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From Art Teacher to Full-Time Dad: My Next Steps

July 1, 2018by Paul Byron 2 Comments

This Friday I said goodbye to friends at Al-Risala Academy, an Islamic private school in Mississauga where I’ve taught since December 2015.  As the primary program coordinator for Grades 5-8 and […]

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TIC 3: The 8th Dimension, live online

June 27, 2018by Paul Byron 1 Comment

In the original post that launched The Interdimensional Classroom series on gamification in education, I mentioned that my Grade 8 class would be working on websites to introduce their Guilds and […]

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Creativity, Gamification, Projects, Teaching/Pedagogy

TIC 2: Online Media Gurus!

April 29, 2018by Paul Byron 1 Comment

“Welcome to Online Media Gurus – the game that puts you in charge of your very own Media Empire!  Whose content will dominate the globe?  Play to find out!” This […]

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Art, Courses, Gamification, Projects, Teaching/Pedagogy

‘Boreal Forest’ at Lynx Music

February 7, 2018by Paul Byron Leave a comment

In December, I was hired on by Lynx Music, a recording studio in downtown Toronto (777 St. Clarens Ave) and did a mural to jazz up their awesomely old school […]

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Art, News & Updates, Projects

TIC I: Worldbuilding Express

January 13, 2018by Paul Byron 1 Comment

Welcome to Part 2 of “The Interdimensional Classroom” (TIC) series on gamification in education! The topic for today’s chat is WORLDBUILDING.  In my last post, I explained how the whole […]

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Art, Creativity, Gamification, Projects, Teaching/Pedagogy

Notes from THE INTERDIMENSIONAL CLASSROOM

November 19, 2017by Paul Byron 2 Comments

Over the last two years as a regular classroom teacher, I’ve been on the hunt for new ways to rev motivation.  The answer I stumbled upon is a simple one, it turns out: Create an alternate plane of existence.

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Creativity, Gamification, Projects, Teaching/Pedagogy

Art Jail: Teaching Visual Studies in a Secondary School setting, Part One

October 21, 2017by Paul Byron Leave a comment

Across the 10 or so years in which I’ve taught art, most of my experience has been with people who sign on to learn because they want to.  Many tell […]

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One Amazing Doodlebug!

August 23, 2017by Paul Byron 2 Comments

It’s been just under a year since I’ve posted…and while I hope to have more up soon to fill in the gaps, for now I would simply like to introduce […]

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Yin & Yang Project Video

October 24, 2016by Paul Byron Leave a comment

This summer, I was back at Hong Fook working on their first ever intergenerational project.  After the popular success of 1000 Candles in 2015 we decided to host another art-oriented […]

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I don’t tell students their art work is good unless it is.

October 6, 2016by Paul Byron Leave a comment

It’s impossible to teach art without students, of every age, asking you if their work is good. The question isn’t unreasonable, but the range of meanings lurking behind it can […]

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Paul Byron

Paul Byron

Paul Byron is an artist, art therapist, and educator. His interests span the fields of Art, Psychology, Language, Cross-cultural exchange, and Gamification in Education.

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Dance Kids Canada Mural, "Dance Like No One Is Watching"
Dance Kids Canada Mural, “Dance Like No One Is Watching”
Wellesley Community Centre BellBox, 2013
Wellesley Community Centre BellBox, 2013
Caricaturing at the Evergreen Brickworks, Fall 2013
Caricaturing at the Evergreen Brickworks, Fall 2013
Fellow Finalists of the BMO Seeds Fund Award/Neighbourhood Arts Network
Fellow Finalists of the BMO Seeds Fund Award/Neighbourhood Arts Network
With my crazy kids for the St James Town Banner Project 2014!
With my crazy kids for the St James Town Banner Project 2014!
2014: The St. James Town Banner Project,
2014: The St. James Town Banner Project,
2014: Paper Doll Project, Part II,w. Central Neighbourhood House
2014: Paper Doll Project, Part II,w. Central Neighbourhood House
Making dumplings @ CNH!
Making dumplings @ CNH!
'Life Through Art' - Community Matters
‘Life Through Art’ – Community Matters
Live Painting at the Chinatown Festival 2014, w. TCCSA
Live Painting at the Chinatown Festival 2014, w. TCCSA
'PATCH it up' Live Painting event at Cultura Festival with the PATCH Project, July 2014
‘PATCH it up’ Live Painting event at Cultura Festival with the PATCH Project, July 2014

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