<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[laurendavenport]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laurendavenport]]></description><link>https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:23:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: NAEA Conference Chicago]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 4-7, 2026 I had such a great time at the National Art Educators Association Conference in Chicago this spring! It was an honor to attend with Weber State University, and I learned so much. 				   	  Waterlilies by Claude Monet, my favorite painting! 							     The Weber State Crew Highlights from the Conference: Boys in Art: Healthy Masculinity In this session, we broke down some stereotypes about adolescent and teen boys in the art classroom and discussed how to encourage them to use...]]></description><link>https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/post/blog-naea-conference-chicago</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a84b1a03a73f167659ec7ac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0d74a6_b590db20d4b04b0a8e8889c81b341ce8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lauren Windley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Journal 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 7-9, 2026 I love this project! We started out by having a discussion about Earth Day and what it means to take care of the earth around them. Next, I introduced the medium of Collage. Few students had heard of collage, and fewer had ever made one. I showed them a few collages that I have made and shared with them why I love collage. I asked them to find pieces within the collages that stood out to them, and what stories were being told. Because there are many steps and supplies for this...]]></description><link>https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/post/teaching-journal-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a84a84f6f644c8dfb48fa6a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:53:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0d74a6_c34c01e40ede499f975bf62882f8054f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lauren Windley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Journal 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 30, 2025 - (BTS Internship Week 5) On this day at Sunburst Elementary, we started a project about Greek pottery in a second grade class. The students were very sweet. They have been learning about Ancient Greece, so they were very knowledgable about Greek gods and goddesses, mythological creatures, and legends. Their first task was to use a reference sheet, or their own imagination, to draw patterns across their paper pot. As I walked around, I noticed a student who hadn’t started...]]></description><link>https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/post/teaching-journal-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693a04459c4bc26e80394fdf</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0d74a6_88db53d4eb2343dfa685e2e06d3ce0d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lauren Windley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Journal 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 5, 2025- (BTS Internship Week 6) Today  was a hard day at King Elementary. I felt empowered and excited by how well my lesson went last week at Sunburst Elementary, so I was confident that today would go well, too. It wasn’t that bad, but it was humbling. I observed while my mentor taught a fourth grade class, and then I sat down at a table and began drawing a self portrait alongside a student who I noticed hadn’t gotten started on his. He began using a colored pencil, and I reminded...]]></description><link>https://www.mrslaurendavenport.com/post/teaching-journal-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693a0307122b31d338b8431a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:35:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0d74a6_7ea650754bfb40cbaeb831377c29bc57~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lauren Windley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>