This session presents an arts-based education research study of children's drawing(s) as an interrelated sociocultural and ecological phenomenon connected to the emergence of ecocultural identity and learning to inhabit place. Highlighting the challenges of ostensibly ecocentric education for children, this study offers critical insight on pedagogical practices.
Learn how a 6-year-old high school photography program earned 400 Scholastic awards with mostly cell phone cameras, some ED&I training, and big dreams. Art and media arts teachers, museum educators, STEAM teachers: Want to add a unit of photography? Or start a program? This session is for you!
Stop motion animation is a fun, engaging, STEAMy process you should be doing in your classroom! Learn more about what stop motion is, why you should teach it, and how to implement it. Leave with hands-on experience and resources so your students can begin creating amazing and innovative videos.
Find my stop motion videos on YouTube under my name Kimberly Kinsland! Copy of slides here: https://qrco.de/bfqueY
Email me if you made a video, have questions or need resources!!
Learn more about the need for social-emotional learning (SEL) for preservice students during the transition from student to professional. We will discuss the design, implementation, and experiences of SEL for students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Participants will experience hands-on SEL activities and receive a take-home pdf of the curriculum.
Let's talk about STEAM! Do you remember that book, STEAM Education: An Interdisciplinary Look at Art in the Curriculum, that sold out at the last NAEA Convention? The authors and editors want to talk with you about STEAM, their book, and how to implement STEAM in your classroom.
How are artistically (advanced learners) gifted students identified? A year-long national study, funded by the National Art Education Foundation, provides answers and questions that can be important to any art educator who works with or has interest in artistically advanced learners.