Curriculum
Week 5: Profiling Yourself as an Arts Advocate
As we move into Week 5 of the Arts Appreciation Course, our goal is to start helping profilimg students as an arts advocate.
Social Emotional Learning
In a time when schools are facing issues with bullying, poverty, and intense expectations, social emotional learning is more important than ever. As a tool for making meaning and communication, the arts can have a profound impact on the social emotional health of our students. In this section, you'll find resources and tips for integrating SEL with the Arts in your own classroom. Want more? Explore our online SEL and the Arts course for 25 PD hours.
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Educator PD
Driving Questions for Arts-Based Inquiry: Performing, Presenting, and Producing
In our Driving Questions for Arts-Based Inquiry series, we’ve been developing frameworks for inquiry based learning and project based learning.
Advocacy
SparkChasers Episode 46: Where Do We Go Next?
Today's SparkChasers episode makes a major announcement, so you'll definitely want to tune in to hear what we're changing up.
Strategies
Awesome Online Photo Editors
Instead of spending way too much money on those expensive personal photograph editing softwares, check out these free online photo editors.
Classroom Management
Celebrate Good Times! Why We Need to Celebrate in Schools
Why do we need to celebrate in schools? I find that too often schools and educators focus on what is wrong and what needs to be corrected.
Curriculum
Arts Integration Lesson: Lines of Giving
Our Lines Of Giving lesson is a perfect way to integrate reading, writing and visual art through one of the most loved picture books ever: The Giving Tree.
Resources
How to Roll Out Periscope For PD
After learning about Periscope platform, I thought this might be a useful tool for my school district to help teachers network and learn from one another.
Curriculum
Week 4: What is Theme?
We move into week four of our arts appreciation course this week to know what is theme.
Strategies
The Art of Mathematical Thinking
Mathematical thinking has a lot in common with the arts focusing on commonalities and intersections between science, technology, engineering, math and arts.
Educator PD
Episode 45: Is there a Right and a Wrong Way to STEAM?
Is there a right and a wrong way to STEAM? Can you mess this up?
Resources
Teaching Humanity
How can we help encourage our students to be good human beings, read here to find out effective teaching humanity to students.
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