What Florida teachers are saying…..

“I am a music teacher, but I have some great ideas for helping 4th grade teachers tie in writing.”

“I’m an elementary Art Educator, but, since the workshop, I’ve been keeping in mind that students learn in different ways, and that not everyone interprets things in the same way. I am constantly trying to incorporate new strategies to reach all students.”

“One of the ways I am using arts in my classroom is through the art critique process to discuss historical pieces throughout our studies in the Social Sciences. Then allowing the students to create a masterpiece extension of their interpretation of the pieces.”

“I am a music specialist, so I teach music everyday. Today, I incorporated dance by expressing the music through movement. I also incorporate the academics into my classroom. For example the entire 4th grade studied the amendments of the constitution and wrote rhyming songs about them. They performed for the school news show.”

“Although I teach music, I have not always used artistic methods of conveying concepts. Since the workshop, I have included student-generated rhyme compositions for memorizing key signatures, as well as kinesthetic movement to display nuances of musical expression in rehearsal, among other things.”

“I recently did a clay project and was able to incorporate a computer animated clay model, which created enthusiasm for the project we were working on.”

“I have used movement, music, and drama in my lessons, particularly in Readers Theater. It has enhanced the learning experience. I’ve also used rhythm in studying vocabulary words, etc.”

“I approach every subject from multiple art form prospective. This helps the students to develop their knowledge and discover new possibilities in the arts.”

“I have written and used two “jingles” so far for my students to help recall math processes they must know… the kids LOVE it & still remember them weeks later!”

“I have infused art, movement, and music into my curriculum. Students have had an opportunity to be expressive by creating our word wall artistically; they have put our classroom rules to a music rap and recorded them to a DVD; students have used movement to express how the music makes them feel. Students have also used crafts and art supplies that we had never included prior to Untie the Right Brain.”

“When attention and enthusiasm is low, I am incorporating physical movement into my lesson.”

“The creative collaborations have energized my philosophy and have been a positive reinforcer to my teaching methods.”

“I lOVE Arts Edge one of the many online resources we were given and I have used several of the handouts that we were given over the summer course. I especially like the Gardner/Bloom integration matrix.”

 ”I used the Brain Dance, the Multiple Intelligence games and tools, the jingle as a cross curriculum instrument.”

“Definitely the workshops that were provided by outside speakers were of extreme value. Imagination Quest really kick-started my beginning to infuse imagination and movement into my classroom. Also, at the beginning the grant provided a stipend, and that stipend help purchase crafts and arts supplies and technology equipment for my classroom for the infusion to take place.”