Effective Literacy Website #3

Mary Jean Sumbang

ED638-Fall Intersession 2018

Dr. Rivera

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

Creativity! It’s the joy in teaching and learning! In the Crayola for Educators website (https://www.crayola.com/for-educators.aspx) you'll find colorful techniques for using Crayola paints, modeling compounds, crayons, markers, colored pencils and glue. These easy, quick tips offer the basics of using various Crayola art products. If you take the time to master these easy to follow fundamental practices your coloring, drawing and sculpting projects may take on a whole new dimension!

You’ll find lesson plans for language arts, math, social studies, and STEM/STEAM. The students will definitely enjoy the creative activities that is connected to these subjects. In the featured lesson plan, you’ll be able to create flowers and their pollinating pals using Crayola Model Magic. The lesson plans are detailed and align with standards. Tutorial videos are also included to the lesson plans.

What I found intriguing is creatED which is professional learning that reignites educators’ love of teaching and introduces new ways to spark students’ love of learning. The art inspired teaching strategies in this website will help students make their thinking visible. In creatED it focuses on a new approach to making an impactful change. 

As educators, we will be able to innovate and confidently promote creative problem solving. The activities, projects, or techniques are student centered this will encourage student leadership and voice. The students will become content creators who can express their ideas in a range of media and formulas. In the school culture, this will inspire and celebrate achievement, creative thought, and collaboration for all.