Organization
Moving from Lesson Seeds to Lesson Plans
Lesson seeds here at the Institute focus on authentic Arts Integration and STEAM concepts rather than lesson plans.
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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Advocacy
Parent/Child Exhibits
Garnering deep parental support for the arts and help them connect with their child by offering parent and child exhibit opportunities.
Advocacy
Getting Arts on the Menu for Conference Season
Conference season is the season of late evenings, courageous conversations and collaborations between parents and teachers.
Strategies
Structuring Dance
It’s all about structure. Here are a few pointers that may help you with structuring dance, a piece based on a story or a process.
Strategies
Touchpoint Ideas for Effective Classroom Experiences
Discover the educational benefits of an effective classroom layout.
Curriculum
Decoding daVinci: STEAM Lesson
In this week's STEAM lesson and seed, we're sharing a unique way to showcase daVinci and the use of visual journaling and sketchbooks.
Resources
Designing a Difference
Learn to work with others to create real change, however small, in the world.
Resources
Designed to Code
With advances in technology, it’s now possible for students to create their own code to build any program, idea or resource they desire.
Educator PD
Putting Words into Art
Words or ideas that come to mind as we examined the painting carefully.
Educator PD
Creating Context and Relevance Part II
Creating Context and relevance process after being inspired by the book Making Learning Whole by Project Zero founder David Perkins.
Resources
Top STEAM Apps of 2013 for Integration
Trying to find resources that truly provide students with a genuine STEAM experience?
Resources
Getting Serious about Having Fun
Teaching and learning are very serious business but because they are so important, we educators must get serious about having fun.
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