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Revitalizing Your Vision
Revitalizing your vision, not only does it help you to stay true to your own personal values and beliefs, but it allows you to reflect on the priorities.
Amanda Koonlaba
Amanda Koonlaba, Ed. S. is an educator and educational consultant with over 12 years of experience teaching both visual art and regular education. Her career has been driven by the power of the arts to reach all learners. She is a published author and frequent speaker/presenter at education conferences. Amanda was named the Elementary Art Teacher of the Year for the state of Mississippi in 2016 and received the Arts Integration Service Award from the Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative (Mississippi Arts Commission) in 2015. She holds an Elementary and Middle Childhood Art certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. As a coach for The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Amanda is on a mission to ensure every student in America has access to a high-quality arts-based education. She blogs at partyintheartroom.com.
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Problems in Problem Based Learning: Considering Challenges of Implementing PBL in the Arts
Today, I’d like to share some challenges and considerations to keep in mind when implementing PBL in the arts classroom, as it can be an effective approach.
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Season 2 of the Sparkchasers Podcast: Defining Innovation
Defining innovation as a process can be hard.
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Listening with Intention: Building Better Listeners through Improvisational Dance
We can make that analogy for students between being constructive conversationalists, and active listeners and being good improvisational dance partners.
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The Arts as Core Content for 21st Century Learning
Where do the arts fit in, especially in building connections?
Curriculum
K-2 Arts Integration Lesson: Mapping Blueprints
This arts integration lesson Mapping Blueprints explore order & classification through Math and Visual Art.
Strategies
Inspiration and Affirmation
Every now and then life hands you an experience that helps serve as both inspiration and aspiration.
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STEM vs STEAM and All the In-Between
Need help understanding the difference between STEM vs STEAM?
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Moving, Shaking, and Music-Making: Providing Creative Release During Testing Season
How can we integrate the arts into testing season to provide our students with some sort of creative release?
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Test Prep: How the arts can assist in the process
High stakes test prep is the way of educational life, and whether we support that vision or not, it's here to stay.
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Core Music Anchor Standard 1
This is the first in an 11-month series where we shall break down the Core Music Anchor Standard for General Music.
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