Strategies
Love is in the Air: Colors, Lines and Valentines!
Making Valentines with elements of art is a great way to have the students create something they will be intrinsically motivated to share.
IB/PYP/MYP
International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme (IB/PYP/MYP) are approaches grounded in asking meaningful questions. Many of these questions are the same as ones that artists have been asking for generations. Who are we? Why are we here? How do we effect change? By connecting IB/PYP/MYP and Arts Integration, students are able to bring their unique point of view to any complex issue.
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Strategies
iNotice3 Arts Integration Strategy
A great strategy for extending and deepening learning through the arts is the iNotice3 strategy.
Strategies
Are you the FUN teacher or the MEAN teacher?
Are you the fun teacher or the mean teacher? In today's article, we'll look at the traits of both and let you in on what we're talking about.
Educator PD
Arts Integration Strategy Master Class
Our popular Arts Integration Strategy Master Class series is back for 2014 and we have an incredible offering to kick off the New Year.
Resources
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.
Approaches
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!
Resources
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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