? This session invites dialogue on race, gender, class, and
disabilities and the impact of these views in preparing students for a global world. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Artful Connections With Math: Artists Coach Teachers to Make Math Relevant
Allegra Towns, Lorraine Cleary Dale
A program designed to coach teachers in low-income public elementary schools in how to utilize a
deeply integrated curriculum that embraces the visual arts to teach Common Core Math Standards. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Research
National Art Education Foundation Featured Grantee Projects
Larry S. Barnfield
This panel session features two NAEF-funded grant projects. Mary McMullan Grantee Cala Coats
presents her classroom photography pilot project for high school students, Exploring a Changing
Suburban Community through Artistic Inquiry. Teacher Incentive grantee Pamela Stephens presents her
K-12 curriculum model for preservice and in-serve art educators, The Art of Ecology. Moderated by Larry
S. Barnfield, NAEF Vice Chair. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Research
Exploring Performance Events as Tools for Collaborative Knowledge Production
Anette Gothlund, Helene Illeris
Discusses educational and artistic possibilities and difficulties of designing, enacting, and negotiating
alternative settings for artistic and academic knowledge production, using togetherness as raw material
for experimentation. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Research
Comics, Curriculum, & the Classroom: The Challenges and Successes of Teaching a Unit in Comics
Jeremy Johnson
Examine the use of comics as a research tool in a Holocaust unit. Topics include unit design, creative
process, and the challenges of visual literacy as instructional tool. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
Research
What's My Line? Exploring the Gap Between Theory and Practice
Laura Reeder, Kate Thomas, Jaimeson Daley
This frank conversation will address gaps between practice and theory for best practices and productive
resistance in future graduate research development. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Secondary
The Art and Physics of Mini-Car Construction
Christina Campo-Abdoun
Presenter will open the world of physics and sculpture in a lesson on the construction of functional mini
art cars. Participants will take home comprehensive unit guide on the creation and construction of mini
art cars. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28B/Upper Level
Secondary
Expanding the Classroom Studio
Sherri Fisher, Rachel Valsing, Jesse Dortzbach, Jen McBrien
This workshop aims to blow down the classroom walls as four teachers share their work building bridges
between their respective art programs and the greater art community in Baltimore, MD. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28C/Upper Level
Secondary
Is This OK? Portraits of Student Ownership From a Singaporean Art Classroom
Sok Hui Low
Discover the impact feedback and self-reflection has on student ownership in artmaking through a casestudy of five Singaporean students in a secondary art classroom. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31C/Upper Level
Secondary
Drawing on the Brain: The Gestalt Principles of Design and the Information Processing Model
Duane Lutsko
Gain an understanding of how the gestalt principles of design apply to fundamental drawing skills and
explore their broader application in cognitive learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26A/Upper Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
Methods "Then" and Methods "Now": Researching Children's Art and Culture
Christopher Schulte, Christine Thompson, Marissa McClure, Sylvia Kind
This panel session explores the “then and now” of four art educators’ methodological experiences of
being there and being with children through art. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Children's Research Makes Abstract Concepts Visible Though Art
Mary Geisser
Young children are perhaps the most natural philosophers and researchers. This presentation will
illustrate this with a project done with preschool and kindergarten students from different school
settings and with a variety of disabilities. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Student Chapter/Preservice (SC)
The Hoops to Jump Through When Hosting an Art Auction Fundraiser for Your Student Chapter
Sara Buzzitta, Sheri Heffron
An art auction is a great way to engage your community, sell art, promote local businesses, and make
money for your organization or department—but where do you start? Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Student Chapter/Preservice (SC)
Student to Professional: E-Portfolios and Mock Interviews
Emily Finan, Linda Tyson, Sheri Heffron
Join the conversation as advisers and students discuss the transition to the professional world. Topics
will include resumes, e-Portfolios, and interviewing. Mock interviews will follow, so bring your resume!
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31B/Upper Level
Supervision and Administration
Claiming Common Core: An Art Administrator's Guide to Complete Integration
Heather Casteel
Discuss how Visual Art and Common Core fit together seamlessly by using art criticism techniques and
learning about one district's integrated curriculum. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Technology
Pinterest in the Art Room
Donna Staten
Learn how to organize your lessons, visuals, and resources in one simple place. Get energized and
recharged with new ideas from art teachers around the globe. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28E/Upper Level
2:30 - 2:55 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Art Education and Cultural Identity Formation in Ghana
Esi Sam Annan
A future art educator from Ghana shares her rich cultural arts through the research and development of
art lessons that place value on the traditional arts of her country. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Elementary
Little Time to Prepare? Prep While Engaging Students in Learning
Margaret Caldwell
Learn strategies to engage students through shared, memorized "conversational poems." Such activity
leaves the teacher's hands free to arrange educational materials to start elementary art classes. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Middle Level
Coiling With Pi in Mind
Jacobo Lovo
Learn how Art-based parallel curriculum, connecting Math and Visual Arts, facilitated a working
understanding of Pi for middle school students in a hands-on coiling project. Handout provided. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Research
Pain and Ethics of Cultural In-Between
Shaya Golparian
In this post-colonial autobiographical a/r/tographic living inquiry, presenter shares a dilemma
concerning ethics in relation to the voicing/sharing of pain in the spaces of cultural in-between.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 28D/Upper Level
Secondary
A Study of AP Art History Creates Global Awareness
Rene MacVay
Explore how a study of AP Art History creates globally aware digital citizens. Students learn about
diverse cultures, making connections and reinforcing the idea that “people are people.” Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 31A/Upper Level
Technology
The Art of Video Games
Andrew Watson
Explore the aesthetics of video games and concepts of game theory. Learn to teach video games as an
expressive artistic medium, not merely as a technology. Artwork examples are shared. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
3:00 - 4:20 PM
General Session
Celebrating Leading and Learning in the Visual Arts
Dennis Inhulsen
Don’t miss the Opening General Session celebration. Join colleagues from near and far in this tribute to
NAEA Past President, Dr. Elliot Eisner, and presentation of the 2014 NAEA National Award honorees.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Ballroom 20CD/Upper Level
4:30 - 4:55 PM
Advocacy
Making Connections With Community Organizations Through Arts Publications
Julia Rix
Learn how students at Abington Junior High School found a powerful means of Community Service and
Arts Advocacy by building partnerships with community organizations through an Art & Literary
Magazine. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
The Art Science Connection: Successes in an Integrated Curriculum and Collaborative Teaching
Mary Jo Allegra, Stacy Myers
An artist/art educator and science educator share the framework for a successful integrated Art/Science
program and also offer curricular approaches, lesson structures, and strategies for maintaining trust and
success in collaborative teaching. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
Higher Education
Challenges in Collaborative in Arts and Science: A Case Study
Joo Kim
There are many benefits gained by the students through a STEM Art project. This study presents the
issues of and suggestions for interdisciplinary collaborations on project-based solutions. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 9/Upper Level
Higher Education
Third Culture and Korean Artists' Cultural Production
Jeong Ae Park
Presenter will discuss culture, globalization, and its implication for art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 8/Upper Level
Higher Education
Exploring Arts-Based Research and Artistic Practice With Non-Western Ways of Knowing
Jeffrey Siemers
Examine non-Western ways of knowing as another means for exploring studio practice and integrating
local knowledge in art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7B/Upper Level
Media Arts
Creating Your Own Digital Photography Course FREE!
Peggy Martinez
The Digital Photography teacher at Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow demonstrates how to create your
own Digital Photography course. These free resources offer technology, growth, and a popular course
for your art department. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Professional Development
Design Your Own Digital Arts Professional Development Through Teacher Inquiry
Judith Worley
The inquiry process improves your practice and impacts student achievement. Discover how digital arts
inquiry helps you design your own professional development. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Research
Grounding Through Artistic Process: Play in Our Work
Cindy Borgmann
University collaboration with a 5th-grade history class using multimodal arts-based, technology-rich
units of inquiry on Revolution and Change to impact learning. Research findings shared on environment,
intentionality, play, and complexity. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Research
Toward Curriculum Innovation: Preservice Teachers Engage With Art by Contemporary Indigenous
Artists
Miriam Cooley
Consider preservice art education in a gallery setting focused on contemporary artwork by Indigenous
artists. How might one learn from such an exciting opportunity? Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Technology
QR Codes: Endless Educational Applications
Lora Durr
Explore the educational applications of QR codes within your art room—including student research
projects, demonstration, community connection making, and advocacy for your art program. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25B/Upper Level
Technology
Making Glogsters Part of Your Curriculum
Mary Lou Hightower
Find out how you can excite your student to do research through using online glogster format. This
interactive presentation will show you how to get start and show student examples. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11A/Upper Level
Technology
Fueling Agnostic Spaces: Redefining Art Education by Integrating Digital Technologies in Visual Art
Practices
Rabeya Jalil
Discover how art education students convene outside their course requirements to reconstruct
meanings of the versatile and viral nature of their works, which drift between the traditional and digital
media. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Technology
There's an Art App for That!
Cheri Jorgenson
Learn about Art apps for the iPad that can be used to teach your curriculum electronically. Focus on free
Apps for art creation and classroom organization. Projects and examples shown. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
Technology
Liven up Your Art Show With QR Codes
Kathryn Senkarik
Use technology to liven up your annual Art Show! Learn how to use QR codes, iMovie, YouTube, and
your iPad to create an interactive experience for students and parents. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
4:30 - 5:20 PM
Business Meeting
USSEA Executive Board Meeting
Steve Willis, Alice Wexler, Allan Richards
The Board will discuss policies and procedures for USSEA operations and share information from the
Chairs of each category to review past successes and plan future goals. Members and non-members are
welcome. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24A/Upper Level
4:30 - 5:50 PM
Business Meeting
Higher Education Business Meeting
Flavia Bastos, Kim Cosier, Jeff Broome, Julia Marshall
The Higher Education Division Business Meeting is open to all division members and interested NAEA
attendees. Come to make a contribution to the shared governance of the division. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16B/Mezzanine Level
Business Meeting
Conversation With Colleagues: Museum Education Division
Jacqueline Terrassa, Emily Holtrop
Join your colleagues for this lively conversation and contribute your ideas to Museum Education Division
initiatives and programs. All Division members, students, and others interested in the field are welcome!
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17B/Mezzanine Level
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE)
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE) Open Business Meeting/Social Event
John Derby, Diane Gregory, Cam McComb
Please come to our annual open business meeting: all are welcome! We'll discuss news, brainstorm
ideas, hold elections, and share artwork on spirituality. Celebration to follow. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 21/Upper Level
Elementary
Elementary Conversations With Colleagues
Nancy Walkup, Thom Knab
Connect with other elementary art teachers, including the Elementary Division Leadership Team. Enjoy a
Convention overview, an update on the new National Arts Standards, door prizes, and more! Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15A/Mezzanine Level
Middle Level
Conversations With Colleagues: Connecting With Middle Level Educators
Kimberly Cairy, September Buys
Your input is valued—all members welcome. Networking opportunity and planning session with Middle
Level Leadership Team to discuss initiatives and concerns regarding the unique nature of our division.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 15B/Mezzanine Level
Secondary
Secondary Conversations With Colleagues
James Rees, Andrea Haas
Bring your Secondary Division colleagues as we plan and discuss awards, presentations, Instructional
Resource Gallery, mentoring, NAHS, Art21, and other issues. We need your input! Share your ideas and
help us chart the course for the future. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 16A/Mezzanine Level
Special Session
Giving Voice
In Giving Voice, undergraduate thespians present an interactive performance that brings a spotlight to
illuminate micro-aggression and oppression in the classroom that may be invisible in the dominant
culture. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30C/Upper Level
Supervision and Administration
Conversations With Colleagues: Supervision/Administration Division
Angie Fischer, Kristin Marstaller, Ray Veon, Cheryl Maney
This interactive forum invites administrators and supervisors and others working as curriculum
specialists and consultants to discuss important issues in arts education, such as teacher and student
assessment, standards, and professional development. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 17A/Mezzanine Level
4:30 - 6:20 PM
Curriculum and Instruction {Ticketed Event}
Expressing the Collection: Museum-Inspired Artmaking
Amy Briere, Daniela Kelly
Travel to a Museum without leaving the classroom! Join The San Diego Museum of Art to create art
inspired by the Asian collection. Take away a project and lesson packet! Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 202B/Level 2
Curriculum and Instruction {Ticketed Event}
Shifting Gears: From Teacher-Directed to Student-Centered Practice
Karen Carroll, Sandra Kay
Problem-based learning offers one avenue for transitioning from projects with predictable ends to ones
that invite personal voice and choice making. Kay's Elegant Problems are a major strategy for
transitioning to more relevant, meaningful, and creative engagement. Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 204B/Level 2
Curriculum and Instruction {Ticketed Event}
Hang Ten With PaperClay and Computer-Generated Ceramic Decals
Joyce Centofanti
Learn the history, building techniques, and sustainability of PaperClay. Using personal semiotics,
participants will create a computer-generated ceramic decal and PaperClay volumetric forms, which will
be suspended. Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 206/Level 2
Curriculum and Instruction {Ticketed Event}
Discover ARCHITECTURE: An Experiential, Inquiry-Based Program for Developing Design Thinking in
the Art Classroom
Melody Harclerode
Improve design learning through hands-on lessons, develop innovative partnerships, and strengthen
community support for your art program through this inquiry-based program inspired by Reggio Emilia
and Project Zero learning principles. Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom A/Level 2
Elementary {Ticketed Event}
Assessment is Elementary
Tina Atkinson
In this unit plan, participants learn research-based assessment methods designed for the elementary art
classroom while creating a work of art. Includes tips for talking to administrators about assessment.
Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom E/Level 2
Elementary {Ticketed Event}
New Media Art: Electric Puppets
Jenn Brehm, Cherubim Cannon, Anja Hernandez, Rute Ventura
Learn to make your own New Media Art and create electric puppets using circuits to make them to light
up or sound off! Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 202A/Level 2
Middle Level {Ticketed Event}
Tar Paper Animal Portraits: Large-Scale Gallery-Quality Results on a Small-Scale Budget
Aimee Burgamy
Complete dynamic, large-scale, acrylic paintings in under 2 hours while addressing strategies to activate
students with fast-paced painting techniques and this economical paper from the contractor's corner.
Extensions linking this project to Warhol and Calder or to San Diego's world-famous zoo will also be
discussed! Hands-On Workshop Studio
Hilton Hotel/Indigo 204A/Level 2
Student Chapter/Preservice (SC)
Student Chapter/Preservice Roundtables
Melissa Righter, Kayla Gale, Carla Majczan
Join fellow students as they share their graduate research, community outreach programs, student
chapter experiences, lesson demonstrations, and more! Participate in multiple presentations
throughout the evening's session. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom D/Level 2
5:00 - 5:25 PM
Art Education Technology (AET)
Interactive and Multi-Media e-Books for Learning Contextualized Art Lessons
Kevin Hsieh
Discover the steps used to create an interactive digital book, features of the eBook application, and ebook samples created by preservice art teachers for teaching studio art, art history, and art criticism in
the K-12 settings. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Community Arts
Pastrami, Salami: A Public Art Sandwich! Collaboration and Cooperation Communicates & Advocates
Strong Messages
Marleejean Johnson, Marleejean Johnson
Art and issue advocacy: explore invaluable ways to clearly communicate causes with strong messages.
High impact, low budget, broad applications! Integrate Common Core activities and have your
community love you! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24B/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
STEM+Visual Art: A Collaborative Art Integration Resource for K-12 Teachers
Drew Williams
Step across the hallway! Teachers can collaborate across subject areas, creating lessons that integrate
art and STEM. Share suggestions to spark creative and innovative teaching methods that fuse visual art
with other subjects. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
International
How Do Korean Contemporary Artists Respond to Cultural Diversity?
Yoonjung Kang
Explore the works of Korean contemporay artists and how they present the current cultural diversity in
Korea, and discuss what the implications are for art lessons. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Media Arts
Video, Experimental Cinema, and the Non-Discursive Realm
Dan Nadaner
Explore the application of experimental cinema to the teaching of video art, with the goal of helping
students express intangible elements of experience. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Technology
Art With iPads
Bridget Nadolski, Amanda Sheffer
Learn how a group of trailblazing art educators convinced administration to bring new technology to a
district’s art rooms. Discuss the successes and roadblocks, and explore ART possibilities. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level
5:00 - 5:50 PM
Advocacy
Circle Painting Project
Hiep Nguyen, Suzanne Devin Clark
Want to organize exciting and large-scale art events for your school? Look no further—Circle Painting
will help you to design and implement “art for all” events that engage everyone! Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29D/Upper Level
Assessment
Creating Reliable and Valid Fine Art Assessments
Natalie Blake, Hannah Brown, Ashley Dale
See how an online art department developed and implemented Student Learning Objectives (SLOs).
Data from the assessments will be shared as well as the successes and drawbacks of each study.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25B/Upper Level
Business Meeting
First Time Attendees Session
Christie Castillo
First Time at Convention? Or just want inside tips on how to get the most out of your Convention
experience? Join seasoned attendees and first-timers at the First Time Attendee Session. Best Practice
Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Indigo Ballroom H/Level 2
Business Meeting
Early Childhood Art Educators (ECAE) Business Meeting
Angela Eckhoff
Join the Early Childhood Art Educators Group to discuss issues of concern to those engaged in art
education for children (from birth to age 8) in preschools, schools, museums, and other settings. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29A/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Becoming Something Else: (Re)Performing the Best Practice Lecture
Daniel Barney, Nadine Kalin
Join the presenters in critiquing the notion of Best Practice Lecture as format through an interactive
session. Attendees will receive a toolkit of props inviting them to become something else. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7B/Upper Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Does Speculative Realism Offer Anything for Art Education?
jan jagodzinski, Ryan Patton
Explore the development of object-oriented ontology, specifically Ian Bogost and Levi Bryant, as a
reorientation to materialism and its possible relation and application to art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 7A/Upper Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC)
Intervention, Engagement, and Revival in Two Chicago Communities
Nicole Marroquin, Andres Hernandez
Documentation from two Chicago neighborhood-specific projects include public art events, creative civic
participation, community dialogues, and collecting oral histories. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14A/Mezzanine Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Turn on the Lights
Sandi Hammonds, Bettyann Plishker
Connect artists who harness light to the art curriculum. Technologies that facilitate illumination,
projection, and reflection are addressed. Elementary, middle, and high school curriculum examples are
shared. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 25A/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Art-Tomically Correct: Igniting the Spark Between the Visual Arts, Sciences, and Medicine Through
Innovative Teaching
Jennifer Kloth, Allison Butler, Suzanne Owens
Discover an exciting curriculum that re-imagines the relationship between the visual arts and sciences.
Receive lesson ideas that innovatively fuse the visual arts, science, and technology. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 26B/Upper Level
Design Issues Group (DIG)
GM Creative Design Automotive: Preparing High Schools Students for the Creative Economy
Diane Heath, Teckla Rhoads, Sheryl Garrett
Explore the many creative design career opportunities and how GM is partnering with educators to
prepare high school students for the 21st century's creative economy. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 14B/Mezzanine Level
Professional Development
Strengthening Your Art Program: NAEA's New Purposes, Principles, and Standards for School Art
Programs
Michael Parks, Kathi Levin, Scott Russell
The NAEA writing committee will introduce the newly revised edition of Purposes, Principles, and
Standards for School Art Programs, and discuss how educators can use it for strengthening their
programs. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 29C/Upper Level
Professional Development
Understanding Student Growth Portfolios Through Agency and School District Partnerships
Margarita Sandino, Erica McCarrens, Gregg Coats, Ashley Odum
Explore a model for arts agencies looking to partner with school districts and a model for visual art
teachers needing to improve evaluation scores on Student Growth Portfolios. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32B/Upper Level
Professional Development
No room? No Problem! Surviving the First Year With Your Sanity Intact
Jessica Whitehouse
Attention new teachers: Learn how to break the ice in a new school, combat the mid-year hump, and
make your art department vital to the school community. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 30A/Upper Level
Research
Fellows Forum: Why and How Visual Art is a Core Subject
Read Diket, Tom Brewer, David Burton
Contemporary research in neuroaesthetics, neurosocialogy, postmodernist philosophy, arts assessment,
and evidence-based artistic practices demonstrate why education in art is more important than ever.
Explore how visual arts and partners align purposefully with language and mathematics core
expectations. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 10/Upper Level
Research
Mothers, Monsters, and Menses: The Abject Female Body in Contemporary Art
Susan Livingston
Explore the female body in contemporary art using an abject framework that highlights ambiguous or
monstrous bodies, undifferentiated maternity, and bodily substances while arguing for these images'
constructive power. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33A/Upper Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
Methods Meetup: Speed Dating to Expand Your Research Repertoire
Kimberly Sheridan
Connect with researchers who use different methods through this fast-paced, thin-slicing participatory
event with a range of different people in brief, one-on-one conversations on research methods. No
presentation materials necessary; business cards recommended. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 11B/Upper Level
Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE)
Adapted Art & Creativity: Technology and Special Education
Katherine Broadwater, Alex Garove
Explore assistive technology to enable art production and teach special needs students about basic
visual concepts. Learn how to craft PowerPoint-based games that can be personalized to enhance
learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33C/Upper Level
Women's Caucus (WC)
(Re)Mixed Media: Negotiating Territories of Girlhood
Courtnie Wolfgang, Olga Ivashkevich
Explore the video narratives produced through a collaborative arts- and media-based juvenile
arbitration workshop for adolescent girls. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 22/Upper Level
5:30 - 5:55 PM
Art Education Technology (AET)
Code Poems, Cow Games, and Protocol Puzzles: Creative Programming for Art Teachers
Sean Justice
Art teachers explore the basic material of digital networks by making interactive paintings, puzzles,
riddles, and poems, in a course that uses a soft approach to teaching computer programming. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 24C/Upper Level
Curriculum and Instruction
iAssessment: Technology & Art Assessment
Nan Stein
Explore the use of iPads to create activities that are easily implemented, fun, and challenging for
students to master. iPads can be an effective technology tool to provide assessment for student growth.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 12/Mezzanine Level
International
Gifted-and-Talented Art Programs at the Crossroad: Taiwan Experience
Yichien Cooper
Examine art teachers' response toward how Taiwan's exceptional art programs' pedagogy and creativity
are impacted by budgetary cut and education reform, and how teachers strive for possible solutions.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 33B/Upper Level
Media Arts
Telling a Visual Story With Windows Movie Maker
Cindy Hasio
Telling a visual story with Windows Movie Maker will teach art educators how to use their students' art
to communicate a story by creating a short movie to facilitate discussion. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 32A/Upper Level
Research
Chelsy's Abstract Painting: Beyond Expressionism to Soul
Yong-Sock Chang, Jihyung Ha
Using qualitative research method, the researchers explored a 10-year-old girl's feelings, thoughts, and
higher aspects of consciousness as she expressed who she saw herself to be in her abstract painting.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23C/Upper Level
Technology
Digital Fables on the iPad: A Collaboration of Art, Drama, and Technology
Sarah Markwald
Inspired by Eric Carle, 5th graders write, perform, and design the artwork for their own fables. Using
iPads, students transform their original work into digital stories for an authentic audience. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 23B/Upper Level