Check out my "Art Chart"

As a majority of my students are visual learners, I thought this concept mapping lesson would be a good opportunity to create a flow chart of the classes that I offer.  We are right in the middle of scheduling for next year, and a number of students get confused about the progression of classes and what their options are from year to year.   A visual representation seems a little easier to understand than a list on paper.
I'm planning to add this to our curriculum guide as well as posting this to my school iweb page.
I also plan to print a poster sized hard copy to hang in my room.  As far as application within the classroom,  a concept map would be a great tool to use for explanation of art history or for outlining steps for projects and procedures.

Google Map Lesson

I am designing a lesson for my Advanced Drawing and Painting students.  For this lesson, they will be ask to create a realistically rendered pencil drawing of a historical building in the Lake Odessa, MI area. 

They will choose a building from a pre-determined list.  They will then be ask to locate the building in Lake Odessa, photograph the building (as a reference) and then complete a detailed pencil rendering of their chosen building.

The Google Map would be an interesting addition to this lesson.  Students could compile a class map, documenting their chosen historical buildings.  Their pencil drawings could be scanned and added to the map along with their reference photos.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213001884817998847669.00049e2c24d0c1c51a2d3&t=h&z=16