Edutopia
I've been using Edutopia both as a blog and as a magazine resource for years to influence my teaching and to assist others in their classrooms. It is one of the smartest and well-designed sites I've seen that really create out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to 21st century educational ideals and practical uses for arts integration and new ways of thinking and teaching. The slogan - "What Works in Education."
NPR is one of my top daily sources to start class with. Often I will hear a story driving in my car over the weekend, and then pull it up the following week to use as a class starter. It also keeps me connected to the living world, and I think its important for my students to do that as well, and not be kept in the history of things, but the present as well.
Continuing on the NPR path, since I teach a Film study course, I often will look at this movie blog that NPR does that often will have really neat stories on old films, new films or just the nostalgia in general. They really take a all-around approach to film study and I use it quite often.
I just came upon this site and thought it would be useful for two reasons. First, my ultimate career goal is to become an Arts Integration specialist, and share with other teachers how easy and fulfilling it is to integrate and infuse arts into their classrooms. Secondly, part of my Action Research is to actually create a blog similar to this one for my district, and since it is hosted by Scholastic, I look forward to what is posted here.
I've started out my career as a music teacher, and still continue my music studies at my church as an employed music assistant. I also just was hired part time at another school in my district to get back into the field of music education to start a chorus program in a high school setting. I've been kind of out of the loop for the last three years, so this will help me to catch up to what's going on!
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