Powering STEM with STEAM!
Thursday, Sept. 22
8:00- 9:00am Registration and Breakfast, Gold Ballroom
9:00- 9:30am SCAAE Business Meeting, Gold Ballroom
9:45-10:45am
Monkeys in the Rainforest: Integrating theater arts techniques with science curriculum, participants
will explore the activities of 5 species of Amazonian Rainforest monkeys in relationship with their
environment.
Presenter: Jef Lambdin, Southeast Center for Arts Integration, Co-Director/Mime
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Drayton
Recommended audience: Teachers; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
Quilts and Windows- Integrating Mathematics and Visual Art: In this lesson teachers will learn to
design and create circular or square format abstract designs that demonstrate important concepts and
vocabulary from the Mathematics and Visual Art Core Curriculum for their grade level
Presenter: Martha Burdette, Southeast Center for Arts Integration, Co-Director, Visual Art and K-6
Classroom Teacher
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: Upper Elementary, Visual Arts; Administrators; Teaching Artists, all
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM
ARTS stands for: Alignment, Rigor, Teamwork, Sustainability: Drawing from their eight years as
arts and arts integration project evaluators, Drs. Whitesitt and Franklin share their findings on what
makes for successful arts integration programs across the K-5 curriculum.
Presenter: Elda Franklin, , Consultant
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Parkview
Recommended audience: Teachers: all grades and subjects, all arts; Administrators; Teaching Artists
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
Getting Started with Arts Integration: In this session, participants will define and explore the
components of standards-based arts integration and the ways in which it deepens understanding and
inspires creativity across curricular areas. After developing an initial understanding of arts integration,
participants will engage in an activity that integrates science, visual art and creative writing.
Presenter: Heather Magruder, Metropolitan Arts Council, Director of Arts Education
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists, novice
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts integration
Make your move, state your matter! Students will use their bodies to create movement that will
represent the transformation of matter through the different states. Dances will come alive as the
students become particles by stepping into silly sacks. Groups will use photography to document their
creative movement phrases and create a digital flip book.
Presenter: Meredith Parks, Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary; Meredith Crawford, Oakbrook Middle
School, Dance Educator
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Lightsey Studio (on Calhoun Street, next to
College of Charleston Bookstore; 1/2 block from hotel side entrance)
Recommended audience: Teachers: middle, upper elementary, dance; Administrators; Teaching Artists;
Parents, novice
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts integration
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The ABC's of the Local Arts Education Advocacy Initiative: Power up your local efforts to advocate
for arts education. Learn how you can participate in two upcoming regional meetings this fall. You can
make a difference!
Presenter: Betty Plumb, South Carolina Arts Alliance, Executive Director and Christine Fisher, ABC
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 9:45-10:45am
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents; local arts councils, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Advocacy
11:00am-noon
From Brain Gym to Energizers, Balance Balls to Rocking Chairs: practical tools for integrating
movement arts with academic concepts in the classroom: A hands-on workshop exploring many
different techniques and approaches to increase student performance using kinesthetic teaching
strategies in the classroom.
Presenter: Jef Lambdin, Southeast Center for Arts Integration, Co-Director/Mime
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Drayton
Recommended audience: Teachers; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, novice
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: General Education
How Drama Techniques Can Elicit Details & Elaboration in English and Social Studies Writing:
Students enjoy learning through dramatic activities, but teachers may feel uncomfortable leading
dramatic explorations of curricular content. In this experiential workshop, participants will first learn how
to manage movement and dramatic exploration in the classroom. Then they will experience a dramatic
approach to pre-writing that will engage their imaginations and provide a fountain of details for writing.
Presenter: Sheila Kerrigan, Southeast Center for Arts Integration, Mime, Teaching Artist, President of
Southeast Center for Arts Integration, NC A+ Schools Fellow
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: Upper Elementary, Middle, Theatre; Administrators; Teaching Artists
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Arts Integration; Special Education
Integrating Math, Science and the Arts through Donald in Mathmagic Land (video): Watch
Donald take on numerous roles, including art critic and Lewis Carroll’s Alice. Through these adventures
viewers come to appreciate how mathematics contributes to music and art, as well as how math will play
a limitless role in the scientific achievements of the future. Support materials are designed to easily
integrate segments of the movie into daily lesson plans.
Presenter: LIbby Higgins, SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Chair, Math and Science
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Parkviw
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Teaching Artists, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts Integration
Beyond the Bulletin Board: Discovering Your Most Powerful Documentation Story: In this
session, participants will use creative writing and the components of crafting engaging stories as an
approach to documentation. Through journaling and exploring photography with creative writing,
participants will develop a bank of ideas for crafting powerful documentation narratives that open up new
ways of communicating more fully the growth of students, teachers and their learning.
Presenter: Heather Magruder, Metropolitan Arts Council, Director of Arts Education
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists, novice
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts integration; Documentation
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Beginning Steps of an Infused Future: A step by step presentation on a K-4 through 5th grade
elementary school becoming an arts infused school. Preperations for faculty and staff moving towards an
infused elementary school. Presently in the piolting stages of a school with in a school.
Presenter: Jessica E. Wade, H. E. Bonner Elementary,
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators, novice
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration, Informational
Looking to See some STEAM!: Lizz will provide interested attendees with brief background on the
Halsey Institute; its mission and past exhibitions. She will introduce the Halsey Institute’s Looking to See
guided tour program and its philosophy. She’ll then announce the upcoming exhibitions at the Halsey and
this fall’s partnership exhibition with the School of Maths and Sciences, From the Moon: Mapping &
Exploration. Through the tour program, the Halsey seeks to allow young visitors to discover passions and
develop creative thinking skills. Looking to See tour guides work with educators to reinforce academic
curriculum topics.
Presenter: Lizz Biswell, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Education & Outreach
Coordinator
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 11:00am-noon
Location: Halsey Institute; 161 Calhoun Street
(College of Charleston Campus)
Recommended audience: any teacher, all grades, all levels
Session capacity: 18-25 Presentation Category: Museum Tour, Powering STEM with STEAM
12:00-1:00pm Lunch, Gold Ballroom
1:00-4:00pm (full session only)
Acting Right: Drama as a Classroom Management Strategy: This three-hour workshop that takes
the foundational elements of acting such as concentration, cooperation, and collaboration and creates a
structured process which can become the basis for effective classroom management every day. This
engaging, step-by-step approach empowers students to take ownership of and be responsible for their
own behavior. Learn how to help students build the skills necessary to establish a sense of self-control,
accountability, and team-building in your classroom. This workshop is recommended for any classroom
based in active, social, cooperative learning.
Presenter: Beth Radford, Pine Street Elementary, Arts Infusion Specialist, Consultant (Focus 5, Inc.)
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 1:00-4:00pm (full session only)
Location: Drayton
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, novice, intermediate
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration, Classroom Management
1:00-3:15pm
Making the Most of your Museum Visit: Gallery Games and More: We will begin with a guided
tour at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art: two concurrent solo exhibitions: "White Days
Unswallowed" by Bob Ray and "From the Ground Up" by Steve Johnson. Afterward participants will take
part in several exercises designed to foster aesthetics and critical thinking skills while keeping students
engaged in a gallery or museum setting. Learn how an art exhibit can be a great place to reinforce
concepts in math, language arts, and other subject areas.
Presenter: Alana Adams, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Director of Education
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 1:00-3:15pm (off site)
Location: Halsey Institute; 161 Calhoun
Street (College of Charleston Campus)
Recommended audience: Teachers: all grades and subjects; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, all
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Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts for Arts Sake
1:00-2:00pm
Asian Puppetry... Drama in the Art Room: Blending Visual and Performing Arts for K-5th graders with
an Asian groove of folktales, music, masks, shadow puppets, props, and talking picutures…even Japanese
Kamishbai theatre. Participants will create from ideas presented in this six weeks journey.
Presenter: Yostie Ashley, Puppet Factory @ Hilton Head Island, SC, Teaching Artist
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 1:00-2:00pm
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: PreK-5; Teaching Artists,
Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake; Arts Integration
The Model T Ford: Teaching the Industrial Revolution with Storytelling: Learn to use personal
experience stories and tales from history to bring people from America’s past to life. Special emphasis on
helping students tell, write, and publish their own stories. Ideas on how to incorporate STEM into the SS
and ELA curriculum as you focus attention on figures like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and the Wright
Brothers. Plus free kazoos!
Presenter: Tim Lowry, Storyteller
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 1:00-2:00pm
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: upper elementary, gifted and talented, music, thatre; Administrators;
Teaching Artists; Parents
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts integration
Creating the Perfect Arts Soufflé: Christine and Scot will give an overview of Arts Education in South
Carolina with emphasis on the 2010 Academic Standards for the Visual and Performing Arts, SCDE Arts
Education curriculum resources, 21st Century skills, and creativity. These elements will all be put together
for what’s in the best interest for your students to create the perfect arts soufflé. As a result of this
workshop teachers will: 1. Study and determine how best to implement the 2010 Academic Standards for
the Visual and Performing Arts with their students. 2. Share strategies for implementing standards which
they do not implement or understand. 3. Determine the best use of SCDE resources and opportunities
which will support the implementation of the 2010 Academic Standards.
Presenter: Scot Hockman, South Carolina Department of Education, Education Associate for the Visual
and Performing Arts and Christine Fisher, ABC Project Director
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 1:00-2:00pm
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: all arts K-12
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake
2:15-3:15pm
Knowitall.org: Interactive Art & Art Exploration: A virtual and web-based arts experience for
students. Explore the visual and performing arts, write about the artworks online, collect art cards in a
virtual portfolio and view videos of professional artists at work. Take part in activities that teach about
styles, principles, processes and much, much more. Teachers will find downloadable lesson plans,
classroom materials and features to share their student’s best work online.
Presenter: Brack Clemons, South Carolina Educational Television, Technology Instructor
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Parkview
Recommended audience: Teachers: upper elementary, special education, gifted and talented, all arts;
Teaching Artists; Parents
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake, Gifted and Talented, Special
Education, Research, Other: Art Exploration
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Let Me Tell You a Story: Sit down, relax, and hear the story of a frustrated 2nd grade teacher who can’t
seem to engage her class. In her quest to be a better teacher, she discovers arts integration. See what
happens in a reading of Ms. Fuddle’s 2nd grade class, written and illustrated by elementary art teacher
Michelle Maynard Thomas.
Presenter: Michelle Maynard Thomas, St. Helena Elementary, Beaufort County School District, Art
Teacher
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
Deconstructing Photographs: A Visual Literacy Workshop: How do our students "see" or "read"
photographic images? If they've not been taught visual literacy, then they won't understand how to
analyze, deconstruct or create their own images, Included: images from hisotry, news, popular culture
and more. Join media consultant Frank Baker for this hands-on workshop.
Presenter: Frank W. Baker, Media Literacy Clearinghouse, Consultant
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: all, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake
Using the Tools of Science to Enhance Artistic Creativity: If you experience the universe using only
your five senses, you will miss most of it! Young artists should be made aware of these limitations and
learn to use the tools of science to enhance their experiences with Mother Nature. This presentation will
demonstrate how the tools of science are used to expand the creative databases of young artists.
Presenter: Mike Farmer, SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Teacher
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artist; Parents, all
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM
Dancing Through the Curriculum: Ms. Connerton will lead participants in activities that teach math,
science and language arts standards through creative movement and choreographic process. Classroom
Teachers will learn to develop their own lesson plans integrating movement with learning. Dance
Teachers will learn ways to teach composition techniques along with integration.
Presenter: Martha Connerton, Kinetic Works Dance, Director
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Calhoun
Recommended audience: Teachers: early childhood, lower elementary, upper elementary, special
education, gifted and talented, dance; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, all
Session capacity: 35
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM, Arts for Arts' Sake, Arts
Integration, Gifted and Talented, Special Education
South Carolina District Arts Coordinators Meeting: Any district arts coordinators are invited to
attend this informational meeting with peers. Also attended by Christine Fisher of the ABC Project and
Betty Plumb of the SCAC, this is your opportunity to catch up on issues, programs and opportunities for
your districts.
Presenter: Laura McFadden, Fine Arts Coordinator
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:15 (or later as needed)
Location: Gold Balcony
Recommended audience: Fine Arts Coordinators, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Administrations and Programs
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2:15-3:45 (90 minutes)
Sound Stories: Integrating Music into Language Arts: Do you want your students to better
understand voice, word choice, and ideas? Using a story (any genre), this workshop will demonstrate how
to bring the narrative alive while motivating students by using creativity through music. Participants will
use their voices, bodies, musical instruments and “found sounds” (crumpled paper, water bottles, etc.) to
enrich learning through fluency and expression.
Presenter: Beth Heywood, Jennie Moore Elementary; Lesley University, Music Teacher; Adjunct Professor
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 2:15-3:45 (90 minutes)
Location: Parkview
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, novice
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
3:30-4:30
Implementing the New VPA Media Arts/Media Literacy Standards: How do media arts/media
literacy fit into visual and performing arts classrooms? Join media consultant Frank Baker who will
introduce ways of engaging students in critical thinking/viewing using popular culture texts.
Presenter: Frank W. Baker, Media Literacy Clearinghouse, Consultant
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 3:30-4:30
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: all, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake
The Garden Symphony: Using composition and performing standards from music and integrating them
with Life Science standards, students composed a Garden Symphony to be played at the dedication of
Hand Middle School’s SC Habitat Garden.
Presenter: Brian McCants, Hand Middle School, Orchestra Teacher
Session meets Thursday, Sept. 22; 3:30-4:30
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers:middle, secondary, music; Administrators; Teaching Artists, all
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM
5:30-6:30 Reception, Gold Ballroom pre-function
6:30-7:00 Student Performance, Gold Ballroom
7:00-8:30 Keynote Banquet, Gold Ballroom
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Friday, Sept. 23
8:00- 9:00am Breakfast and State Reports, Gold Ballroom
9:15-11:30am (full session)
Acting Right II: One Minute Challenges in the Science Classroom: This two-hour workshop is an
extension of "Acting Right," which is a mandatory pre-requisite for this session. By focusing exclusively on
the strategy of One Minute Challenges, teachers will begin to see how the cooperative learning
environment creates opportunities for the teacher to engage students in curriculum content. Using
specific examples from science curriculum, learn how this technique can be facilitated to accomplish a
variety of learning goals.
Presenter: Beth Radford, Pine Street Elementary, Arts Infusion Specialist, Consultant (Focus 5, Inc.)
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-11:30am (full session) Location: Drayton
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, intermediate
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
10:30-11:30am
River of Words: Integrating Science, ELA and Art: Following the national River of Words guidelines,
Beaufort County students (K-12) investigate their natural environment through science, math and social
studies and interpret it through poetry and art. This place-based, experiential curriculum helps students
develop greater respect for their “ecological address” and gain a better understanding of their place in it.
Student artwork, writing samples and step-by-step program outline provided.
Presenter: Margaret Rushton, Beaufort County School District, Fine Arts Coordinator
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location: Calhoun
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, all
Session capacity: 35
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts Integration
9:15-10:15am
Read Alouds Come to Life with Music! This session will present ideas on how to integrate music into
Children’s Literature. The presenter will demonstrate a variety of ways to use music to bring the text to
life. In the process, the students will gain a better understanding of the story by finding new and creative
ways to express the tone of the words. This discovery process will give the students the opportunity to
explore beginning music composition as well as gain experience with a wide variety of sound sources.
Presenter: Elise Helms, Irmo Elementary, Music Teacher
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: Early Childhood, Lower Elementary; Upper Elementary;
Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Arts for Arts' Sake; Arts Integration
Music Centers Provide Differentiated Learning: Participants will experience six different music
centers for child-directed learning. Establishing procedures and resources for each center make the most
effective use of student and teacher time, for both routine (repetitive) learning and inquiry-based
projects. Centers include: singing, playing instruments, listening, composing, keyboard and writing. The
activities include music standards as well as Language Arts, Math and Science.
Presenter: Denise Ondishko, Riverview Charter School, Music Teacher
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: all grades and subjects/general; Teaching Artists, novice
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM, Arts for Arts' Sake, Arts
Integration
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Poetry with STEM and STEAM: This workshop will demonstrate techniques used for creating Found
Poetry. This lesson emphasizes finding data and identifying key words and descriptive words within a
nonfiction article from any subject area. Students are given simple instructions on how to create a poem
using the words they have found. Found Poetry marries the presentation of information with the art of
writing poetry.
Presenter: Kami Kinard, , Teaching Artist
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: upper elementary, gifted and talented; all arts; Teaching Artists;
Parents, all
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Research
Paper Engineering: A hands on workshop working with the elements of pop-ups, accordion folds,
spirals, stacking, etc. with suggestions for incorporating creative writing. A collection of paper engineered
books will be available as resources. The session is appropriate for visual arts and ELA participants.
Presenter: Larry Barnfield, Dorchester School District Two, Director, Fine Arts
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location: room 234 in Cato Center for the Arts;
corner of St. Philip St. and Calhoun St.
Recommended audience: Teachers: upper elementary, middle, secondary, gifted and talented, visual
arts, novice
Session capacity: 22
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts integration
Harnessing Your Power: 21st Century Strategies for Arts Education and Advocacy: SCAAE’s
audience is filled with educators who are called upon to explain the value and role the arts have in schools
of the future. This is what our keynote speaker Jim Brazell has traveled to Charleston to share with us!
Discover how innovation is a function of connecting the "arts way of learning" to (STEM). In addition,
learn about emerging technologies, jobs, schools and communities integrating the arts to define what is
next in the human story.
Presenter: Jim Brazell, The Art of the Future, Consultant and Conference Keynote Speaker
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 9:15-10:15am
Location:
Recommended audience: all, novice, intermediate
Session capacity: 25
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM
10:30-11:30am
Floral Arrangements: In this session participants will learn about creating flowers using various
materials and how to arrangement them using math and creativity. This lesson covers science, math, and
art.
Presenter: Tunisha Summers, Orangeburg Consolidated Five, Visual Arts Teacher
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: room 234 in Cato Center for the Arts;
corner of St. Philip St. and Calhoun St.
Recommended audience: Teachers: Middle, Secondary,
Session capacity: 22
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts for Arts' Sake; Arts
Integration
The “C” Floor or is it The “Sea” Floor? What do the Ocean Floor and a Melody have in common?
Both can rise and fall. In this lesson students will use their knowledge of melodic contour and apply it to
the geological features of the ocean floor. Students will compose a simple melody to correlate with the
topography of the ocean floor.
Presenter: Melinda Smith, Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts, Music Specialist
and 5th Grade Teacher
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: Upper Elementary, Music, Visual Arts, all
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
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Incorporating Literacy with the Arts: Using literacy as an organizational framework, students learn
and experience authentic experiences, which include reading, writing, talking, listening, thinking,
struggling, and problem solving.
Presenter: Lisa B. Randle, College of Charleston, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: Rutledge
Recommended audience: Teachers: Upper Elementary, Theatre, Visual Arts; Administrators; Teaching
Artists, all
Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
Science and Math with Interpretive Dance: This workshop will give educators practical knowledge of
how to implement movement in the classroom, and participants will create both a math and a science
movement-integrated lesson.
Presenter: Caroline Hoadley, Dance Educator
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: Calhoun
Recommended audience: Teachers: all, all
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts Int; Gifted and
Talented; Special Education
Integrating Outcomes to Increase Education, Emotional and Social through the Art of Batik:
Through the vision and generosity of VSA SC, students learned the art of batik resulting in a noticeable
increase in STEM! Teachers and parents were thrilled with the students' improved self-esteem, ability to
collaborate as a Team, Enhanced Educational and behavioral outcomes and increased Motivation
throughout their entire day. Learn how this project can be applied to a multitude of art forms using an
inclusionary model.
Presenter: Kay Ciganovic, Charleston County School District, Parent Liaison
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, novice
Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Special Education
Clay Animation: Behind the Scenes: John Lemmon will demonstrate how his Charlotte character
animation studio creates clay animation, from character design, and set construction through animation
and editing. They will get an understanding of the many artistic disciplines that come into play in the
creation of this animation technique. Attendees will also get a live demo on creating clay animation in the
classroom using the Apple iPod touch 4g and a stop-motion app, I Can Animate.
Presenter: John Lemmon, John Lemmon Films, President
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 10:30-11:30am
Location: Parkview
Recommended audience: Visual art teachers, any classroom teacher
Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Technology in the Arts
11:30-1:15pm Luncheon and STEM to STEAM Panel, Gold Ballroom
1:15-2:15pm
The Art of Stop Motion Animation: John Lemmon will demonstrate how easy it is to create handmade
animation using easy apps and the iPod touch 4. He’ll show how art teachers can enable students to
make clay animation, stop-motion, and hand-drawn animation in the classroom. He’ll also give tips on
teaming with other teachers to create animated movies on classroom topics related to STEM. Teachers
will have the opportunity to create their own animation, and will edit and add audio to their movies, all on
the iPod touch. Attendees will use ReadyANIMATOR animation equipment, which was invented by John
Lemmon’s animation studio to make it easy to create animation on classroom topics. Attendees who
have an iPhone 4, iPod touch 4g or iPad2 are encouraged to bring your device to the session. If you
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download the stop-motion app called I Can Animate from the App Store ($2.99), you can create
animation on your own device. If you’d like to edit and add sound as well, you can download the iMovie
app. Also feel free to bring items to animate; about the size of your fist works well.
Presenter: John Lemmon, John Lemmon Films, President
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 1:15-2:15pm
Location: Parkview
Recommended audience: Visual art teachers, any classroom teacher
Session capacity: 20
Presentation Category: Technology in the Arts
Focus on Professional Development Programs: Arts-focused schools encounter unique challenges
when training faculty in arts integration. Not only is any faculty a unique blending of talents, skills and
experiences; arts schools typically operate under district mandates which do not include integration
training. With limited resources and time, you need to be strategic. The SCAAE has developed new tools
to help administrators identify current attitudes and understanding of their team, to help prioritize and
develop new training programs. Join us at this informational session to learn more, and share experiences
and successes.
Presenter: Ellen Westkaemper, South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education, Chair
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 1:15-2:15pm
Location: Drayton
Recommended audience: Administrators: all levels, all
Session capacity: 18
Presentation Category: Administration/Strategic Planning
Climbing the Story Mountain: Students are challenged by story development to present rising action in
an organized and descriptive manner. This technique developed by StageWorks Theatre combines writing
and acting to help students create an exciting narrative with a “BIG MOMENT”. Students will learn the
method of adding Action/Details to make their narrative a great writing piece.
Presenter: Laura Courter, StageWorks Theatre, Managing Director
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 1:15-2:15pm
Location: Pinckney
Recommended audience: Teachers: lower elementary, upper elementary, theatre; Administrators;
Teaching Artists,
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Arts Integration
Dancing with Science: Interactive lesson infusing dance standards and primary science standards.
Participants will experience the lesson from a young learner’s point of view.
Presenter: Susan Woodham, Pine Street Elementary, Dance Specialist
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 1:15-2:15pm
Location: Calhoun
Recommended audience: Teachers: lower elementary, dance, novice
Session capacity: 30
Presentation Category: Powering STEM with STEAM; Arts Integration
Integrating Lessons to Increase Literacy Skills and Improve Behaviors through African
Drumming: Through the vision and generosity of VSA SC, students learned the art of African Drumming
resulting in a noticeable increase in STEM! Teachers and parents were thrilled with the students'
improved self-esteem, ability to collaborate as a Team, Enhanced Educational and behavioral outcomes
and increased Motivation throughout their entire day. Learn how this project can be applied to a
multitude of art forms using an inclusionary model.
Presenter: Kay Ciganovic, Charleston County School District, Parent Liaison
Session meets Friday, Sept. 23; 1:15-2:15pm
Location: Laurens
Recommended audience: Teachers: all; Administrators; Teaching Artists; Parents, novice
Session capacity: 15
Presentation Category: Special Education
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