Curriculum
How Your Students Can Be Citizen Scientists
We want students to see themselves as artists, writers, readers and mathematicians, right?
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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Educator PD
Culture and the Arts: Finding the Common Thread
Once you have the access point for your Arts Integrated unit, the rest of it falls into place.
Educator PD
Integrating Across the Arts: Art and Music
Blend art and music instruction for a creative and eye-opening visual result from your students.
Educator PD
Utilizing Museum Programming with Elizabeth Benskin
In this episode of Teaching with Creativity, we're talking about how to connect with local museums and how to utilize museum programming with your students, we also learn about exciting upcoming exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Curriculum
Variations of Heredity Traits in Visual Art
The Teaching with Creativity Vodcast is back for season two!
Educator PD
Teaching With Creativity: Take-Two!
Announcing Season Two of our Arts Integration and STEAM podcast, Teaching With Creativity!
Resources
What Does an Arts Integration Specialist Do?
Ever thought about becoming an arts integration specialist?
Resources
Self-Care for Teachers
Let’s explore a few ways you can integrate a little self-care into your life because we all know you can’t fill from an empty cup.
Student Groups
Arts Create Opportunities to Access for All
It is no secret that all populations benefit from the arts, but the ones who seem to reap the most benefit are those who have trouble learning in traditional ways.
Strategies
See Think Wonder: Winter Photography Round-Up
To get you started with using this amazing See Think Wonder strategy, I have collected some interesting, winter-themed, discussion fueling images that you can introduce to your classroom today!
Classroom Management
4 Surefire Ways to Reach Unmotivated Gifted Students
Before you begin to analyze the behavior of your seemingly unmotivated gifted students, you must first determine if the cause of the underachievement is due to instructional design.
Resources
Design Across the Arts
Although there is a popular link between the design thinking process and visual and media art, this process can easily be applied to the performing arts if standards align.
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