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Brain-Powered Engagement through the Arts
We have students who are actively seeking ways to express their learning through creative avenues.
Dyan Branstetter
Dyan is a fifth grade teacher in a public school district in Lancaster, PA and has over 16 years of classroom experience. With a Masters of Science Education and a passion for dance and music, she strives to integrate the arts into the curriculum whenever possible. Dyan has a background in teaching advanced learners, and is devoted to using project based learning to help her students achieve 21st century learning skills and master the PA Core Standards.
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Children’s Books to Free the Inner Artist
Art can be intimidating to people whether they are looking at it or trying to make it.
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West African Drumming for Elementary Classroom Teachers
There are so many incredible connections between content areas and West African drumming.
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Character Reflection
One important aspect to education that has quickly been pushed aside to make way for more testing is building Character Reflection.
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Core Music Anchor Standard 9
As part of our series, we unpack Standard 9 in the Core Music Anchor for General Music, establishing and applying criteria in evaluating musical works.
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Dancing the Story: Integrating Art with Art
Integrating Art with Art, we are talking about an art form being integrated with a traditional core subject area like language arts, math, etc.
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Student Generated Projects
Learn how to attract student interest and build culminating projects, standards and preparing for upcoming assessments through student generated projects.
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Fostering Change in Your Teaching Practice
How do we take the fear out of implementing change in our teaching practice so that we can confidently deliver instruction in a new way?
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Mary Mary Quite Contrary, How Does Good PD Grow?
How many times have you attended a professional development workshop that’s presenting a specific approach?
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Creating and Viewing a Periscope for Educators
Today, I'm sharing two cheat sheets with you: how to CREATE and VIEW a Periscope for Educators.
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