This snippet of a recent episode of the Emerge podcast does a terrific job of framing the adaptation that I think is necessary for a good experience in a classroom. Yes, I write lesson plans (that’s the algorithmic part), but I change the plan based on what the room needs in that moment (that’s the arbitrary part). Here’s the whole discussion:
I explore this artful way of planning and teaching in a webinar I led for the Ohio Arts Council back in 2020:
While this series of microcasts explores the adaptive, in-the-room quality of being a teaching artist. You can start with the episode below:
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