Organization
Test Creative Ideas with a 90-Day Cycle
Consider a structure to Test Creative Ideas and innovations with a 90-Day Cycle of Networked Improvement.
Lauren LaFontaine
Lauren LaFontaine is a former Group Success Manager at the Institute. In this role, she provides implementation support for school groups who are leveraging the Accelerator as a tool for Arts Integration and STEAM. Lauren is a former middle school visual and computer art educator and lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. As a mentor teacher and professional development presenter, Lauren is passionate about creativity and making art accessible for everyone. Her passions in STEAM and Arts Integration are at the root of her goal to collaborate with classroom teachers everywhere.
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Educator PD
Happy Happenstance! Finding New Uses for an Old Game
Once I started to think about how else this old game could be used, I found lots of possibilities.
Strategies
Unpacking the Dance Standards: Standard 7
In unpacking this dance standards we need to analyze what our students need to know, understand, and be able to do.
Educator PD
2015 Winter STEAM Conference Recap!
WAfter an incredible day of learning, another online Winter Arts Integration and STEAM conference is complete.
Strategies
The Umbrella of Inquiry: Problem, Project, and Passion-Based Learning
The umbrella of inquiry includes Inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, problem-based learning, Passion-Based Learning, where do we begin?
Strategies
I Like to Move It: Combining Gesture with Speech
Many of us unconsciously use gestures as we speak, but it turns out gesture may actually be an important aspect of language development and has implications for educators on increasing effectiveness of instruction.
Strategies
Technique, or not to Technique?
How we establish our programs, where we place the focus, & our future visions are always going to vary.
Resources
Posting Learning Objectives: Are There Any Objections?
The objective of this post is to describe contrasting perspectives on posting learning objectives, & develop objectives that foster inquiry-based learning.
Classroom Management
Learning to Improve Fast and Implement Well
How can you improve fast, test new thinking, new ideas, and new innovations in a way to implement them well?
Strategies
Engagement: Creating Access to the Arts
Engagement - that’s a huge buzz word these days in so many industries.
Educator PD
It’s not the Change it’s the Transition
You welcome the new beginning with new energy and a new sense of purpose.
Educator PD
Refocus, Revamp, Revitalize
So once things have been established in the face of all this “newness,” how can you revamp your practice to maximize your classroom?
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