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Teaching Through the Arts
A celebration of integrating creative movement, visual arts, drama, poetry, music, and storytelling into everyday teaching practices since 2007. This...
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Comics and Chemistry: a Perfect Match!
Teaching Through the Arts ― When I was in 8th grade my history teacher had us learn about economics through, of all things, a comic book, and now almost 40 years later, I can still remember it. So what does that say about learning? It says to me that the material, which I find... (more)
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Posted on Aug 24th, 2011
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Standing Up in Class: an Option to Enhance Learning for Some Students
Teaching Through the Arts ― Think about how you position yourself when you read a book, use your laptop or peruse through a newspaper or magazine. Chances are sitting in a hard, straight back chair in front of a small desk doesn't rank high on your list. In fact as I write this... (more)
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Posted on Aug 24th, 2011
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Student Voices on Education Evolution: We Need Change in our Educational System
Teaching Through the Arts ― Sir Ken Robinson posted this video on Facebook, and I am so glad he did. It's been my contention all along that the real positive changes in our educational system are going to come from the students up, and these young people are making their voices... (more)
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Posted on Aug 5th, 2011
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Bring a Poem to Class that You Don't Understand
Teaching Through the Arts ― I love this idea tweeted by Carol Jago, she writes, "Don't be afraid to bring a poem you don't understand to class. Model your own process for making sense of what's on the page- what's obscure"What a great idea to make sense out of something in... (more)
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Posted on Aug 3rd, 2011
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More Practical Examples of Formative Assessments
Teaching Through the Arts ― Check out the West Virginia Department of Education site for some more examples of formative assessments. Some great ideas here. Thanks to teachersharetp for the Twitter link to the site. (more)
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Posted on Aug 3rd, 2011
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Harvard Professor calls Lecture Outdated and Largely Ineffective
Teaching Through the Arts ― Reading Dennis Pierce's excellent article in eCampus News on Harvard professor Eric Mazur's discussion that lecture is an outdated and largely ineffective way for students to learn. It seems like every day we read about or hear someone discuss the... (more)
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Posted on Aug 3rd, 2011
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"Why Alternative Education Needs to Go Mainstream"
Teaching Through the Arts ― An interesting piece from Good Education on using alternative education models for all students. You can read the entire piece here. Something to really think about."Research shows that alternative education—small learning communities,... (more)
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Posted on Aug 2nd, 2011
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Ted Talk: Sebastian Seung "I am my Connectome"
Teaching Through the Arts ― Okay, so I may have gone "connectome crazy" here, but this Ted talk by Dr. Sebastian Seung is incredibly interesting and very accessible even for an English teacher like me. Give it a look-I'm sure you'll enjoy it and learn something important about... (more)
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Posted on Aug 1st, 2011
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Learned a new word: the "Connectome"
Teaching Through the Arts ― I always enjoy learning new words, and I came across one this morning connected to one of my latest interests-brain research-and it's called the connectome. Here's an excerpt from the article Brain's Connectome from Branch to Branch appearing on... (more)
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Posted on Aug 1st, 2011
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Matt Damon speaks out for teachers and against standardized testing at SOS Rally in DC
Teaching Through the Arts ― Matt Damon’s speech at the Save Our Schools rally, July 30, 2011‘I think you’re awesome!” I flew overnight from Vancouver to be with you today. I landed in New York a few hours ago and caught a flight down here because I needed to tell... (more)
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Posted on Jul 30th, 2011
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Deepak Chopra: "Video Game that aids in meditation and relaxation"
Teaching Through the Arts ― We have a Wii system in our house, and we have a great time playing the games, especially together, doing Wii Fit, playing Endless Oceans, Let's Dance II and Zumba to name a few. The thing I love about all of those games is that there is no killing,... (more)
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Posted on Jul 30th, 2011
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Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Educational System
Teaching Through the Arts ― Dovetailing nicely with my last post about making school fun and making learning have meaning for students, I came across this speech by high school valedictorian Erica Goldson on the wonderful site The Innovative Educator. In less than ten minutes,... (more)
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Posted on Jul 30th, 2011
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Dare We Ask...Make School Fun? Make Learning Meaningful to Students? Ahhh....Yes Please!
Teaching Through the Arts ― I've often asked teachers in our classes "when does school cease to be fun?" Years ago the answer was grades six or seven, but now it's usually more like second or third. Why is that? Why does school have to be drudgery? Thinking back on my own high... (more)
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Posted on Jul 30th, 2011
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Ted Talks: Julian Treasure 5 Ways to Listen Better
Teaching Through the Arts ― How many of our relationships, not only as teacher and student, would be improved if we were able to listen better? In another wonderful Ted talk, Julian Treasure discusses listening and gives 5 ways we can become better listeners. Worth a look. (more)
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Posted on Jul 29th, 2011
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How the brain keeps track of what we're doing
Teaching Through the Arts ― Being informed on how the brain learns just makes sense if you are in the education world. The August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science gives a different view on "working memory" by neuroscientist Robert H. Logie. Read the entire... (more)
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Posted on Jul 29th, 2011
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