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CoTA is Excited to Announce our New Executive Director, Stephen McCormick
Stephen McCormick is taking the helm as the new Executive Director of CoTA (Collaborations: Teachers
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What’s a Square Plus a Triangle? A Collaborative Conversation-Starter!
Number 2 in a series of posts dedicated to playful exploration of math concepts, incorporating visual
The Weight of Words
Leah Thomas
I will never forget the first time a professor made me question my choice of language.
11 Ways to Make 7
Leonardo Francisco
Fun with Dot Cards
Number 1 in a series of posts dedicated to playful exploration
Finality?
Leah Thomas
Near the end of every semester, a gleam enters the eyes of teachers and students. It is
Symbols, Symbols, Everywhere
Reneé Weissenburger
In an Intro to Literature class, I recently had a college student ask why we should
The Language of Images
Leah Thomas
While English is the de facto national language in the United States, it is by no means
Artfully Scientific Questions
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
Why is it science exists? How is it that we know what we know about the world
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About CoTA (Collaborations: Teachers and Artists)
Books as Sacred Spaces
Reneé Weissenburger
I've always thought of books as sacred spaces. Like petroglyph caves, the Bodhi
A Shift in Perspective
Leah Thomas
It’s strange how much a shift in perspective can impact the learning experience.
For
AND not OR
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
When I was young, I remember feeling the pressure of deciding what I wanted
Finality
Leah Thomas
I have always been an advocate for deadlines. I know many teacher and artist peers feel
The Art of Scavenging
Reneé Weissenburger
At the end of each collaboration, teachers and artists meet to discuss ways in
When Scientists Fashion Science into Art
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
Many an intellectual conversation can be had and an essay, argument, or book
Make Anything
As the spring semester unwinds into summertime and a respite from full-time teaching (for most of
Research on Whole School Arts Integration
Dennis Doyle
Three years ago the board of directors of Collaborations: Teachers and Artists (CoTA)
What’s in a Name
Leah Thomas
Yesterday, a fellow teaching artist and I met with a classroom teacher to plan our last
