Check out this doll that is over 240 years old who can write – you might find the idea and imagination fascinating. The creator, Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a Swiss watchmaker and included clockwork parts. You can see it at http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton.
I’ve written about the Partnership for 21st century skills but at this time when teachers are searching to create courses for students to meet the proficiency requirement according to LD 1422, this site bears repeating. It has 21st century skills maps for each content including the arts. If you go to this link http://www.p21.org/tools-and-resources/educators you can download the map. And the home page of the Partnership is located at http://www.p21.org/.
Check out this YouTube to provide you ‘food for thought’.
Argy Nestor
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