Describes a motivational art class lesson to engage students who do not consider themselves as being artistic. Explains that students use technology to create self-portraits and learn about the crosshatch technique. (CMK)

Focuses on the impact art teachers have on their students by presenting excerpts from short essays written by undergraduate students in an elementary education methods course. Explains that the students shared memories of their own elementary art experiences in the essays. (CMK)

Explains that at the end of a middle school's quarter, the author's students were asked to share their feelings about art in one sentence. The students' comments were made into a poster to display their ideas as a class. (CMK)

Describes how middle school art class students using the computer program Hyperstudio developed portfolios that provided them with an opportunity to reflect on their artwork. Discusses Hyperstudio in detail and summarizes saving the artwork to individual disks creating a complete portfolio for the middle school years. (CMK)