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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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Art Making: Concentration with Imagination
Art Making - As I have shared on a number of occasions, visual art is not my forte but I am loving having the opportunity to teach art for art’s sake.
Approaches
GAIN: A New Arts Integration Network
GAIN is the Global Arts Integration Network and its founder, Maria Barbosa, is a brilliant Arts Integration Specialist and STEAM pioneer.
Educator PD
The Power of Your Default Future
One concept that has had a lasting and valuable impact on me is the idea of the default future.
Approaches
STEAMaker Classroom Ideas
In celebration of this week's announcement about our summer STEAM conference, we're discussing STEAMaker classroom ideas.
Strategies
Yes, and: Teaching Students to Improvise
Yes, and” is a great way to get started teaching students about acceptance of others’ ideas and building on those ideas.
Curriculum
Responding Syllables Arts Integration Lesson
This K-2 syllables lesson focuses on providing kindergarten through second grade students with a ways to respond to multi-syllabic words through music.
Strategies
Are you getting MYST-y?
One new one that I learned is called MYST and I like it because it involves reflective practice for teachers - the core of my educational philosophy.
Strategies
Arts: The Great Unifier
I was reminded how important the arts are to celebrations and how lucky I am to be a part of a family that values and participates in the arts.
Strategies
Focused Notes: it’s not the note-taking, it’s the note-making that counts
Mastering effective note taking is an important part of a student's college preparation.
Strategies
Paul Gauguin and the Three Questions
Paul Gauguin and his painting asks us to look deeply at our past, present and future not so much to answer questions but to search deep within ourselves.
Curriculum
Stained Glass Shapes Arts Integration Lesson
In this arts integration lesson, students get to work with stained glass shapes and get hands-on-learning learning shapes in a fun way.
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