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Science, Art and Meaningful Integration
Science and art are both essential to who we are as humans.
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Jaime Patterson is the Director of Content for The Institute. She understands educators need practical, time-saving ideas for bringing creativity into their classroom. These articles offer resources on the top issues facing educators today.
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Curriculum
Broadcasting Your Classroom
Broadcast journalism is a real-life career that we can share right in our classroom - AND it's a fun and exciting way to multiple standards together!
Resources
Deepening Learning with Skype
Deepening learning in your students by connecting with experts via Skype can have numerous benefits for an arts integration or STEAM lesson.
Educator PD
Too Much Art? The Misconceptions of STEAM
Is there too much art in STEAM education? Should STEAM be more STEM focused?
Advocacy
Deepening the Parent Teacher Relationship
Creating partnerships with parents helps both teachers and students.
Educator PD
Building Reflection into Your Teaching Practice
How much time do you really spend reflecting on your teaching practice?
Strategies
Making Literacy Connections with Carol Varsalona
Literacy can span all subjects and offers an easy link between classrooms.
Resources
From Classroom to Community with Samantha Melvin
In this episode, Samantha Melvin opens up about the possibilities that open up when we lead the way from classroom to community.
Resources
Redesigning Education with the Tech Rabbi
Tune into the Creatively Connected Classroom podcast to discover what redesigning education really means and the powerful steps to make that happen.
Advocacy
Benefits of Arts Education: Reaching a Broader Audience
The benefits of arts education reach further than the classroom.
Strategies
Tableau Strategy Video
This tableau strategy is an incredibly effective way to get students to understand author's purpose, character traits and inference in a variety of texts.
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