BREAKING NEWS
In need of a teacher.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
If you're looking for someone to teach a class for an after-school program, a special group meeting, community education, or artist-in-residence type classes, I can help.
Teaching is something I've done quite a bit of, whether it is teaching art to all ages or talking about writing and design. I am comfortable teaching students of all ages, though some of the classes listed below have limitations as to the kind of student that would be interested. I have taught adults and kindergarteners, one-session classes and classes that stretched over a month. I have taught after school, in the school, and in the evenings.
Most classes below are flexible in both the depth and scope as well as time. I will work with you make the class fit your group or schedule. Teaching fees available upon request on a case-by-case basis.
Possible art classes:
- Denatured books
- Collage art
- Acrylic techniques
- Powdered graphite drawings (an additive and subtractive method)
- Book-making
- Natural paper-making (using actual plants found locally)
- Making a living as an artist (tips, suggestions, discussion, real-life scenarios, copyrights, warnings, ideas, hypotheticals, etc.)
- Introduction to art history, various periods
- Show connection between movies, popular culture and art history
- Introduction to architecture through art history
- Writing out of the box: an evening or set of classes filled with fun writing prompts and activities that help people write differently than they have before.
- Guerilla writing: an evening or set of classes with challenging writing exercises and timed projects that do not allow students to fall back in their comfort zone but instead, force them to not worry about creating "good" writing and just write.
- Visual writing: using visual prompts and unique exercises to promote creative writing
- Writing for the world: How to write for the internet, whether on a blog or website
- Introduction to what blogging is
- The history of blogging and "famous" moments in blog history (Fisk, Frisch, etc.)
- Introduction to various blogging formats
- Learn what to do and what not to do when writing for a world audience on your blog
- The different kinds of blogs (political, personal, etc.)
- How to set up a blog for little to no cost
- The unwritten rules of the blogosphere (linking, permalinks, comments, hat tips, quoting, etc.)
- The terms of the blogosphere (fisking, jumping the shark, sock puppet, etc.)
- What not to do
- Discussion on theories or problems in blogging (comment policies, responsibility for what is published on your blog, spam, plagiarism, blogging from or about the workplace, etc.)
- Introduction to the basics (domain names, hosts, servers, nameservers, fair pricing, etc.)
- Design software and methods
- Web sites that offer useful services for free or low cost (automatic design or templates, photo storage, forums, guestbooks, etc.)
- What your web site should have (for artists, for writers, for businesses, for personal sites, etc.)
- What to watch out for and keep in mind
- How to keep your web site from growing stagnant
- How to attract search engines
- Discussion on the value of good design and easy navigation
- What to know about ecommerce and the options available (PayPal, merchant accounts, shopping carts, other services)
- Newsletter design, both print and electronic.
- Web site basics
- Web site promotions (keep customers coming to your website)
- Logo design do's and don'ts
- Unusual marketing ideas
- Advertisement creation, do's and don'ts
- Creating a buzz to draw customers
- Tips on tying all design and professional look together (cohesiveness between web site, newsletter, brochures, product tags, forms, business cards, ads, etc.) to create "your look"
- What you need and what you don't (based on what kind of business)
- Finding affordable ways to print business cards, brochures, etc.
In the meantime? There's plenty of online instruction right here, for free. With downloads. Check it out.
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3/29/2008 07:05:00 PM
