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Integrated Arts, PE, STEAM, and Health

Integrated Arts The article Arts Integration Improves School Culture and Student Success by Cheri Sterman (2018) offers a look into the positive impact that arts education has on school and student success. According to L. Earl Franks, arts education is “an essential part of well-rounded education.” There are many benefits to integrating arts education in…

The Innovator’s Mindset Details

Module 3

Part 1: Quality Questioning Responses As a lifelong learner and teacher, I am committed to generating and exercising new critical processes in my students’ thinking. Quality questioning is a great tool for effectively producing new thought processes and critical thinking. This works hand-in-hand with my personal educational philosophy. I will commit to using quality questioning…

Module 2

Part I – Instructional Models Presentation: Problem-Based Learning Model https://youtu.be/dYZdAIbTuEE Link to view the .pdf of this presentation: Problem Based Learning Presentation Links from the presentation: PBL Clearinghouse John Spencer’s YouTube Video Part II- 21st Century Tools: TeleStory I came across the app TeleStory while browsing Facebook. TeleStory is a fun and creative app that allows the…

Module 1

Part I – Essential Question “What is 21st Century Teaching and Learning?” When defining 21st century teaching and learning, many aspects must be considered. First, we should consider what is different about our 21st century world compared to previous times. Technology has existed since the dawn of society as a byproduct of necessity. Innovative thinkers develop…

All About Me

You’ll never be bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do! — Dr. Seuss Hi! My name is Beth Rush. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates and follow me on twitter to get recent tweets (button on home page)! click to view my intro…