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Art Making: Concentration with Imagination
Art Making - As I have shared on a number of occasions, visual art is not my forte but I am loving having the opportunity to teach art for art’s sake.
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Pat Klos taught middle school foreign languages and served as an arts integration specialist in MD. She shares how to connect literacy and the arts through visual thinking strategies.
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The Power of Your Default Future
One concept that has had a lasting and valuable impact on me is the idea of the default future.
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Yes, and: Teaching Students to Improvise
Yes, and” is a great way to get started teaching students about acceptance of others’ ideas and building on those ideas.
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Are you getting MYST-y?
One new one that I learned is called MYST and I like it because it involves reflective practice for teachers - the core of my educational philosophy.
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Arts: The Great Unifier
I was reminded how important the arts are to celebrations and how lucky I am to be a part of a family that values and participates in the arts.
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Focused Notes: it’s not the note-taking, it’s the note-making that counts
Mastering effective note taking is an important part of a student's college preparation.
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Paul Gauguin and the Three Questions
Paul Gauguin and his painting asks us to look deeply at our past, present and future not so much to answer questions but to search deep within ourselves.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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