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		<title>Learning Punctuation through Acting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written communication is a convenient substitute for spoken communication. For thousands and thousands of years, communication was spoken, one to one to one until everyone knew. Records were written down, but not stories. News was delivered by criers who walked through the streets yelling out information that everyone needed to know, like &#8220;Lock your doors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testify for Arts Education &#8211; My Testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testimony to the Carroll County, MD Board of Education March 9, 2011 Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this evening. My name is Joan Weber. I am a product of Carroll County Schools. In fact, I served as the Student Representative to this Board during the 1981-82 school year, which is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrate Theater to Differentiate Instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who Am I? Where Am I? What Am I Doing? This important element of character development in theater has tremendous potential for application in the social studies classroom. Arts integration develops empathetic learners who become personally connected to their subject matter. Integrating theater into social studies brings the subject matter to life. Students are engaged. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testify for Arts Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This post originally appeared on the Americans for the Arts Blog here.] The answer given to most people who want to help increase arts education in our community’s public schools is, “Write to your elected representatives.” Yes, it’s a good idea. It increases the buzz that the official’s constituents think arts education is an important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four-Legged Chair of Arts Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the name isn&#8217;t right yet&#8230; do we want to talk about arts education in the metaphor of a chair? Maybe, but the idea is what I&#8217;d like to explore is this posting. When arts education advocates get together to talk about arts education, they use the phrase loosely. The field has not yet defined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity &amp; Associates to Present at Ignite! Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Nelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2010 Contact: joan@creativityandassociates.com Creativity &#38; Associates, whose mission is to strengthen critical thinking and communications skills in schools, businesses and individuals using the techniques of theater, has been chosen to present at Ignite! In association with the Arts and Humanities council of Montgomery County (www.creativemoco.com), Ignite! is that county’s first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The #artsed Chat and Reflections on Twitter&#8217;s Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 15th, a few people came together to inaugurate the first #artsed chat on Twitter. Our discussion proved why and how Twitter is important, not just to our conversation, but to all conversations. Here&#8217;s how it works: you have 140 characters to express your thought or send your message or update your status or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts Every Day Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Become an Arts Every Day School &#8211; get an application here Several years ago, a group of education and arts education reformers got together and applied to join the Ford Foundation&#8217;s national initiative on Arts Integration and School Reform. The initiative includes Baltimore and 8 other urban areas across the country, including Dallas, Minneapolis, Washington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seth Godin&#8217;s blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin&#8217;s book &#8220;Tribes&#8221; had a big impact on my thinking about how people are brought together in contemporary society. We are now linked by our interests and it&#8217;s possible to assume a leadership position through a different path than formerly. That&#8217;s not to say that old fashioned hierarchy isn&#8217;t out there bumbling along. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Given Circumstances for the Educator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When preparing for a role, an actor analyzes the character’s “given circumstances.” This means: what are the conditions surrounding this moment in the script? As an actor, I need to consider nearly every influence in order to give a realistic and multi-layered performance. “Given circumstances” helps us to make acting choices.]]></description>
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