dance & drama teacher | maker | doer | theatre | video | dance | motivated by bringing out creativity in others and myself | #CreativeEd

Invercargill City, New Zealand
Joined November 2014
Hey @Twitter why do you not respond to @apoorgau about helping recover their account? This is a valid organisation that does great policy work from an #education and #academic origin and has been cut off a robot. Please show you can be human. Thanks.
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Thanks @GrethaWocke @twitter have been really unresponsive to my friend trying to recover their acc.
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If a student struggles on a test, it may have less to do with what they know and more to do with their ability to regulate their own thoughts and emotions. In my latest @edutopia article, I share a few simple exercises that can help. edutopia.org/article/researc…
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Just saw an article that cited 300 million children worldwide off school, which is really a disservice to all those teachers providing online experiences in their PJs. #neverstops #creativity #solutionbased
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We need to rethink this. Theatre is a part of academic practice. It teaches skills that transferable to other subject areas and requires research, analysis & production of text, hypothesising, testing and communicating it all. Please don't make it subservient
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We know there are even more than 20 reasons why the arts are important. It's important to advocate for the arts every month, but with March being Youth Art Month we have a great opportunity to show why the arts matter! Why do the arts matter to you?
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Adani is being knocked back by insurers everywhere. So now it's turning to @LloydsofLondon - tell Lloyds to rule out insuring Adani now sumof.us/572730035t #StopAdani
Thousands of NZ'ers have called on @NZRugby to dump @AIGinsurance as an @AllBlacks & @BlackFerns sponsor due to its underwriting of a disastrous new #coal mine. So, what do you say? #StopAdani #RWC2019 #TackleTheRisk #NZLvRSA
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“... the arts give students different ways to develop and use skills, such as empathy and perseverance, than do other academic areas.” Let’s continue raising the profile and status of the Arts in our communities! educationdive.com/news/repor…
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"Without experimentation + abstract + creativity thinking—all skills inherent in an arts education—astronauts wouldn't be orbiting the earth, scientists wouldn't have discovered uranium and inventors wouldn't be testing out cars that can drive themselves." educationdive.com/news/weavi…
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Remember. "Incorporating humanities, arts, crafts, and design into curricula makes better scientists." #ArtsIntegration blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2…
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"The skills you learn #choreographing make you a better artist all-around, and help you build a diverse portfolio...Not to mention these skills are transferable to so many different areas within and beyond the performing arts." dancemagazine.com/5-reasons-…
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Here’s a lil slice of wisdom from last week’s Create CA webinar on equity and arts education. 🙌
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