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Using All the Puzzle Pieces: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Arts Education
Today, I'm discussing a multi-prolonged approach to arts education and the Turnaround Arts Partner school I'm fortunate to work with.
Deirdre Moore
Deirdre is a teaching artist and AI coach in the San Diego public schools dedicated to helping classroom teachers make arts an integral part of their teaching. Deirdre has an MEd in Arts Integration and over twenty years of classroom and performing arts teaching experience. Email Deirdre.
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Educating for Kinder, Gentler, More Humane Beings
Isn’t a major reason many of us were drawn to education to shape students to become better people?
Organization
Streamlining Integration
Streamlining Integration is an integration process by choosing elements from the various art forms serving to inform one another.
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Are You Trying to Over-Integrate?
Are you over integrating? Are you trying to over-integrate multiple arts areas into one lesson?
Strategies
The Name Dance: A “Getting to Know You” Activity
Looking for an activity to introduce your students to one another, and help you remember their names?
Strategies
Human Claymation: Using Theatre to Model Class Rules
How do human claymation and theatre go together?
Student Groups
Teaching with Shadow Puppets
Teaching with Shadow Puppets have a bit of a benefit in the classroom.
Strategies
Are We Listening to That Song Again? The Value in Guided Active Listening
Students might even resist listening to a piece several times in a row but with guidance they might be surprised what they notice!
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Audience Etiquette
Today, we're talking about Audience Etiquette and the unique experience I had while visiting a very cool concert given by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.
Approaches
Everybody Dance!
If you are looking for ways to re-create your to-do list, I suggest you celebrate National Dance Day this Saturday, July 26th.
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