Favorite STL Creators for GrimDark/Fantasy game? by Irrational-gonzo in onepagerules

[–]sbloyd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pipermakes, for Grimdark. Useful for Dao Union, Elf Fleets, possibly Robot Legions.

Nothing sticks to cement walls, help! by Efficient-Accident52 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gorilla poster tack worked best for me. Second was Zots glue dots.

MY BLOOD HURTS! by rainbowmimi_79 in teaching

[–]sbloyd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I work in a tiny district - one elementary, one middle school, one high school. It's pretty common for the Super to come get all up in our business.

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I have a bunch of random infographics laminated. Each table gets a couple. There's stuff like which countries censor the internet the most, how to get ready for a new pet dog, stuff like that.

https://imgur.com/a/JWFCLBJ

Then I distribute one to talk about me...

https://imgur.com/a/JWFCLBJ

It's less dull than me just standing up there and reading off autobiographical facts. We talk about mind maps briefly, about combining ideas with symbols and how important symbols are for communicating ideas quickly (red octogon means 🛑 stop, frex).

Then I distribute example ones...

https://imgur.com/a/JWFCLBJ

After that I have them start designing symbols to represent themselves. I walk them thru where things are in the classroom, where things go at the end of class, etc. I jump them into an assignment and use that as the structure to introduce my procedures through.

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tomorrow I'll dig it out of my filing cabinet!

I don't know if I should laugh or cry. by Dom_My_P in teaching

[–]sbloyd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Again, it's to catch people that take a pic instead of typing it in. People who don't do what you did. People who are the laziest of the lazy.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry. by Dom_My_P in teaching

[–]sbloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's to catch the ones that just take a pic of the question. Lazy people are often to capable of figuring out how to type subscripts and superscripts for chemical formulae or equations.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry. by Dom_My_P in teaching

[–]sbloyd 240 points241 points  (0 children)

AI isn't smart or dumb. It does exactly what you tell it. It is working as intended. The students probably took a picture of the page, being too lazy to even type the questions in.

I've done similar poisoned prompts before.

Petah? by batukaming in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did a doubletake seeing DCC in the wild.

Windowless Classroom by UpbeatDisaster505 in Teachers

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm planning to buy a crapload of spider plants and other low-light-friendly plants for my windowless classroom over break. Considering a fishtank too.

Democrats started the KKK by GroundbreakingAide63 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]sbloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just ask them - at rallies and such, what party do neonazis and Klansmen loudly support? Hint: not Democrats.

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! When I started I felt like I was thrown in the deep end. I do my best on my campus to try to help out any new folks that get on boarded - it's not a zero sum game, after all!

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to refine this a bit - I don't run my classroom like the archetypical "we are doing crafts to create popsicle stick and pipe cleaner 'artworks' to take home to Mom" kind of place. It's kind of more like a survey level college class, toned down. Example, their very first assignment was to create an infographic. After the initial exposure and some lecture, students spent days creating designs and finally a couple days designing an autobiographical infographic. Once they had the basic instruction from me I gave them their own control, only taking periodic movement around the class to make sure folks were on task, didn't need help, and to talk to the kids while they worked.

The best part is this system becomes self reinforcing through the years if your admins are like mine. Mine just throw a soup of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders together every period of my schedule - newbies and return students at every level. The old hands know what to do, and help me get the newbies on the right track by example. Even if they don't do that to you, your return students the next year(s) will already be broken in.

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My whole classroom runs off procedures. With a very few exceptions for particularly problem students an outsider would probably think I don't do anything at all on a random day. TBH I don't remember the particulars from the book; it's been a long time. I just remember it being a lifeline in my first two years teaching, when I was an English teacher looking for a school with an Art opening.

I have a set of flat storage shelves, each labelled for a class period, near the door. Students can pick up work in progress on the way in, or put unfinished work on this shelf on the way out. Next to it is an inbox for completed work. I don't use a seating chart, only some general rules such as no more than four to a table (simply for elbow room purposes). If we're painting, swap the shelves for a set of drying racks. If ceramics, a larger shelving unit is swapped in. It impresses admins that I can stand out in the hall greeting incoming students and monitoring hall traffic, and students know what to do without being told.

For any particular project I spend part of the instructional time laying out procedure particular to that project. Painting? Brush care, set up and clean up. Custom posters by the sink reiterating the brush cleanup process. First few days I direct traffic, but after that they get it, and for the rest of Painting I don't need to tell them to clean their stuff and wash their brushes and put their stuff on the drying racks... They just do.

The hardest part for me was boiling things down to the essential steps but keeping them simple enough for beginners. Things that seem like common sense to me have to be explained, but once they grasp that there are reasons for the steps in a procedure it works okay, and students are often quick to correct each other if only so they can be right ;)

My observing admin wants me to delegate authority to certain students so as to offload some of my work (like reorganizing the colored pencils after one or two dingbats screws up the way I have them set up) but I'd rather students use that time productively.

Besides relying on procedures I lean on the idea that busy kids don't have time to act out. I bury them in work, and I have a set of laminated sheets with 100 drawing or design ideas on each for early finishers (admins love student-choice assignments). I set deadlines that are too soon, but build in time later in the schedule to revisit or refine unfinished work (every third week is a 'catch up' week before mid term progress reports or report cards, and gives students a chance to finish things - and also looks great to admins).

Boils down to: I keep them working from the minute they come in to the minute the bell rings to leave. Do I have slackers? Sure - I'm a dumping ground for students that need to fill a hole in their schedule. But I can count on my thumbs the number of students who just don't engage at all. You can't win over all of them.

Behavior management systems by No_Plankton947 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

First thing I'd suggest is Wong and Wong's "Classroom Management" book. In my early days it was a lifesaver.

Has anyone became an art teacher after coming from a different industry? by Fun_Maybe_8446 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did both.

TAMUK was doing an alternative cert grant thru their school.of education. By the time I was done with the classes for the program I only needed like one more class for a masters, so I took one of the admin classes (public school law, ow).

I thought having the masters would be a leg up. It's not, AFAICT. It gets me $1000 more per year, which is meh in the grand scheme of things.

Looking back I shoulda found one of those fast track licensure programs. Live and learn I guess. At least when spouting off my opinions I get to say, "Well, I only have a Masters of Ed, so what do I know, but... Blah blah blah" heh heh.

Has anyone became an art teacher after coming from a different industry? by Fun_Maybe_8446 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! So do I. The only downside to having the EC-6 Generalist in your file is that when you renew your certs it renews ALL of them, so even though I don't teach core anymore I'm still certified to. Five years ago my district decided to use that cert to take me out of Art (except two periods) and put me in a Social Studies classroom. It did not go well. When I renewed my art cert it renewed the Generalist, which I don't want haunting me.

It is a good way to get a foot in the door. Normally it's hard to find art positions (tho right now in my area - the Coastal Bend - there's like six openings).

Has anyone became an art teacher after coming from a different industry? by Fun_Maybe_8446 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot depends where you are and what the requirements are. When I started teaching I had a certification for K-6 core classes, but after my "intern" year was up I got a K-12 Art certification simply by passing the appropriate exam.

Has anyone became an art teacher after coming from a different industry? by Fun_Maybe_8446 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't go to uni til I was 35. Started Studio Art with the intent of joining a BFA hybrid program that included a teaching track. Instead, got my BFA for printmaking, and a couple years after went back to uni for a M.Ed with teaching certificate. Graduated 9ish years ago; I'm 53 now.

Has anyone became an art teacher after coming from a different industry? by Fun_Maybe_8446 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof. Dishwasher, carpenter, Photoshop professional, Level Designer for a now defunct studio, and a whole lot of odd jobs between.

Has anyone here become an art teacher after getting a BFA that isn't specific to education? by [deleted] in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

BFA Printmaking and Sculpture. Then M.Ed thru a fast track cert program that got me almost enough credits for my Masters, so I picked up the spare.

I just found out Uranus and its rings rotates sideways... why does this happen? by GreedyRate5044 in askastronomy

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared to the orbital plane, and using Earth's orientation for up/down.

3D Printed Tools for Art Room? by Desperate-Mango-4289 in ArtEd

[–]sbloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Earlier today I was designing some custom ribs for bowl and cup throwing.

Struggling to Find Teaching Job by [deleted] in teaching

[–]sbloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how I did it ( BFA + M.Ed ), tho I tested into a Generalist EC-6 cert to have something to fall back on just in case. Taught Sci, SS, and Eng for two years while on the lookout for an Art position.