Creativity, Communications, Global Awareness & More: 
Arts Education Provides 21st Century Skills

February 16, 2009

Panel of Arts Education Presenters:

• Diane E. Franken, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education: Introduction, send email to iaaedf@mchsi.com
• Jerry Henry, Iowa String Teachers Association: Preparing for a Musical Peformance, send email to jhenry@herryhenry.biz
• Roger Henderson, Iowa Choral Directors Association: for copies of his documents, send email to rhenderson@grinnell.k12.ia.us
• Lynn Jensen, Iowa Chapter of the Educational Theater Association: The Play's The Thing, send email to ljensen@cr.k12.ia.us
• Liz Fritz, Iowa Bandmasters Association: Three Steps for 21st Century Learning and Virtual Concert, send email to
• Nancy Sojka, Art Educators of Iowa: Visual Arts Method for Teaching 21st. Century Skills, send email to nsojka@n-winn.k12.ia.us

The Reading List

• Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains by LouAnne Johnson
• The Laughing Classroom: Everyone's Guide to Teaching With Humor and Play by Diana Loomans, Karen J. Kolberg, Martha Weston, Diane Loomans
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
• Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Sir Kenneth Robinson