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Screaming for Scratch Paper
Have you ever noticed that when you administer any high-stakes test, you always receive scratch paper in your testing box?
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Fun? In School?!
While engaging in the serious work of education, yourself permission to indulge in some art-making with the pure intention of just having some serious fun!
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Content or Kids: Choosing Your Teaching Focus
One of the most enlightening discussions was around their attitude to teaching middle schoolers.
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Don’t Forget to Ask: Guiding Reflection to Deepen Learning
While I believe that having an arts experience is worthwhile for any child, I know that any experience is richer with guided reflection.
Organization
Classroom Organization Checklist
Need some help getting your classroom organization under control?
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Make Not Art the Servant
In our zeal to improve test scores and make learning the core curriculum more engaging, let us not make art a faithful servant to the core curriculum.
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Finding an Arts Integration Buddy
Why not employ the same technique for creating Arts Integration lessons by finding an Arts Integration Buddy?
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Are You a Provocative Educator?
We need provocative educators who are unafraid and unashamed to push their students to go beyond the "right answer" and to find their OWN answer.
Strategies
Now That’s Getting Personal!
When something is getting personal, we care deeply about it; it carries meaning for us.
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What’s Your Ship Date?
Time between the dream and the reality is the pursuit of perfection, but all artists know that without a ship date, their dream will never become a reality.
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