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Social Emotional Artistic Learning with Elizabeth Peterson
The arts can provide such a natural conduit for social emotional learning.
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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Innovating Digital Learning with Carl Hooker
In this episode, Carl Hooker joins Team Grundler in a discussion about what digital learning really means and how it's effecting innovation in our schools.
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Draw and Play Here with Sam Peck
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2019 State of Teaching Survey Results
View the results of our survey of 5,000 teachers who shared their opinions on the state of teaching in 2019.
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African Storytelling
African cultures, especially the stories, are things that need to be cherished and passed on and this AI lesson will do just that.
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