Curriculum
Introducing the STEAMER Series
The use of the word rigor in education today is almost as frequent as the words Common Core.
K-3 Arts Integration Lesson Plans
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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.
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.
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.
Strategies
Core Music Anchor Standard 10
As part of our year-long series unpacking the Core Arts Standards for General Music, we now look at Core Music Anchor Standard 10.
Resources
3D Printing… Where Do I Start?
Looking to do 3D Printing in the classroom? The key to 3D printing is the design process.
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