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The past six weeks has been a very fun and exciting time for me to learn about drama. I really enjoy every aspect of this class and I have learned so much as an educator. Before coming to this class, I have no exposure to drama, drama did not had a significant role in my education journey. In my cultural background, drama is not something that students can learn in public school, I got so used to find myself in the crowd and I was not comfortable showing myself in front of a big group of people. I made this post as I first exposed myself to the world of drama, I was very clueless and I was trying to reach out to drama.  I tried very hard, and I found myself enjoy learning everything about drama more and more over the courses.  In this class, I got the chance to learn from Dr.Winters, I love how passionated she was teaching a bunch of adults how to have fun like a bunch of kids. I was very lucky to learn from her.  I also got the chance to atte...

             Teacher in role   is a method of teaching that utilizes techniques of   drama   to facilitate   education . It is a   holistic   teaching method designed to integrate   critical thought , examination of   emotion and   moral   values and factual data to broaden the learning experience and make it more relevant to   everyday life   situations. Teacher  in role with student on computer If the role of a  teacher  is to teach, the role of a  student  must be to learn. However, it has been agreed that learning is not only an exercise in reading and reciting facts, but in gaining a deeper insight of events and situations. This is where drama becomes an invaluable tool. Through the use of drama and  dramatic conventions  a teacher does not only teach and learn the "what" but also the "why" and "how". Drama techniques in education allows ...

Machine is a strategy for which students take on a “part” of a machine by moving their body in a repetitive, singular motion. Students join in one by one to create a collaborative “machine” or represent a concept together as a collective group. Machine will be used in class a way for students to recreate the tragedy of 9/11 with their bodies as a collective group. Each student will take on a role, whether it be a person, building or object, to create a machine which represents the events of 9/11. One student will start the machine, then one by one each student will examine the roles already taken by their peers and join in as their own part of the machine. Younger/Older students: Modifications can be made for differing grade levels to suit the abilities of students and the amount of instruction given (more instruction/guidance for younger students, more freedom to create for older students) Students with Learning Disabilities/Special Needs: Students will be provided with a ma...

In the Ontario Curriculum, The dance curriculum is intended to help students to develop an understanding and appreciation of dance, as well as the ability to create works using the elements and the choreographic forms of the discipline. Through exploring dance and movement, students will develop an understanding of the art form, themselves, and others, and will learn about the lives of people in different times, places, and cultures. They will develop practical artistic skills, critical analysis skills, and a variety of communication skills.  Dance can be used in a variety of classes, sometimes students tend to shy away from dancing in front of the group, it is necessary for teachers to show the students that dancing can be fun and dancing is not just more girls. Everyone can enjoy dance!

Hi fellow educators, we have been talking about how to use Drama strategy in the classroom. Having trouble finding a good book for your class? Here are some awesome books to use for your daily teaching. Teaching sample concept of Course and effect? If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff Looking for something to use for your primary Math class? Hungry for Math: Poems to Munch On   By  by  Kari-Lynn Winters Wanna trun your Language class into a small musical play?  When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... By Molly Bang

Why use your body in education Students learn from doing Holistic approach of education: think about our ancestors & how they made sense of the world Socialize students- cooperative,relational Chemical connection- make you learn more Different intelligences THIS IS AN AMAZING VIDEO SHOWING HOW CHILDREN LEARN FROM DOING. MUST WATCH! Curriculum Element Of Movement Body Energy Relationship Space Time – Body. The instrument of dance. The term body may also refer to the body’s position or shape (e.g., curved, straight, angular, twisted, symmetrical, asymmetrical); also, how the body is moving (e.g., using locomotor or non-locomotor movements). – Energy. The force with which the body moves (e.g., light, strong, sustained, sudden). – Relationship. The way in which two or more things are connected to or associated with one another (e.g., dancer to dancer, dancer to object, right arm to left arm). – Space. The physical area in which the b...

The list of Intelligence and subjects in Ontario that these Intelligence can be applied to Intelligence: Musical-rhythmic and harmonic. Music Dance + Drama Math Visual-spatial. Arts Science: especially physics,chemistry    Geography Math Verbal-linguistic. Language arts Drama French Logical-mathematical. Bodily-kinesthetic. Students will do well in Physical Education Arts Interpersonal. Language Arts Arts Intrapersonal. Health Math Naturalistic.

Conscience Alley aka Corridor of voices is a drama strategy  used to explore the inner life of a character in drama. The character moves along the “corridor” between two lines of students who voice feelings, thoughts, or moral concerns the character might be likely to have. The convention can also be used to explore the thoughts of a character who is facing a difficult task or decision. In this case, the voices would give advice and warnings. See also voices in the head. Students standing arraignment is shown as: The class forms two lines facing each other. One person (the teacher or a participant) walks between the lines as each member of the group speaks their advice. It can be organised so that those on one side give opposing advice to those on the other. When the character reaches the end of the alley, she makes her decision. Sometimes known as  Decision Alley  or  Thought Tunnel . This drama technique can easily be applied to a range of...

Kamishibai Kamishibai translates to Picture Play.Kamishibai is an art form that combines picture and narration. Story is painted or printed on one side of very stiff cardstock while the text of the story is written or printed on the back. It can be performed with or without a stage. The stage is often recommend as it help audience to focus their attention and add dramatic effect. The narrators stand at the right at the stage and perform alone. The drawings and pictures used in Kamishibai is large and less detailed oriented, they are often very easy to understand. What is Kamishibai? Teachers can act as narrators in performing Kamishibai to the class. Teacher can create their own pictureor print out the picture of the reading without word to make their own Kamishibai stories.Students can work in group or individually to create their own drawing of the Kamishibai story and perform the art in group or alone. Thi...

Hot Seating  is a strategy in which a character or characters, played by the teacher or a student, are interviewed by the rest of the group. This activity invites students to recount a specific event, explore motivation and multiple perspectives/experiences related to a theme, topic, event, or idea.  This drama strategy can be used for any book based activity in the classroom. The following example demonstrates how hot seating technique can be used in a book based activity in a classroom. The book of this session is  14 Cows for America. A picture book. Hot seating is used in the classroom as a way for the students to gather a better understanding of Kemeli and think about him in ways they may not have considered while reading the story. The students will be encouraged to think critically about the character in order to answer and develop questions in an effective manner.   This strategy could be used where children are read a...

A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension: Tableau Features of Tableaux Important features of a tableau include character, space, gesture, facial expressions,and levels. These terminology is for assessment, teach the students these terms Character Role Who?What? When?Where? Why? Space Expanded Neutral Confined Gesture Relaxed Neutral Tense Expressions(including facial) Open Neutral Closed Levels High Middle Low Tableau or Tableaux is a commonly seem drama technique, it uses still motion and dramatic body position and facial movement to connect to different scene in a play or specific line from a play.  Tableau and Language can go hand in hand, ask a group of students to pose for a line in the reading or simply let a group of students to act out a part of a chapter book and say freeze when they are moving, then you are using  Tableau in your teaching.  Ask your student on why would he/she p...