Strategies
Making Powerful Connections through Collaboration
Discover what Don Masse has to say about the importance of collaboration.
Professional Development
All teachers need professional development. Why not make it meaningful to your individual teaching practice? In this area, you'll find a wide variety of ways you can keep your own creative juices flowing. Be sure to dig into the subtopics for more specific PD opportunities.
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Strategies
Art-Making: Concentration with Imagination
Maximize student engagement with a creative lesson plan.
Strategies
Strategies for Group Script Writing that Address the 4C’s
After reading a grade appropriate version of the story, students practiced in group script writing to report on “What Happened to Ichabod Crane”.
Advocacy
ARTISTIC Critique of Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn
ARTISTIC Critique, Mike Anderson's Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn is an important key to student motivation & Achievement.
Classroom Management
We Buried “I Can’t” Today
Students may be afraid to try something new in the first place or take creative risks.
Classroom Management
Equity, Theatre and English Language Learners
Currently I am teaching theatre to several groups of third graders in a school which has a very high percentage of English Language Learners.
Strategies
Using the Reciprocal Teaching Strategy with Works of Art
Reciprocal Teaching strategy has proven its effectiveness as an instructional strategy for reading comprehension, exploring works of art, music, dance, etc.
Educator PD
Family Art Night – Try It, You’ll Like It!
It's time to allow a group of people, friends and families of students at the school, to have an evening of family art night.
Student Groups
Meeting the Needs of Advanced Learners
What happens when you meet an advanced learners who already knows the majority of the content you're teaching?
Student Groups
Action Art Making Strategies: Visual Art, Music, and Movement
Invigorate your students with a lesson plan that beautifully combines movement and art.
Strategies
My Top iPad Apps for Creation
iPads are great for classrooms and there are thousands of apps out there.
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