Posts
| | ||
| ||
Friday, April 13, 2012
The King of Love is Dead
NEW - Edutopia's A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning
Hello Friends,
Edutopia has just published a FREE parent's guide that describes what P21 collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking look like in the classroom and what parents can do to help educators accomplish their goals. A copy is attached for you to use and share. The guide and other useful information for parents can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/parent-21st-century-learning-resource-guide
-Michelle and Michael
Newsletter - Rethinking Schools
Dear friend of Rethinking Schools:
Are you attending the largest education conference in North America, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, April 13-16? If so, please stop by our booth #415 in the Vancouver Convention Center West, Exhibit Hall A. One of the highlights of the year for us is meeting and talking with Rethinking Schools supporters and teacher educators who use our materials.
We will offer deep discounts on all of our books, including our brand new publications, Pencils Down: Rethinking High-Stakes Testing and Accountability in Public Schools and Rethinking Elementary Education.
Many of the editors you have come to know over the years will also make appearances at our booth during the conference:
Wayne Au will be at the booth 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on both Saturday, April 14, and Monday, April 16. Wayne is co-editor of the timely and just-released Pencils Down. Wayne also co-edited Rethinking Our Classrooms, Vol. 1, and edited Rethinking Multicultural Education.
Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, will be staffing our booth during the conference. Bill is co-editor of the "banned in Tucson" Rethinking Columbus, Rethinking Our Classrooms, Vols. 1 and 2, Rethinking Globalization, and author of A People's History for the Classroom and The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration.
Linda Christensen will be visiting from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15. Linda is co-editor of our just released Rethinking Elementary Education. She is also co-editor of The New Teacher Book, and author of Teaching for Joy and Justice, and Reading, Writing, and Rising Up.
Elizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy, co-editors of the bestselling Rethinking Popular Culture and Media, will be at our booth on Monday, April 16, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
And don't forget to ask us about our student online access option we developed for college and university communities. We will have information about this option and what it means for you.
We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wordle SSR Title Page Options
title="Wordle: SSR Version 1">
alt="Wordle: SSR Version 1"
style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd">
Version 2:
title="Wordle: SSR Version 2">
alt="Wordle: SSR Version 2"
style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd">
Friday, October 9, 2009
ORIAS World History Study Group
Subject: ORIAS UPDATE
(Print view at http://orias.berkeley.edu/oriasupdates.htm)
The World History study group meets monthly to discuss trends and scholarship in the teaching of World History. The group chooses seven books per school year dealing with an annual theme; the book discussions are facilitated by Alan Karras, author and professor in the International and Area Studies department at University of California, Berkeley. The group is open to all Bay Area Social Studies classroom teachers, grades K – 12. Space is limited to 20 teachers.
This year’s topic is “Transnational Transgressions.” Our first book will be Marcus Rediker’s Villains of All Nations. Future books for this year will potentially include works on money laundering, human trafficking, drug trafficking, border disputes and international organized crime.
TIME
AGENDA
November 18, December 16, January 20, February 17, March 17, April 21: Books TBA
LOCATION
If you are interested in joining the group please contact Kelly Korenak at World Savvy, by calling 415-292-7421 or emailing kelly worldsavvy.org.
This study group is a program of World Savvy and the Bay Area Global Education Project (BAGEP), co-sponsored by ORIAS.
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
Teachers for Social Justice Annual Conference
Subject: Teaching for Social Justice Annual Conference
Join us for the upcoming 9th annual Teaching for Social Justice Educators Conference!
Teaching for Social Justice: Foundations for Change
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 * 9am-5pm
Mission High School * San Francisco, CA
Register now at http://www.t4sj.org
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pedro Noguera
Workshops * Resource Faire * Networking * Community
These are just SOME of the workshop titles:
* Literacy and Justice for All: Tapping Into Your ELLs' Strengths as Developing Readers
* HipHop Scholastics: A Critical HipHop Pedagogy
* Lessons from the critical mathematics classroom: A conversation about developing and teaching social justice curriculum
* Creating Habits of Mind: Social Justice Historians at the Elementary School Level
* 'Hood Habitus': How SF Neighborhoods Influence Our Habits
* Crushes, Erections, Periods, Oh MY! How to navigate sexuality in the classroom
This conference is for teachers, by teachers - with a focus on curriculum, pedagogy and networking. If you've never been to a T4SJ Conference, join us now! If you have been or have been coming for years, we look forward to seeing you again!
For more info and to register, visit http://www.t4sj.org
National Humanities Center Fall Workshops: FREE!!
Live, Online Professional Development
U.S. History and American Literature
Fall 2009 Workshops
Thurs., Oct. 8
The Consumer Revolution in Colonial America
Maurie McInnis, University of VA
Tues., Oct. 13
Why Some New World Colonies Succeeded and Others Failed
Kathleen DuVal, UNC-Chapel Hill and NHC Fellow
Tues., Oct. 20
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University and NHC Fellow
Tues., Oct. 27
Civil War Art
Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh
Wed., Oct. 28
The Cult of Domesticity
Lucinda MacKethan, North Carolina State University and NHC Fellow
Tues., Nov. 10
Emancipation
Reginald Hildebrand, UNC-Chapel Hill
Thurs., Nov. 12
The Ashcan School
Angela Miller, Washington University - St. Louis
Thurs., Nov. 19
In Search of the Civil Rights Movement
Kenneth Janken, UNC-Chapel Hill and NHC Fellow
Who Should Enroll: K-12 U.S. History and American Literature teachers.
Cost: $35.00 -- but read attachment below for special FREE offer to California teachers, through partnership of CDE with NHC!!
Reading Assignments: Workshop texts are provided free online at the National Humanities Center's Toolbox Library and TeacherServe® websites. Prior to each workshop, reading assignments will be emailed to participants.
Recertification Credit: The National Humanities Center programs are eligible for recertification credit. Each workshop will include ninety minutes of instruction plus ninety minutes of preparation. Because the workshops are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation.
Technical Requirements: The workshops are conducted online using conferencing software. To participate, you need a computer, an internet connection, speakers, and a microphone. If you need a headset with a built in microphone, one will be provided.
Sponsor: The National Humanities Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, is the country's only independent institute for advanced study in all branches of the humanities. Since 1984, it has been offering rigorous, content-based professional development programs for high school teachers.
Be sure to visit the Center's online resources for teachers:
*The Toolbox Library provides primary sources-- historical documents, literary texts, visual images, and audio material--illuminated by notes and discussion questions.
*TeacherServe®, collections of essays by leading scholars that explore important topics in American culture and offer advice on how to teach them.
Caryn Koplik
National Humanities Center
919-406-0111
7 Alexander Drive
P.O. Box 12256
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709