Educator PD
Designing Professional Development for the 21st Century
Another traditional professional development concept that needs be retired is the idea of a hard and fast time for professional development.
Arts Integration
Arts Integration ideas offer an approach to teaching and learning through which content standards are taught and assessed equitably in and through the arts.
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Combat Perfectionism: Model Learning from Mistakes
The arts provide a perfect environment to show how mistakes are an integral part of the learning process.
Educator PD
The 2014 Teacher Summer Reading List
One of the things I most enjoy as an educator about the summer is being able to catch up on some reading.
Strategies
Students Practice Compassion through Mathematics
Compassion through Mathematics - The purpose of the arts integration residency was to provide students real-life connections to the math curriculum.
Strategies
Tell Me a Story: A Guide to Interactive Storytelling
How to keep the story interesting and keep the students interested during storytelling?
Educator PD
How to Connect your Entire Curriculum
One of the daunting tasks that lie ahead of all educators in the summer is revising and editing curriculum.
Resources
What is Arts Integration? Here’s What You Need to Know.
Ever been asked "what is arts integration"? Here's a quick and simple definition that will help everyone understand what it is and how to use it in schools.
Resources
Understanding and Innovation Through Analogy
How important is an analogy when helping scientists create new theories to test and helping them to make sense of unanticipated results?
Educator PD
How to write a Summary Song
It was exhausting but the experience fully reinforced why arts integration is so powerful.
Curriculum
Starry Myth Lesson
Today's lesson focuses on providing 2nd and 3rd grade students with a ways to understand and evaluate informational text through VanGogh's Starry Night.
Resources
Are You Biased Against Creativity?
Teachers dislike students who exhibit curiosity and creative thinking even though teachers acknowledge creativity as an important educational goal.
Educator PD
4 Steps to Successfully Landing a New Job
The time is upon us for transfers, promotions, and even summer new job interviews.
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