My CML Brainstorm Ideas

       Like most of you I needed some time to digest and process all the great stuff we learned. I liken this past week to learning how to tread water, while watching others display their different strokes as they moved through the virtual pool of making and creating!

       My first order of business was to reach out to my school librarians, as they both were interested in pursuing the creation of makerspaces in their learning centers. Summit Street is K-3rd grade and Thomas Fleming is grades 4-5. We are tentatively set to all meet next week, along with another K-3 librarian in our district. These conversations are leading me to some possible goals for CML.

• Idea one is to collaborate with both librarians to share resources and create maker spaces in the Learning Center. Students would have greater access to the Learning Center than my art room as I travel between buildings each week. Collaborating might involve working with specific classrooms during my arts integration day. So far both librarians have very tight schedules teaching on my AI day, which happens to be Friday. We would like to have different classroom teachers rotate through and focus on integrating NGSS, Tech and art standards, through a STEAM driven format. Students will/can also use writing skills to reflect on their work and the process. 
• I am also hosting a student teacher this fall, as well as beginning my graduate research protocols and data collection on creativity. Create, Make and Learn will dovetail quite well with my graduate research on teaching for creativity and teaching more creatively. My arts integration sessions should also fit in nicely with this work.