Strategies
Sugar Plums, Soldiers, and Snowflakes, Oh My!
With the holidays approaching, and the year winding down, it's time to break out the fun activities!
Holly Valentine
Holly Valentine is the Director of Curriculum and Assessment for the Institute for Arts Integration and Steam. Prior to joining the Institute, Holly worked as an Arts Integration and Classroom Teacher for 20 years in a suburb of Rochester, NY. She is a certified Arts Integration Specialist and has served as an Arts Standards Writer for the New York State Education Department. Holly has been a recipient of the NYC Broadway League's Apple Award for her work in Arts Education. She also serves as the Director of Education for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, where she has created nationally recognized programs and develops standards-based curriculum for touring Broadway shows in order to bring the theatre to classrooms and classrooms to the theatre. Holly holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology as well as a Masters degree in Education from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, where she currently lives.
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Curriculum
Introducing the STEAMER Series
The use of the word rigor in education today is almost as frequent as the words Common Core.
Resources
12 Books for the Arts Integrated Library
12 titles, old and new, you might want to add to your classroom, professional, and personal integrated library for the arts integration educator.
Strategies
Arts Integration Lesson: Line Plot Dance
In today's lesson, we're pairing traditional mathematical line plot with choreographic writing to produce line plot dance.
Educator PD
How Much Challenge Is Too Much? The Dilemma of the Artist and the Educator
How much challenge is too much? That is the dilemma of the artist facing most of the time.
Educator PD
SmART Ideas: Roll the Dice for Choice-Based Assessment!
SmART Ideas: Roll the Dice for Choice-Based Assessment - In today's SmART Ideas video tip, I'm sharing a great way to "shake up" your assessments.
Advocacy
Why I’m Thankful for Arts Integration
Music and dance have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Educator PD
Grading Hacks
Do you have mounds of student assignments to grade and not a great deal of time?
Educator PD
Embedding the Arts in the PBL Process
Embedding the Arts in the PBL Process - Explore integrating the arts in the project based learning process by identifying access points.
Educator PD
Episode 32: What to Do When the Project Flops
After a HUGE year of ups and downs here at EdCloset, I know a thing or two about what to do when the project flops.
Strategies
Let the Music Play On
Let The Music Play On - In this lesson, we discuss the role music plays in our life during times of tragedy and struggle.
Assessment
Using Artists’ Statements for Assessment
An artist statement and assessment tool can help determine which students create something that is meaningful, and which students just go through.
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