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Essence L. Thomas
MOVEMENT ARTIST

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TEACHING ARTIFACTS + resources

Below you will find original digital artifacts I have created or used during my academic experience in college to enhance teaching, student engagement, and learning.


 This page includes resources such as: classroom management tools, classroom design/seating charts, instructional materials, research presentations, interactive games and activities etc.


 Artifacts” are digital evidence of your learning, experience, achievements and goals. 


Discovery lab artifacts are artifacts created in my integration of technology in the secondary curriculum course that introduces ways in which an educator and student can engage in tech integrated learning.

Discovery lab artifacts

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1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

These are selected resources I have created and found to be useful when implementing them into lesson plans, artifacts, or college academic coursework.


These artifacts were designed with the SAMR model approach to engage students in higher order thinking in tech integrated engagement. 

creative dance Tech Teaching philosophy

1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

Students can interact with this fun digital breakout game to test their learning and knowledge on dance history, as well as exercise their collaboration and critical thinking skills.


This artifact can be used as an assessment or fun class lesson activity.


This artifact was created with GoogleSites

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2. Dance Terminology World Cloud

1. Digital Breakout Game - Dance Dilemma

3. Laban Movement Analysis - Dance Infographic

This is an interactive terminology word cloud where students can create their own word clouds in response to a creative dance topic presented in class.


As an educator resource, I can present a pre-made word cloud to the class and students can observe and click on it to learn and explore more about different styles of dance, other terms and material etc.


This artifact was created with WordArt

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3. Laban Movement Analysis - Dance Infographic

4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

3. Laban Movement Analysis - Dance Infographic

Teachers can create infographics to capture students’ attention, convey information, and encourage data retention despite their complex nature.  


Students can be tasked with creating infographics to organize their knowledge and ideas on a topic. 


This artifact was created with Canva

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4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

To check and increase understanding on using the  interactive SmartBoard, as well as dress etiquette for dance class, I created an interactive activity where younger k-5 students can increase their understanding of the correct dress protocol for ballet class by coming up to the board and attempting to drag and drop the correct answers. 


This artifact was created with Powerpoint.

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5. Discovery Lab: Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Online Creative Dance Classroom

4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

4. Interactive Smart Board Activity (Checking for understanding - Dance - Wear Etiquette)

Below is my culturally responsive and inclusive classroom model that I created using Bitmoji and Powerpoint for my creative dance classroom!


I used this discovery lab model to pair with the Tech integrated lesson plan.


Students can use these applications to costume design a character, as well as to collaboratively theorize, create, and model their own stage/set designs for a dance production of choice.


This artifact was created with Powerpoint and Bitmoji.

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classroom management plan

LABAN MOVEMENT POWERPOINT ( LESSON LECTURE/VISUAL AID)



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