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Face Your Art Resistance and Find You Can’t Resist
Face Your Art Resistance - Plan a lesson that involves the art form with which you are least comfortable or art form with which you are least comfortable.
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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The 2014 STEAM Conference of the Year is OPEN
his really is the STEAM conference of the year - we have presentations from art, music, classroom and technology educators from all over the globe.
Strategies
A New Perspective On Gaining Respect
I had the opportunity to lead a seminar on gaining respect in the workplace for twenty homeless adults in a culinary and custodial employment program.
Approaches
Using Badges in the Arts Classroom
One of the ways that always proves successful for me is by bringing a little fun to the mix: using badges in the arts classroom!
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The Great Kindness Challenge: Using the Arts to Create a Culture of Compassion
If we really want to create a culture of kindness in our schools and in our world, we need to create a culture of compassion and empathy.
Organization
The Common Core are Just Standards
The Standards aren't the problem. Rather, the curriculum, leadership and professional development of Common Core is at the heart of this issue.
Strategies
Exploiting Chaos – Thriving When You Think You’re Failing
I love the book title Exploiting Chaos because it's so contrarian.
Strategies
Learning SmARTer: Using the Arts to Strengthen Memory and Learning
The arts can be an effective tool to help students with retrieval practice to solidify and maintain the integrity of their learning and strengthen memory.
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How to Build Your STEAM Skills through Online Learning
Online learning enhancements, though, you can start and stop and re-watch whatever portions you need to really master the skills ahead of leaping in.
Strategies
Typography and Elements of Design
By arming students with an awareness of how typography can affect an audience, students can create effective presentations and become adept communicators.
Assessment
10+ Lifehacks for the Arts Teacher Evaluation
As we approach mid-year, teacher evaluations are in full swing for many educators.
Strategies
Cutting the Cord: Transitioning to Common Core
Support the Common Core reading objectives with this quick and easy strategy for reading informational text; and still have time for preparing performances.
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