I thought it might be useful to outline some strategies for thinking about trauma-informed pedagogy in your classroom. This is based on multiple workshops I’ve run, my own experiences in the classroom, and a twitter thread. In case folks are coming to this website and are not on Twitter, it seemed beneficial to post a recent thread that offered some… Read more →
Tag: art history
Helping Students with Lecture & Discussion Outlines for Online Art History Classes
If you found yourself unable to concentrate due to the stressors, fears, and upset of COVID-19, then you were not alone. I found my ability to focus on small tasks almost impossible at moments. I also had the hardest time retaining information. With frequent check-ins with my students, it was clear they too were struggling as well. We brainstormed at… Read more →
Reimagining Participation Points in the Classroom, Oh My!
After years of experimentation (with successes and failures), I’ve finally settled on a great way to reimagine participation in the classroom. I am fully aware that this won’t work for many people, or even most classes, but it has worked wonders for my art history classes under 30 students. Once I found the winning recipe, I realized I’d never be… Read more →
Teaching Activities for Covid-19
I thought it might be useful to share some activities that I created in light of the covid-19 pandemic. These are all activities that I created in a space of a day (!!!). A couple are based on ones I’ve used in class multiple times; others are brand new, but do the work of an activity or discussion I might… Read more →
Get students to escape the art history classroom (digitally!)
I recently had to be away from my class at the College Art Association Conference. I run an in-class escape-room activity for my World Art History class, so I thought I’d see if I could create one in a digital format. While it is obviously not the same as being in person, I will say that the students enjoyed it and… Read more →
Special Collections and Practicing Art History in a World Art History survey class
Special Collections and Practicing Art History in a World Art History survey class In my world art history class (15th-century to the present, second-half of a two-semester sequence) a couple of years ago, I decided I wanted to find an alternative to the research paper. The class always fills at 25 students, and I had become tired of research papers.… Read more →
Revisiting The Carters’ “Apes**t” again and again: An activity in 5 stages
In my world art history class (15th century to the present), I’ve tried to find a number of ways to showcase for students the benefits of repeated looking, of deep observation, among other things. I also–of course–want them to realize that art can be used in a variety of ways in our contemporary moment. I’ve done this in a number… Read more →
Curatorial Acquisition Activity for the Flipped Art History Classroom
In my Latin American art class this semester (Spring 2020), I’ve created a few new in-class activities that have worked really well. One of the best has been a curatorial acquisition activity. As of late, when creating activities for a flipped classroom environment, I’ve wanted more “real world” examples for art history students. [Side note: This has been HARD!] I… Read more →
Assessing the Usefulness and Validity of Online Sources, or Developing Information Literacy
A couple of years ago I published an article in the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy called “Doing Digital Art History in a Pre-Columbian Art Survey Class: Creating an Omeka Exhibition Around the Mixtec Codex Zouche-Nuttall (2018). As part of this essay I shared examples of assignments I use in a Pre-Columbian art class, which are part of a… Read more →
Developing a Research Project about Using Virtual Reality in the Large-Lecture Humanities Classroom
This summer (2019) I am working with a wonderful undergraduate student (let’s call her L because I’ve not asked her if she wants to be named) on a collaborative research project. We applied for a summer undergraduate research project for funding, and we are working together for several months on the possible applications of virtual reality in the classroom. Neither… Read more →
The Open-Note Final Exam in a Flipped Classroom
This past semester in my renaissance art class, students were allowed to bring their notes to the final exam. Because this class was largely flipped, I decided to run the final exam as I would for in-class activities. Students could look at their notes or refer back to readings to prepare their answers. My hope was that the quality of… Read more →
The Politics of #arthistory/#arthistory as activism
Yesterday I was involved in a discussion over twitter that was initiated by @smarthistory. An initial question (how we can draw reverse the misconception of #arthistory, especially the idea that it is disconnected from politics and the world?) prompted some fascinating responses. It is a question that I often think about, especially when I am confronted with dumbfounded looks about… Read more →
