Episode 5: Teacher Talk with Michelle Colbert

Episode 8: Let's do the Math!

EPISODE NOTES In this episode the Creative Engagement Lab team reviews and discusses two excellent teacher examples from the makeSPACE Foundation Course. These teachers adapt and apply creative routines to their existing math curriculum, aiming to support and enhance student understanding in particular math concepts.

Episode 7: Teacher Innovations and Experiments

EPISODE NOTES Teachers are innovators! In this episode Philadelphia educators share their classroom adaptations of makeSPACE Creative Routines, opening new paths to student engagement and success with their unique invitations into creative thinking and action. To find a few examples of makeSPACE Creative Routines visit Our Work [https://www.makespaceproject.org/our-work].

Episode 6: Creative Resource Shuffle

EPISODE NOTES We encourage you to bring the Creative Resource Shuffle into your classroom or event. What a rich experience!

Episode 5: Teacher Talk with Michelle Colbert

Michelle Colbert is an educator at Fir Ridge Elementary. She works to honor the voices of all her students through a variety of projects and disciplines -- including 3-D printing and CAD; CNC machining; laser engraving; robotics and electrical engineering; circuit boarding; graphic design; and woodworking. In this episode of Inside the Box, we Zoomed with Michelle about her classroom and her teaching process.

Episode 4: The Labor of Delight

In July 2018, poet, teacher, and author Ross Gay had an idea—what might happen if he wrote about something he found delightful as a daily practice for a whole year striaght. His idea grew into The Book of Delights, a selection from his yearlong meandering through the experiences, observations, and reflections that arose from his daily “essayettes” and developing “delight radar”. Today, we have a conversation with Ross Gay about the world of delights.