PBS & CR 2.0: Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students

"Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students" with experts from the Folger Shakespeare Library and veteran teachers.

PBS Teachers® and Classroom 2.0 are partnering on a series of free monthly webinars designed to help preK-12 educators learn new ways to integrate online instructional resources in the classroom and engage students in curriculum lessons. The webinar series features leading education experts, authors, and PBS producers who will discuss timely and relevant curriculum-related topics, and share their knowledge and ideas on using digital media to create rich learning experiences for students

William Shakespeare’s plays offer invaluable lessons for students, but engaging the Net Generation in the Renaissance arts requires a new approach. In this webinar, the speakers will present and demonstrate methods for teaching Shakespeare using digital media. The educational activities to be presented were developed by trained workshop leaders and teachers during the Folger’s Teaching Shakespeare Institutes and sessions. Participants will learn practical and exciting ways they can incorporate Shakespeare, and other literary works, into history, social studies, English, and language arts instruction.

About the Presenters
• Robert Young is the Director of Education for Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
• Michael LoMonico is the Senior Consultant on National Education for Folger Shakespeare Library and a lecturer at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y.
• Christopher Shamburg is the Associate Professor of Educational Technology for New Jersey City University in Jersey City, N.J.
• Amy Ulen is an English teacher at Tumwater High School in Turnwater, Wash., founder of www.ShakespeareHigh.com, and creator of numerous online instructional resources for teachers.
• Mary Ellen Dakin is an English teacher at Revere High School in Revere, Mass.
• Josh Cabat is an English teacher at Roslyn High School in Roslyn, N.Y.

Date: Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)

Location: In Elluminate. Log in at https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.2876D3E91A1C33B7B681FAC24F405D. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early.

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RECORDINGS
Full Elluminate Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-03-18.1701.M.02F69882D6FB988B067993E0B90364.vcr
Audio: http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/PBSCR20SHAKESPEARE.mp3
Chat Log (open in word processor): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/PBSCR20SHAKESPEARE.rtf
Portable Video (.mov): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/PBSCR20SHAKESPEARE.mov