I find myself saying this quite a bit as a teacher. It seems too often we assume students have all the skills they need, but that is not always true. I know, this doesn’t seem like a positive way to start this post, but it can be a reality. Sometimes we take for granted that [...]
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A couple of years ago, I attended an Arts Integration Day at Plymouth State University. There, I presented a hands-on workshop on Building Community through Music. But before the workshops began, all the attendees and presenters were treated to a wonderful keynote speaker and a performance by TIGER: (Theater Integrating Guidance, Education, and Responsibility), a [...]
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How do you approach teaching? When you are with students, how do you act? What do you say? Are you engaging and encouraging? Are you curt and sarcastic? Are you somewhere in between? (These are questions I ask of you and of myself…we’re in this together, after all. ) In the book I am currently [...]
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This week some students of mine have begun the blogging process. They are very excited and so am I. Since the beginning of the school year, they have been writing in their “Reflection Journals” at the end of every day, reflecting on what they have learned in the various subjects and about themselves as learners. [...]
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Educators need to do more than teach; they need to create experiences for their students. Experiences are what make learning come alive. Let’s face it, experiences are what life is made of and what we need to emphasize in our classrooms if we are to teach the whole child. The arts provide a wonderful way to bring experiences into your teaching.
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What’s an “Elevator Speech”? It’s a short monologue that expresses something about which you are passionate. Imagine yourself in an elevator with someone who is talking with someone else or to you and then they strike that chord. “But the arts aren’t REALLY that important in education, right?” “How can you really learn anything from [...]
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Many of our readers are interested in actual lesson plans and ideas. So, here you go! My mind over the last week has been focused on collaboration and how it is the key to effective integration. We cannot all be experts in everything, so we need to ask for assistance with things we may be [...]
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Another post on this site, “What is True Arts Integration” sparked a little bit of dialogue and last night I was replying to the comments that had been made. While doing so, I found an important key concept in arts integration ringing through – Collaboration. Collaboration has been discussed here and on other blogs (and [...]
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Years ago when I was finishing up my master’s program from Endicot College (Beverly, MA) in Arts and Learning, I had to present my final project to my cohort. As part of our finals, we were encouraged to express our journey through an artistic form. During my journey, I discovered that I was an artist. [...]
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