Rejuvenating! Having Conversations, Making Connections Total Participation Creating and Sharing These are some of the responses that were told to me in the last 20 minutes of the Teacher Art Retreat that was held Monday through Wednesday of this week (August 15-17). I am so energized by the time we had together at this wonderful [...]
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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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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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I am so excited to announce The Inspired Classroom’s first ever Teacher Art Retreat summer event! Join teachers from the area who are ready to treat themselves to three days of art making and idea sharing. Whether you are interested in ARTS INTEGRATION, ART EDUCATION, or just need some time for YOURSELF, this retreat, built [...]
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Here’s an exciting opportunity for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas: An Arts Integration graduate level course! If you are in the Maine/Massachusetts/New Hampshire area this summer, you may want to invest some time into this! Read on for details: I am excited to announce that I will be conducting a graduate level [...]
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The other day I held a short workshop in my school district on arts integration. I called it a kick stART because it was a chance to learn or remember what it means to truly integrate the arts as well as learn and share ideas for how to do that. We looked at various art [...]
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