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How to use VR for engaging art lessons

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Virtual reality can help engage students in all manner of lessons, including art class. I’m really into using tech in my art classroom in any way (read about how I use Plickers in art ) and I based one of my Masters assignments on research around technology, differentiation, and self-paced learning.

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This visual arts teacher steps outside the box for remote learning

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Visual Arts Teacher. As far as their assignments go, I am creating a piece of art and taking pictures of it step-by-step. It made much more sense for my students if I uploaded the assignment to a Google Doc with really detailed instructions for them to follow. I post new assignments twice a week. Aaron Troyer.

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The dangers of attempting to ‘Instant Pot’ educational progress

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Students who would have been performing below standards and assigned intervention support are now being told they are passing. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test.

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How art can build student leadership skills

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Creative art experiences that challenge students to observe, articulate, reimagine, and take risks help build their confidence and leadership capacity, say experts. Art to SEEK for Intention. The SEEK™ acronym is a method that allows students to read and decode art. Art for Different POVs. Art for Communication Skills.

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The Station Rotation Model: Tip #1 Maximize Learning and Minimize Distractions with Assigned Seats

Catlin Tucker

Assigned Seats at Student-Led Stations As a teacher, I always had seating charts for whole-group instruction. But for those classes that needed extra structure during station rotation, I found assigning seats and strategically seating students in groups was equally important.

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Language Arts teacher: These are “My Tech Essentials” for high schoolers

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These app essentials will help keep high school students engaged while learning language arts, and teach them how to form the arguments and enhance learning comprehension. Newsela is a daily updated news-as-literacy platform accumulating articles on History, Science, Health, Law, and Arts. Forming the Arguments.

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Meet The Newest Liberal Art: Coding

Edsurge

When coding shows up in the curriculum of a liberal arts program, its primary purpose is usually pretty obvious: help students get hired. Instead, coding is integrated to explore where it fits in “the broader idea of the liberal arts in the traditional Greek sense,” Anderson explains. In other words, coding isn’t just tacked on.

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