Curriculum
A Balanced Composition – STEAM Lesson Seed
Today’s Free Friday is a new STEAM lesson seed, following our week’s theme of balance.
Flipped Classroom
Have you explored the flipped classroom model yet? In this approach, students review instruction at home (usually using pre-recorded videos from teachers) and use class time to work on their projects. This can be particularly engaging when used with Arts Integration and STEAM. Use these resources to help you with the flip!
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Approaches
5 Ways to Bring Balance To Student Work
Here are 5 ways that you can encourage students to develop their ability to bring the art of balance to their student work.
Organization
Balanced Engagement: Giving Every Art Form Its Share of the Pie
In an arts integrated classroom, we want to be giving as much equal and balanced engagement in the various arts as we can.
Resources
Transforming from Traditional to Tradigital
We live in a world where technology is becoming more and more prevalent, and being released with new innovations every year.
Resources
8 Ways to Create a Networked Classroom
There is no reason that in the 21st century we shouldn’t be seeing an explosion of the networked classroom as a standard of good teaching.
Strategies
The Beauty of Simple Structure
This simple structure allowed their own ideas to be channeled and freed and allowed me the opportunity to really observe each child.
Approaches
Tour the New Institute Website!
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Educator PD
Best Degrees for the Traveling Soul
Some people graduate from seminary schools and then spend their lives traveling through these “third world” areas, helping to build them up.
Resources
Managing ePortfolios through the Cloud
ePortfolios are going to change the way that we assess students, beyond the arts classes, across all contents.
Resources
Creating Courses through Pinterest
Our focus today is using social media giant Pinterest and teaching you and others how we succeed creating courses through Pinterest.
Educator PD
Nurturing Your Creative Self: A Fun New Year’s Resolution
I'm talking about nurturing your creative self, doing what it takes to take your creative mind to new heights, goals and success.
Resources
How to Ask Interesting Questions using the Creative Process
Students must be able to find and craft interesting questions in order to truly be invested in what and how they learn.
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