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The Power of the Prompt

Presented by Stephanie Pickens, Michael Bell, Debi West, Stephanie Wirt, & Karissa Ferrell

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High School Art Teachers

• Prompt based curriculum

• Prompt based learning

• Prompt based artmaking

• All five of us will share how we develop prompt based learning in our individual classrooms.

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Art is hard! By Stephanie Pickens

• Give students prompts and teach them how to work without them

• Prompts build creative thinking

• Creative thinking builds confidence in artmaking

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Prompt Techniques

• Sketchbooks guided by a prompt• Evolve to journaling and self prompting by 2nd

year

• Main Curriculum includes prompt• Evolves to completely prompt based by third

year

• Artmaking skills and techniques• Day long and other short lessons are prompt

based also

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Prompt Based Sketchbooks

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Prompt Based Curriculum

• AMS: Artist, Medium, and Subject• Require students to make decisions based on this

guide• Funnel creativity while building confidence

• Student based curriculum guide editing• Allow students to edit curriculum in the beginning• Stick with guidelines, but allow personal expression

• Properly develop rubrics for creative students• Make sure it is encouraging students who lack, yet

challenges students who need it• Differentiate (as if you don’t already do that all day

long!)

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Skill and Technique Prompts

• Short lessons• Allow options• Require decision making• Funnel the good

•BE REAL-they want to hear it

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Don’t forget social media

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Results

• Higher AP Art Scores (if you are a numbers guru and care about that part)

• Cross curricular connections

• Strengthens college and career ready programs

• Builds confidence in your kids

• Makes for more individual thinkers

• Encourages students to be independent

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Title by Debi West

• Add to the slides

• Format the slides however you want

• Prepare for 7-9 minutes of speaking

• Share for ideas if you want or need the help

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Contact us at:

• Stepaniepickens.com or stephaniepickens@me.com

• stephanie@wirtarttalk.org or stephanie.wirt@gmail.com

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