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STEAM Leadership: 4 Tips on Fostering Innovation At Your Door Step
One of the things that we fail to do is truly take the time to define the components of fostering innovation as STEAM leaders.
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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Strategies
Creating vs. Imitating
The artist and the educator in me long to make space for creative process.
Strategies
4-Read Strategy: A tangible way to teach annotating and analyzing text
The 4-read strategy will assist your students in analyzing text.
Organization
Technology Drawing on STEAM: Using the Wacom Intuos Pro
We would like to show you a new piece of technology for the classroom: the Wacom Intuos Pro!
Curriculum
The Arts Intersection
My first month of articles will focus on arts intersection, as I believe that, making the case for the arts is vital step in building arts integration.
Educator PD
Smile for the Camera! Revising Pieces in the Performing Arts
It's harder to revise & review the performing arts than it is the visual arts.
Approaches
EdCloset Year in Review
As we close out 2014, we want to take a look at our year In review, all we've accomplished this year, and all of the "firsts" we experienced along the way.
Strategies
5 Musical Works for the Literacy Classroom
Just in case your Arts Integrated wish list isn’t long enough, today I’d like to share a list of must-have music resources for creative individuals.
Organization
STEAM Leadership: 8 Innovative Resources to Explore in 2015
As we all begin to wrap up 2014 and look forward to the new and exciting possibilities of 2015 we have outlined 8 innovative resources that are worthy.
Strategies
Arts Integration: It May Be Closer Than You Think
Need some help with arts integration standards alignment?
Resources
STEAM Goes Interactive
One of my favorite tools, ThingLink offers the ability to take any static image and transform it into an interactive learning experience.
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