Artistic Teacher Paints BrainWise Murals in Her Classroom

Posted On: March 6, 2015

A HOPE Online Academy classroom mentor used her considerable artistic skills to paint her interpretation of the 10 Wise Ways. Her art as a teaching tool is a big hit with students and teachers. The vivid pictures help students use their thinking skills and inspire them to create their own BrainWise drawings. Here’s what students had to say:

The art is impressive, it helps to explain wizard and lizard brain a lot and the pictures explain it well.

It’s cool because it gives you more of an image of what we are learning.

It’s cool. I never would have thought about that. It’s fun to look at and helps remind me of BrainWise stuff.

Mrs. Duhart’s BrainWise Classroom Murals

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