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Asking Students What They Think: Part of a Formative Assessment Approach to Teaching
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment dance, Formative Assessment, music, Students, theatre
At this time of COVID 19 and the breakneck speed of shifts to online learning, I want to discuss the use of formative assessment. Michigan uses this definition of formative assessment within its
Continue ReadingCathy DePentu: Developing Whole, Productive, Creative Humans
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment 21st century skills, arts education, Cathy DePentu, MAEIA Leadership Fellows, Pixar, programmers, STEAM, value of the arts
Simon Sinek’s “Golden Circle” resonates with many arts educators. The concept “Start with...
Continue ReadingNational Connected Arts Network: You CAN Grow Using PLC Practices
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are nothing new. Many schools build in time, processes, and procedures to ensure their teachers are using PLCs as a part of their pathway to build themselves within the profession and...
Continue ReadingAn Art Teacher’s Perspective on Remote Learning
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Colleen Shoup, COVID-19, dance, MAEIA, Remote Learning, Theater, visual arts
“Can we do clay…….Pleeeeease?” This was a question from one of my 4th grade art students during our first Zoom meeting for Remote Learning-Art. “Uhhhh, no?” was my response. Unfortunately, when our school district...
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