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Draft Mission: "To promote the potential learning and development that all students can derive through the integration of the arts in education."

 

Here is a very cool site I found that connects math with the arts: http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/elc/aquamoose/  Like many good, free, applications, it is only available for Windows OS.



The Arts at K-12's Center Stage: Finding ways to increase student access to creative learning

The March issue of The School Administrator has been devoted to covering the important and diverse role of the Arts in Education.  Make sure to check it out!

* Notice the article - Wiki While You Work

* The Arts in Every Classroom




INITIAL RESOURCES:

• How and Why the Arts are Critical to Student Achievement and Better Schools: http://aep-arts.org/files/publications/MakingaCaseforarts.pdf
• Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development: http://aep-arts.org/files/publications/CriticalLinks.pdf
• View the Video: Why Maine IS a  21st Century Skills State: www.snapit.tv/p21newfinal.wmv
• International Baccalaureate Organization: www.ibo.org.
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation: www.edutopia.org.
• Syncing Up with the iKid: Connecting to the 21st Century Student: http://www.edutopia.org/ikid-digital-learner
• Curriculum: Art21--http://www.pbs.org/art21/.
• Our learners are more and more part of a "particpatory culture." Are we? http://newmedialiteracies.org/
• Maine’s 21st Century Learning Standards: http://www.picnet.net/basecamp/partnershipfor21stcenturyskills/supportretainer/P21_ME.pdf
• Prompted by new data that show 80% of Americans feel that jobs today require learning a different set of skills in school, a broad coalition has joined with national, state, and local organizations on an agenda to restore imagination and innovation as key outcomes of learning. To learn more about this exciting new development in whole school reform: http://www.theimaginenation.net/
• Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is More Important than Knowledge.” Now it’s time to move our children beyond average: Imagination and the 21st Century Education: http://www.theimaginenation.net/resources/tinresources_casestatement.pdf
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
• Innovative Learning Initiatives at http://www.bigthought.com
• Arts Education Partnership: http://aep-arts.org/
• Arts Integration Frameworks, Research and Practice: http://aep-arts.org/resources/integration2.htm
• Principals! You’re important, and so are the arts—“The arts play a very important role in our lives affording students an opportunity to think creatively and look at the world in a broader, more enlightened manner. In the 21st century and during the era of No Child Left Behind, it is even more important to include the arts in the education of our nation’s youth. If we are going to be on the cutting edge of a global economy, we need well rounded citizens who use their imagination to solve our world’s problems. Arts are one way to insure that America remains an Imagine Nation." — Dr. Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
• http://www.principals.org
• And just in case you think the world revolves around the east coast, check out what Oklahoma is doing to advance student learning through creativity: http://www.stateofcreativity.com/