Critters on Zonkey Street: Boston

Whenever I get the chance, I try my hand at a little vGraffiti. The photo above was taken at a train station in Boston this summer. However, I don't post that much on this blog anymore.

I still like the blog format but posting to other social media is some much convenient. I don't need to open a browser and type, I just take the picture and share.  Sometimes I share on Twitter but more often than not I post to the Critters on Zonkey Street Facebook page. Check them out.

Also taken in Boston at MassArt.

How To Milk A Dinosaur: Back in Print

If a freak milk accident that sparks life to a half cow, half stegosaurus isn't weird enough, imagine how strange it's going to get when Trip Stanley's class start's drinking the milk! 

How To Milk A Dinosaur is the original version of the book How To Milk A Dinocow, published by Peak City Publishing, LLC. That version of the book is out of print but the story is virtually the same in  How To Milk A Dinosaur 

On Writing Poetry: Shellless

Shellless on Amazon

On Cracked Pencils: Shellless

Shellless on Amazon

On Being Ignored: Shellless

I have two major problems. I get ignored and I get ignored.
 See, I had to say it twice because you probably ignored me the first time. 

Shellless on Amazon

The Open Art Room

After two years of writing, editing and editing... The Open Art Room is ready for pre-orders! Based on years of experience, both successes failures, working with the students at Apex, The Open Art Room provides a student-centered approach to art instruction at the secondary level.

The Open Art Room By Melissa Purtee and Ian Sands 

Taking inspiration from a variety of contemporary approaches, this book presents a framework for Choice-Based instruction for Secondary Level (grades 6–12) Art Education. 

The Open Art Room provides a student-centered approach to art instruction that is inspirational, practical, and classroom-tested. 

Highlights include: 

• Flexible instructional frameworks with options for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of Choice 

• Assessment for Choice-Based art teachers 

• Unit plans, bootcamps, mini-lessons, and classroom examples

• Clear connections to the National Core Art Standards 

• Engaging stories of student struggles and successes

Put The Open Art Room on your summer reading list! Click here!