Declaration of Innovative Arts
I input the prompt – “Rewrite the declaration of independence but it is for a class called ‘innovative arts’ where students are breaking from the…
I input the prompt – “Rewrite the declaration of independence but it is for a class called ‘innovative arts’ where students are breaking from the…
Being committed to writing a blog every single day is probably counterproductive in some ways. I’m usually tired, it can disrupt a nighttime routine, and…
I made a tool that will help on the first day of class – it uses the analogy of a train on a railroad track…
The apathy that we see in students has many causes. I am able to experience part of the problem first hand every August. On inservice…
Yesterday I wrote about reinventing the wheel. I hope I’ve invented an even better wheel in the case of feedback for projects. The image below…
It is time to develop a system of feedback in the Innovative Arts routine. Every 6-8 days, we have a ‘Check-in’ that gets students to…
I’ve developed the ideas (links below), sorted them, piloted them, and started systematically deploying them in my classroom. The last step is to share them.…
Ideally, everyone is walking into every class knowing that we are there to learn, grow, and get better. But I teach in a middle school…
A few years ago, I made a series of videos that taught how to use TinkerCAD – a free, simple 3D modelling program that kids…
There are things I’ve been trying to implement for years that are finally starting to work. The projects are supposed to be customizable and fun…
Today there was another strong indication that Innovative Arts class is coming together. The vision hasn’t changed, it is still mostly projects, curiosity, autonomy, and…
I have a custom leather case for my journals and it is turning into my favorite object. I made it because I kept wrecking the…
This site started as a blog, the first posts talked a lot about positive mindsets and learning through creating. It then started hosting resources that…
A part of Innovative Arts is teaching how creativity and being great at something do not just spring out of you from nowhere. We all…
I’ve tried a fair number of techniques to document and share the class “Mindset Topics” and finally have a solution that is flexible enough and…
I’m still plugging my way through ‘Serious Creativity’ and it is laying out how to break things down into ideas, concepts, and a whole list…
I’ve been working on this for some time but don’t think I should finish it. It is turning into a book. I’ll publish it as…
It is time to admit that ‘content creator’ is a real career pathway that didn’t exist just a few years ago. I was asking chatgpt…
By Edward De Bono, 1992 Here is the table of contents and a few notes from part one. It’s fascinating! I plan on wading into…
Here is the opening to the project were projects are just amazing! So much creativity, so much excitement in class! Teacher Overview: Why, how, and…
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