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Technology Review: Piktochart in the Classroom
Technology Review of Piktochart in the classroom.
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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Curriculum
Musical Notation Jack-O-Lanterns
This festive lesson combines musical notation and observational drawing skills.
Student Groups
Action Art Making Strategies: Visual Art, Music, and Movement
Invigorate your students with a lesson plan that beautifully combines movement and art.
Educator PD
What Not to Say About Art In Front of Kids
What adults say when they talk to kids about art, creativity and artistic abilities or inabilities can shape how children start thinking about their own.
Educator PD
3 Creative Ways to Introduce STEAM Challenges
Explore our classroom warm up activities that introduce STEAM challenges or program education in a fun and memorable way.
Resources
Digital Time Capsules
Get to know your students in an innovative way that integrates technology skills, creativity, and digital literacy.
Classroom Management
Classroom Management: How to Value Our Students
Students are the most important components to our jobs as teachers.
Educator PD
Endangered Species Infographic PBL Lesson
In this Endangered Species Infographic PBL Lesson, I will outline how, as a school community, we can make a difference and bring awareness.
Classroom Management
The Power of Mistakes: Creating a Classroom Environment
Classroom environment is important and mistakes are crucial to growth.
Strategies
Back-to-School and Sunday Night Anxiety Tips and Tricks
You know Back To School Sunday night anxiety feeling?
Educator PD
STEAM Design Challenge: Kinetic Wind Sculptures
Kinetic Wind Sculptures are not only fun to make, they are perfect for providing a STEAM design challenge for school campuses and classrooms!
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