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Zentangle Goal Setting for Precision, Patterns, and Perseverance
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An Arts Integrated Thanksgiving Project
Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving lesson, I extend my instruction using the book How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving project Story by Eve Bunting.
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Tech: Making the Most of What You Have
Sometimes, it's all about making the most of what you have to work with.
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Expanding Sentences with Seurat
The lesson I found, written by Bruce Stewart, uses Seurat's art to teach the skill of expanding sentences to create meaning and imagery.
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Close Looking as a Strategy for Arts Integration
Arts integration encourages observation skills through artful thinking, but can help students access particular concepts.
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Classroom Beautiful: Floral Design in the Classroom
Think about ways you can involve your students in helping to create that space.
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10 Great Biographical Documentaries on Contemporary Artists for the Classroom
Here's a list of ten terrific biographical documentaries on contemporary art and artists for inspiration that I’ve used in class with some helpful notes.
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The Creative Summer for Educators
Allowing yourself some time for a creative summer is a great idea, one that I’m sure good educators could rally behind so why is it that it’s not prevalent?
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10 Ways to Inspire Creativity with Everyday Things
When we are given constraints or a limited set of rules, it can actually help make us more productive and help inspire creativity.
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Hacking Technology for the Classroom
There's a wide range of awesome ways we can use hacking technology in the classroom.
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Integrating Visual Art into Instrument Design
Instrument design is a great arts integrated project and a natural pairing of music and science, but how do we integrate visual art as well?
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Austin’s Butterfly – An Opportunity for Arts Integration
Austin's Butterfly - An Opportunity for Arts Integration.
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