Well the Teacher Art Retreat is underway and we are having a great time! So far, we have moved, breathed, eaten, glued, designed, shared, talked, played, acted, painted, laughed, questioned, and reflected. (I’m sure I’m missing a few verbs…) Our hinged box books are built and tomorrow we will work on the content of the [...]
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What do you think of when you hear the words professional development? I sent this question out to my PLN on Twitter and here are some of the replies I received: Sad, isn’t it? Teachers are not slackers. We are hard working. So when we are put into situations where PD doesn’t “DO it” for [...]
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I was fortunate to have presented again at the Reform Symposium – 3 days of free webinars given by teachers and educators from around the world. It was another great experience. I presented on “Integrating Music with Literacy to Help Struggling Readers.” I find this topic very interesting and was so excited to share my [...]
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Stories can help things stick. I’ve been noticing this more than usual lately. One time I noticed was just this week when my 4 year-old daughter came home from vacation bible school and started telling me all about what she was learning. Both she and my 5 year-old son were telling me the details as [...]
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It always amazes me how quickly a community can be build when art is involved. I was reminded about this last week, during the grad class I taught in arts integration and the creative process when I saw it happen again. During our five day class we created visual art, music, stories, poems and drama [...]
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This past week I have been conducting a graduate level course in arts integration. It is called “Learning Through the Creative Arts: A Look into the Creative Process.” I have been blown away by the wonderful learnings, creative artwork, thoughtful conversations and truly integrated lesson plans that have come out of our time together. This [...]
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Yesterday was the first day of a grad class I am teaching this summer. It is called “Learning Through the Creative Arts: A Look into the Creative Process”. Of course we started by getting to know each other and instead of having the class participants create a piece of artwork or dramatize their introduction as [...]
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This past week end, I was at a wedding for my cousin, and boy, did I dance! It was a blast! Old school, new school, ethnic, modern: if it had a beat, I was on the dance floor. In fact, there were a lot of regulars on the dance floor. As with many weddings I’ve [...]
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Have you ever really stopped to think about where greatness comes from? Really – I mean where great things come from. They don’t just pop up, they grow: great ideas, great events, great people who do great things. Each of these has a beginning, a seed. Whether we are talking about a person who creates [...]
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