Arts Newsletter

Here is an informative newsletter from the NY State Alliance for Arts Education. Sign up to receive it at this website.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

For those interested in some exciting information and resources related to new methods in education, be sure to check out the 21st Century Skills website. The web site is chock-full of all kinds of interesting items related to teaching, organization, and tools for the educator of the new millenium.

Arts Education blogging

<strong>Arts Education Salon on ArtsBlog> All Next WeekPosted by John Abodeely On September - 16 - 2009
From September 21 to 25, two dozen arts education experts from around the country will blog daily on Americans for the Arts’ new arts education blog and webpage: www.AmericansForTheArts.org/ArtsEducation.

Each September, thousands visit our site, taking the start of the school year as an opportunity to ask questions about their children’s arts education. So the topic of this blog event will serve not only arts professionals but also citizens and concerned parents. Our esteemed bloggers will be talking about steps each person can take to ensure the children of their community have access to a great arts education.

Our bloggers will include members of the Arts Education Council of Americans for the Arts; Lucia Brawley, activist, actress, and writer for the Huffington Post; emerging leaders Jenna Lee and Kim Willey, both of Washington, DC; Mike Blakeslee from MENC; state advocacy leaders; state department of education staff; teaching artists; local program experts; and, other folks from all over the country.

But they’re just the start. You—and specifically your responses to their posts—are what this online event is truly about. That’s where you can weigh in, offer your own opinions and present yourself as an expert for readers around the country. Solutions do not come from the top down—they come from peers, colleagues, friends, and fellows well-met.

So take ten minutes out of your morning and afternoon routine at work each day September 21 to 25 to find out what everyone’s saying. You won’t regret connecting with your peers about this topic, I guarantee that.

To find out more about the blog event, and to read other blog posts, please visit Americans for the Arts’ Arts Education Blog.

Waxing Creative with Crayola

There are dozens of creative ideas to use in the classroom on the official site of Crayola crayons...lesson plans, activities, coloring pages, crafts, even a quiz on your child's IQ....Imagination Quotient....that is. Most things are free!

http://www.crayola.com

Show-Biz Science: Science That's Fun to Teach!

"Does the prospect of teaching science have about as much appeal to you as a sinus headache? If that's how you feel, take a deep breath...relax...science is not the mysterious process for eggheads it's crack up to be," says children's book writer Vicki Cobb. Find out more about Show-biz Science...the way to make teaching science the "most fun you've ever had in the classroom!" and find your students also picking up skills in reading, writing and math as well.

Kids In Need Teacher Grants Available NOW!!

Kids in Need Teacher Grants provide K-12 educators with funding for innovative learning opportunities for their students. The Kids In Need Foundation helps to engage students in the learning process by supporting our most important and creative educational resource -- our nation's teachers. Apply on their website

http://www.kidsinneed.net/grants/

New School of Engineering Education - Can We Get Them Connected to Arts Integration?

I am Johannes Strobel, an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education & Educational Technology @ Purdue University. I am also the Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning. I am primarily involved in the INNOVATIONS IN P–12 sTEm EDUCATION. This initiative aims to “develop research-based, pedagogically valid strategies for effective interventions that begin in the early elementary environment and guide P-20 engineering and technology pathways”.

Engineering Education is a new field and we at Purdue have the world’s first Engineering Education department (now even School). We are in charge of the first-year experience of all engineering undergraduates, coordinate the multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary engineering bachelor, and offer a Ph.D. in Engineering Education.

Learn More about this at http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jstrobel/blog/
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