2025 Nebraska Educational Technology Association (NETA)
Visit WebsiteClassroom Design in the Age of AI
Guy Trainin, Ryan Margheim, Megan Pitrat, Kimberley D'Adamo
Photo Gallery
2025 Nebraska Association of Teachers of Mathematics Pre-Professional and Early Career Conference
Creativity and Special Education
Megan Pitrat
2025 ESU-7 PD
MBS-Framework
Megan Pitrat
2024 Nebraska Art Teachers Association (NATA)
Thinking wall: Transforming Classroom Walls into Dynamic Learning Spaces: Integrating Wonder Walls with Emerging Media Arts
Megan Pitrat, Guy Trainin, Azadeh Hassani
Differentiating Creativity for Exceptional Learners
Megan Pitrat, Guy Trainin
The Creative Research Stages: Scaffolding Student Voice and Creativity in the Art Classroom across Grades
Melissa Sellers, Sarah Gabelhouse, Megan Pitrat, Maggie Elsener
Teacher as Researcher: Presenting an Experiment on Using Creative Research Journals in a Technique Based Art
Kate Gracie
2023 Nebraska Art Teachers Association (NATA)
Visit WebsiteReimagining Professional Learning Considering Schools as a Malleable Material
Presenter: Guy Trainin
In Art TEAMS, an AAE funded project, we have examined how teachers explore schooling as a malleable material. The metaphor - originally articulated by Jorge Lucero (2018) - provides a powerful organizing principle for educational transformation emerging from arts education. We will present insights from teachers who integrate the arts as they explore the malleability of schooling and growing teacher agency (Lasky 2005). We plan to open a conversation with conference session participants about using this metaphor and real-world application to transform education.
Lessons from the Learning Lab: Making the Creative Research Process Work for Students with Special Needs
Presenter: Megan Pitrat
Augment Creativity and Critical Thinking in Art Education with AI
Presenters: Laura Huntimer, Lorinda Rice, Katie Samson
Discuss and discover how to harness the power of AI (artificial intelligence) in your art classroom. Participants will learn how to use AI to generate artful images using language and employ ChatGPT to produce lesson plans, poetry, and so much more. Bring your mobile device to experiment and play with AI!
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Art TEAMs Panel on Innovation and Creative Pedagogy
Facilitators: Megan Pitrat, Matt Auch Medy, Sarah Kroenke
Learn about innovations in creative pedagogy facilitated by the ART Teams Research Grant. A panel of multidisciplinary educators, including art educators and generalist educators will share their experiences of how their participation in the program has directly and positively influenced their teaching practice.
Exhibitions of Learning as a Celebration of Process
Presenters: Guy Trainin, Sarah Holz, Maggie Elsener
Exhibitions of learning are living documentation of a student's process of coming to understand rather than merely a display of products. We will show how exhibitions can take various forms that celebrate process and provide opportunity for feedback and celebration.