by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
STEM was designed with integration in mind. It is creating a lesson that incorporates the best of science, technology, engineering and math. It asks students to question the work they do while searching for an answer. You calculate while you experiment. You find...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Haiku is a short poetic form that seems simple, but can be very difficult to write if you want to stay true to the art form. I have a limited knowledge of the true essence of haiku, but, like many teachers, tend to use it as a go-to form of poetry that students can...
by guest blogger | Arts Education and Integration
When I was in grade school I remember hating history. I knew it was important to learn about, but the material was always so dull and uninteresting. Now that I’m older I love history. History really isn’t dull or boring at all. There are so many big events that have...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Today I am excited to be presenting at the second annual Connectivity Conference hosted by Susan Riley of educationcloset.com. Her site has many wonderful resources for teachers who want to begin or continue integrating the arts into their work. If you haven’t...
by Jenna Smith | Arts Education and Integration, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
Many teachers support both arts and tech integration. However, they don’t realize the two subjects can be integrated together. They become trapped thinking arts integration is analog and tech integration is digital; the former is fingerpainting, making music and...