If you’re new to EducationCloset, here are our core beliefs:
- Creativity is Key. Too often our educational system relies solely on a single, standardized measure to determine student success. This doesn’t serve our students well and demeans their capacity for innovation. We resolve to bring back creativity in teaching and learning.
- Teaching is a science and an art. Alignment provides authenticity. To make true connections with students, we must honor all content areas with authentic alignments of standards and assessments. Only then can lessons be engaging and innovative.
- Integration of the Arts and Technology give students the opportunity to make real meaning through their learning. By making intentional connections to the arts and technology, we are preparing students for the real challenges and opportunities afforded by the 21st century.
- We are here to serve you. We know that you face incredible adversities and experience fascinating break-throughs We want to support you with the very best resources for your teaching craft.
EducationCloset is home to a community of teachers, leaders, artists and learners who strive to bring the creative spirit back to the classroom and to seek out the full potential of each student.
- The Art of Integration: A Vision for What Education COULD Be
- What is Arts Integration?
- How to Start an Arts Integration Program
- Arts Integration is a SNAP
- Look Fors in an Arts Integration Lesson
- 5 Shades of Integration
- Ways to Integrate Art and Math in an Elementary Classroom
- Arts Integration Lesson Plans
- The Power of Curriculum Mapping: Paving the Way to the Future
- Creating Buy-In for Integration
- The STEAM Ed App has Arrived!
- Finding the Time to Integrate
- A Balanced Composition – STEAM Lesson Seed
- STEAM Point Book Now Available
- STEAM Resources for any Classroom
- STEMify your Lessons!
- The Tools for Brand-ucating
- How do you Teach Innovation?
- Creativity Isn’t Measureable
- The Organized Classroom
- Creativity Infographic
- Network Nation Infographic
- Creating Student Equity through Arts Integration and Universal Design for Learning
- Arts Integration Forms
- Arts Integration Bookstore
- How PYP Connects to Arts Integration
- PYP Resources Reference
- (Social) Media Literacy for Educators
- 8 Ways to Create a Networked Classroom
- Personalized Learning in a Global Network
- Network 3.0
- Using Diigo as your Personal Library
- 5 Ways Learni.st can be used with Common Core
- Pinterize your Classroom
- The Death of Powerpoint
- Managing ePortfolios through the Cloud
- Set for Success: The Power of an Online School Portfolio
- 21st Century Ways to PD