Best Ian Sands Podcasts (2024)

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Week One: What Worked and What Didn't 18:18

2y ago18:18

18:18

It's week one of Art Anytime/Anywhere. This was our first week with students and some things worked, somethings didn't, and somethings were sort of neutral. In this podcast, we'll discuss in order of the events as they unfolded, what worked, what didn't and, well, you get the idea.

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Week Zero: The Details are in the Details 19:39

2y ago19:39

19:39

It's week zero! That first week before the students enter the classroom. At the end of last year, we planned all the big items but it turns out, there are many smalls things that need planning too. How do the day to day things run in an open art room? The details are in the details.

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Ten New Things for a Revolutionary TAB Year 16:46

2y ago16:46

16:46

Today we will discuss the top 10 things we will be doing at South B that, when put together, should make for a revolutionary TAB year!

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Project Matrix Update 2 and Grading 16:10

2+ y ago16:10

16:10

Today we will see how things are going week 5 at South Brunswick high School as we continue to roll out our next artistic process, the Project Matrix.

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Project Matrix Update No. 1 13:03

2+ y ago13:03

13:03

After first introducing the Project Matrix this semester, this week we will give an update on just how well the Project Matrix is going. There are some issues that we are running into. some of these are in our control and many are issues we have no control of at all. Either way, we need to bob and weave and continue trying to make artists.…

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The Project Matrix 14:55

2+ y ago14:55

14:55

At South B we are about to role out "Art, Anytime, Anywhere". In order to do so, we needed a project-based, learning target centric method of teaching. What we developed is a new way of presenting the artistic process. We call it, The Project Matrix.

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Art: Anytime, Anywhere 18:00

2+ y ago18:00

18:00

What if there was only one art class... "Art"? What if students could take "Art" anytime, any block, in any room, with any teacher? Sounds crazy? At South B, we're about to make it happen.

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Make Artists: There Is No Finish Line 19:05

3y ago19:05

19:05

Online teaching has programmed our students to work on a project long enough to click the "done" button. This is not how TAB works. In this episode we will understand how our students are responding to tick tock education and consider some solutions for dealing with this issue.

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Make Artists S1 E20: How I Became a Teacher 27:31

3+ y ago27:31

27:31

In this final episode of the 1st season of Make Artists I tell the story of how I went from a big city wanna be illustrator, to a small town art teacher, to a big corporation web designer, and back to an art teacher. I'll even throw in a few stories about playing hockey.

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Make Artists S1 E19: A Vision for Art Education 18:22

3+ y ago18:22

18:22

Make Artists S1E19: A Vision for Art Education Today’s art classrooms aren’t much different than they were 20 or even 30 years ago. Furthermore, our art classrooms aren’t set up that much differently than the regular education classrooms. In this episode, we will imagine a world of art education without course names or numbers, classes with invisib…

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Make Artists S1 E18: Learning Targets Aligned with the Standards 18:29

3+ y ago18:29

18:29

Meeting the Standards with Learning Targets When working in a student-directed art program, there are many different projects happening at any one time. One student may be painting a landscape, while another is drawing a cartoon, and still another is learning how to animate. With all these different projects, some might conclude that it is difficul…

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Make Artists S1 E17: How Should a TAB Teacher Interview? 20:48

3+ y ago20:48

20:48

How should a choice-based teacher handle an interview? How do you show a lesson plan for a tab classroom? What should you do if you are asked to teach a lesson? View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Artists available here: https://www.davisart.com/art-education-resources/making-artists/ The Open Art Room available here: https://c…

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Make Artists S1 E16: Teacher and Student Roles 26:10

3+ y ago26:10

26:10

In a teacher directed art program, the roles of the teacher and the roles of the student can be much different than the roles in a student-directed or TAB classroom. Understanding how the differences in these roles is fundamental to the learning and success pf your choice-based classroom. View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Art…

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Make Artists S1 E15: How do TAB Teachers Teach? Modular Teaching 21:10

3+ y ago21:10

21:10

How do TAB teachers teach? Teachers create teacher-directed project lessons because they want to teach. In an art classroom, this “teaching” consists of several categories including teaching new media and techniques, teaching art history, and teaching concepts and ideas. But how does this happen in a student-directed class? How can students be pres…

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Make Artists S1 E14: TAB Misconceptions 21:46

3+ y ago21:46

21:46

There was a post on a TAB Facebook group asking what people thought were the biggest TAB misconceptions. The post received over 150 comments. Obviously, this was a hot topic issue for others, but this has been a hot topic issue for me for over six years now. So, today we will take a look at a few of these misconceptions and even add a rebuttal or t…

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Make Artists: S1 E13: Does Choice-Based Teaching Meet the Standards? 16:28

3+ y ago16:28

16:28

Does choice-based teaching meet the standards and if so, how? The answer is a resounding yes! The Standards align perfectly with choice-based teaching, and in particular, they align with TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior). The best part, after listening to this podcast you’ll know exactly how to explain it. View our website: https://artofsouthb.w…

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Make Artists S1 E12: What’s So Great About Authentic Art? 21:27

3+ y ago21:27

21:27

I was asked a question. “Do you submit student art into local shows and if so, do you find it more difficult to compete with other DBAE or teacher-directed programs?” There’s a lot to unpack in that question and it all starts with authentic art. View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Artists available here: https://www.davisart.co…

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Make Artists S1 E11: Stop Giving Projects, Start Giving Units 21:25

3+ y ago21:25

21:25

It seems almost every day, art teachers post requests on social media groups asking for good project ideas. It not uncommon to see something similar to this. “Does anyone have a good color wheel project? I’m tired of mine”. When we ask for a project, there is a lot we’re asking for. The project lesson plan most likely includes the inspiration, much…

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Make Artists S1 E10: Surpass Good, Achieve Great 20:02

3+ y ago20:02

20:02

Art teachers aspire for rich artwork from their students but are often frustrated when the results are less than spectacular. Some art teachers face this concern as they transition into a choice-based program. They may notice that their high school students’ work looks like, well, high school student work. How do we motivate students to not settle …

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Make Artists S1 E9: Making Art; a Lousy Reason to Give Grades. 18:05

3+ y ago18:05

18:05

Did you ever have a student ask, “What grade do I get for this art?” Or worse, “If I make this art, what grade will I get?” I’m sure we can agree, making art for a grade is a lousy reason to make art, but is the opposite true? Is giving grades for making art a lousy reason to give grades? View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Art…

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Make Artists S1 E8: Student-Directed Answers to Your Questions 23:34

3+ y ago23:34

23:34

When I first started teaching, I worked in a small district which meant interaction with fellow art teachers was limited. Today, however, social media provides immediate access to thousands of art teachers. All one needs to do is post a question. With all this access, one would think every question has been answered but I find this isn’t the case. …

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Make Artists S1E7: The Nine 20:52

3+ y ago20:52

20:52

Did you know there are only nine things you can make art about? You say, Sands, that’s crazy talk. Certainly, there are more than nine topics. But I say, we have a list and any art you want to make can be made under one of the Nine. More on the Nine https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/the-nine.html Making Artists available here: https://www.davisart.com…

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Make Artists S1E6: Product or Process? 19:52

3+ y ago19:52

19:52

Product or Process? Now there’s a hot button topic. They say in polite company to never speak of politics or religion. Perhaps we should add product vs process to the list as well. Online, this topic always generates conversation and sometimes even brings out a few trolls. So, what makes it so controversial? Let’s find out. View our website: https:…

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Make Artists S1E5: Different Situations Require Different Solutions 20:47

3+ y ago20:47

20:47

Mr. Payne sat across the desk as I signed off on my evaluation. It wasn't a bad evaluation but I personally wasn't happy with my first year teaching at South B. While some of the lessons and ideas I migrated from Apex HS worked, many did not. As I lamented over this, he gave me some great advice. "It's going to take three years to get your program …

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Make Artists S1E4: Teaching Media in the Choice-Based Art Room. 21:03

3+ y ago21:03

21:03

Teaching about media is a large chunk of what occurs in the art room. Through the introduction of media, we teach skills, and techniques, and processes, and concepts. Traditionally, art teachers have taught media through projects. However, the choice-based, TAB teacher has a challenge. We don’t offer teacher-directed projects. So how do we introduc…

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Make Artists S1E3: Let the Failing Begin 19:39

3+ y ago19:39

19:39

The only class I failed in college was Intro to Art Education. I wasn’t worried. I knew I would never, ever become an art teacher... Project Flop available here: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Flop-Good-Lessons-Teacher/dp/1494978555 View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Artists available here: https://www.davisart.com/art-educati…

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Make Artists S1E2: Think Different 16:54

3+ y ago16:54

16:54

There are differences between the traditional way of teaching art and the choice-based, Teaching for Artistic Behavior method. Not that one is better or worse than the other, just that there are differences. In this episode of Make Artists, we will look at how the TAB teacher “thinks different”. View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Mak…

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Make Artists S1E1: Becoming TAB 16:11

3+ y ago16:11

16:11

In the premiere episode of Making Artists, Ian Sands discusses why and how he became a choice-based, TAB teacher and stuff and things... but mostly stuff. View our website: https://artofsouthb.weebly.com/ Making Artists available here: https://www.davisart.com/art-education-resources/making-artists/ The Open Art Room available here: https://catalog…

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Sun and Sand 33:30

16y ago33:30

33:30

The final episode! Remaining questions are answered, and the foursome are united. On a beach that could be anywhere, anywhen they exchange thoughts ... and the opening of Max Quick Book 3: The Bane of the Bondsman is set up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Tea With Mother 47:09

16y ago47:09

47:09

"Miss Starry ... Mother ... Living in Connecticut" The mysterious note handed to Max by Dunkirk leads Max up north ... WHERE HIS SECRET IS REVEALED TO HIM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Madworth and the Machine, Part 2 22:14

16y ago22:14

22:14

Final triumph over the Machine and its terrible purpose seems imminent ... or is it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Madworth and the Machine, Part 1 1:00:48

16y ago1:00:48

1:00:48

Max, Ian and the House of Hidden Hand attack the Niburian nest. The showdown with Madworth, and the purpose of the Machine is unveiled at last. Or is it? Part 1 of the 'season finale' of the 1912 storyline! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Blackthorne 1:01:33

16y ago1:01:33

1:01:33

At last: the final showdown between Casey and Blackthorne! The 'season finale' of the Arturo Gyp storyline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Old Friends 31:56

16y ago31:56

31:56

After the disaster at the Ball, the House regroups on the Peking. Faliero reminisces on how he met Romani and tells his 'origin story'. The final moments before the ultimate confrontation with Madworth and the Machine ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Desert Rose 29:13

16y ago29:13

29:13

With the banishment of Blackthorne, Arturo Gyp is completely transformed. But now the townspeople speak of 'the Gypture' which they expect imminently. And that's when Sasha figures nearly everything out and explains it all to Casey. Yet this interpretation also means that Blackthorne is coming back, for a final battle to the death ... Learn more ab…

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The Spring Ball 48:47

16y ago48:47

48:47

Romani summons the dispersed House to the Spring Ball at the Waldorf, where Madworth is meeting a mysterious, pock-marked man with salt-white skin ... the traitor is revealed, and Madworth and Romani square off in a duel to the death. Special Guest Star: Johnny Siren! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Martial Law 52:34

16y ago52:34

52:34

Blackthorne lays the law down hard ... causing Casey and Sasha to do some digging, where they at last discover the secret of Arturo Gyp (yes this is revealed). Logan, Cody, Sasha and Casey get into a gunfight with Blackthorne and Ace ... and one of them dies. A HUGE episode, and they just get more intense from here until the book's end! Learn more …

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Vadim and Vanya, Part 2 18:05

16y ago18:05

18:05

Ian is brought before the House ... iron-clad evidence is presented: someone in the House of the Hidden Hand is in league with the Niburians. But who? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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Vadim and Vanya, Part 1 50:38

16y ago50:38

50:38

Ian discovers two children, Vadim and Vanya, who have escaped Madworth's clutches. The House quizzes them and gains much insight into the Machine. Then Gustav proposes a way to accelerate Max's education, but it is radical and dangerous, and even Romani is kept out of the loop ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Hill Day 42:33

16y ago42:33

42:33

A commercial jetliner suddenly appears in the fog over the Gyp; when the fog lifts, it reveals a startling transformation in the surrounding desert. Blackthorne's true gambit is at last revealed when Casey, Sasha, Cody and Logan chase him down, but Blackthorne does something even he didn't intend ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon…

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Captain Dunkirk and the Peking 41:35

16y ago41:35

41:35

In search of his secret, Max and Ian risk a trip to the lower docks of New York, where Petunia said she and Max used to play in 1912. There, they meet Captain Dunkirk, who knows quite a bit about Max. But first, they must gain his trust ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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New Stranger In Town 43:47

16y ago43:47

43:47

Casey begins the day with a shock: the well from the Books of Jonathan Roseblood Cyranus ... is actually here, in Arturo Gyp. A new stranger appears in town, or is he actually a stranger? Sasha finds out, with a shocker of her own. Finally, Blackthorne confronts Casey, and the Sheriff is clearly rattled about something ... Learn more about your ad …

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Max and Michelle in the Park 49:18

16y ago49:18

49:18

Michelle convinces Max to sneak out and spend the day with her in Central Park. They visit Sunpike's Sweets, where their day is interrupted by one Millicent Madworth. Following her, Max gets a huge shock and runs into Marvin Sparkle, who reveals some interesting information about the Machine ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…

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The Dark Victorian 44:30

16y ago44:30

44:30

Back in the Gyp, Casey breaks into Blackthorne's Victorian. And of course, she finds something very interesting inside ... Later, Sasha tells a tale from the time of the Pocket, when she and Ace were captured with the rest of the Serpents and Mermaids gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Education of Master Quick, Part 2 26:28

16y ago26:28

26:28

Ian must now deal with the consequences of his discovery; Europa Romani tells her 'origin story'. Finally, Ian and Romani meet the enigmatic loner Marvin Sparkle, here to fight the Machine, but who has his own views on who is a friend and foe ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Education of Master Quick, Part 1 32:34

16y ago32:34

32:34

Carlos Gustav begins training Max. Feeling left out, Ian explores a secret passage in the House of the Hidden Hand and makes a startling discovery ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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The Gunfighter's Fortune 48:17

16y ago48:17

48:17

Sasha gives Casey an earful; then Blackthorne gets his fortune told while Casey sneaks a listen. Then Logan White-Cloud faces down both the Sheridan Brothers and Blackthorne. Finally, Sasha and Casey are taken out to the desert by Logan to learn something that will change them both forever ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad…

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A Talk of Many Things 43:54

16y ago43:54

43:54

Max and Ian exchange information about the Machine with Romani, Gustav and Sambhava. Max makes a bold request -- which alienates Ian. Sambhava, sensing this, takes Ian on an errand in 1912 New York, where they overhear two Pinkertons discuss the doings of a certain Millicent Madworth ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…

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Tempest in a Teepee 1:00:48

16y ago1:00:48

1:00:48

Casey demands that Cody and Logan explain exactly what happened in the desert to Sasha and herself. Then Cody treats Casey to a night at the Thirteen, all while Casey keeps an eye out for her 'star people' amongst the denizens of the Gyp. Things at the Thirteen don't go exactly as planned, and it seems something of Nibiru is indeed here in the old …

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A Bad Breakfast 29:46

16y ago29:46

29:46

Max and Ian are eager to begin the hunt for the Machine, but clash with Romani and Gustav, who prefer a more measured approach. Michelle sneaks a sly word with Max, and then a stab of ... something attacks the House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mark Jeffrey | Scribl

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