WORKSHOPS & RESOURCES

As a process, design thinking can be applied to a broad range of challenges and opportunities, from curriculum and lesson development to the redesign of physical classroom spaces. Through the principles of the design process, teachers (grades 6–12) will be introduced to the tools and strategies of design thinking as both a method for approaching classroom instruction and a process that can inspire students to think creatively as they approach problems and challenges in their everyday lives. Teachers will be actively engaged through hands-on activities and working collaboratively with others. We will end the day with a discussion about integration and connection to classroom content and practice.

Workshop Instructors
Zahra Ebrahim, Principal, archiTEXT
Lisa Mazzola, Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs

Let MoMA teach you how to incorporate modern and contemporary art in your classroom. Our customized workshops introduce you to our educational approach, address themes and questions that arise in response to modern and contemporary art, and help you to create interdisciplinary links to your curriculum. We tailor each session to meet your goals and objectives as they relate to teaching with art.

Learn from the staff and collections of MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Connecting Collections, a collaborative teacher institute, will support you in developing techniques for integrating the study of visual images into your classrooms. You will spend a day at each institution and return to your school with the ability to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula and meet standards for student achievement.