Classroom Drama - Drama as a Teaching and Learning Tool
Arts Integration - Merging an art form with another content area subject so that learning in both areas occurs
Online Learning - Making online courses interactive and substantial
Other Expertise
Flynn is an expert writer for About.com's Education section on Plays/Drama at http://plays.about.com. She is a national Teaching Artist for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She has led professional development workshops and classroom demonstrations in 43 states and Washington, D.C., since 1994.
Publications
A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension: Strategies and Activities for Classroom Teachers
This book provides detailed instructions on how teachers can integrate drama into classroom learning and improve reading comprehension in the process.
Dramatizing the Content with Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre, Grades 6-12
Unlike traditional readers theatre, which is typically limited to literature-based scripts, Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre invites teachers and students to create scripts based on any topic, any work of literature, any textbook, or almost any collection of facts--Science scripts, Social Studies scripts, Language Arts scripts, and even Math scripts.
