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There are almost 300 members of this group and relatively few posts, none of which seem to be about viable projects. Reading about technology is a start but the real test is to actually use it. I would like to suggest several practical projects for your classes and I and want to provide resources and support to help you carry them out. I work with the Enabling Support Foundation, a non-profit organization with dual missions to support persons with disabilities and to make things clear from the beginning ESF does not charge for its services. You can visit us at the main site at www.enabling.org and the K-12 resource site at www.educationalsynthesis.org.
I want to talk about two resources that are available at no charge that can be used in a variety of ways. One is rather specific to World War II and is located at www.timewitnesses.org. It consists of a treasury of first person accounts of the war from people in Europe and the Pacfic who actually experienced the war in their daily lives. Obviously, this can be used to teach the human side of history and give a perspective that is not available in textbooks. It can also be used as a source of autobiographical information that could serve as models in a creative writing course.
The second is actually a series of related resources that are appropriate for course in ancient civilizations, art, and literature. They consist of an online course in ancient civilizations, a website exploring the art and culture of these ancient civilizations, and 200 urls pointing to the mythology of 20 different cultures throughout the world. These resources can be used to explore history culture and literature. One interesting example is to compare Inuit, Lakota, Maori, Polynesian, and Australian aboriginal myths. From a genetic and geographical perspective you might suspect a similarity between Inuit and Lakota and between Maori and Polynesian. But are they similar to one another? Are the aboriginal stories totally different. Are there common themes?
How can ESF help? We can provide support in the form of expertise, web hosting, forums, and mailing list services. We can coordinate among various classes that are working on similar projects and provide online classrooms and chatrooms.
During the next few days I expect other members of ESF will post other project topics. There are never any strings attached. We are providing these services because that is what we do.
I want to talk about two resources that are available at no charge that can be used in a variety of ways. One is rather specific to World War II and is located at www.timewitnesses.org. It consists of a treasury of first person accounts of the war from people in Europe and the Pacfic who actually experienced the war in their daily lives. Obviously, this can be used to teach the human side of history and give a perspective that is not available in textbooks. It can also be used as a source of autobiographical information that could serve as models in a creative writing course.
The second is actually a series of related resources that are appropriate for course in ancient civilizations, art, and literature. They consist of an online course in ancient civilizations, a website exploring the art and culture of these ancient civilizations, and 200 urls pointing to the mythology of 20 different cultures throughout the world. These resources can be used to explore history culture and literature. One interesting example is to compare Inuit, Lakota, Maori, Polynesian, and Australian aboriginal myths. From a genetic and geographical perspective you might suspect a similarity between Inuit and Lakota and between Maori and Polynesian. But are they similar to one another? Are the aboriginal stories totally different. Are there common themes?
How can ESF help? We can provide support in the form of expertise, web hosting, forums, and mailing list services. We can coordinate among various classes that are working on similar projects and provide online classrooms and chatrooms.
During the next few days I expect other members of ESF will post other project topics. There are never any strings attached. We are providing these services because that is what we do.
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Permalink Reply by Alison Margaret Miller on
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Good to know, thanks for sharing. It sounds like a very worthwhile project.
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Permalink Reply by Michele Falabella on
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Hi Bob, I am currently certified in visual arts. I am interested in the second resource that you mentioned. Where can I find it? One of the resources that I have used online with elementary students is the Museum of Modern Art. http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/
I was curious to try to engage a group of highly active students online with art. We set up in a computer lab and students went to the link and they loved it! I'm sure the exploring continued at home. I would like to develop this idea further into a unit/project. I haven't had the opportunity to do that yet, but just exploring to test the waters can also be exciting. Michele -
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Permalink Reply by Bob Zenhausern on
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You can see a list of the resources at http://teachersconnecting.com/?q=node/755
Also, we are working with students in Ghana and they are exhibiting/creating? local art.
Take a look: http://www.weezoweb.com/
Anne Pemberton on this ning is very much involved in this project and also working with me on the project above. Katherine Bolman, also on this site, is involved and one person you should contact. I will tell them about you. -
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Permalink Reply by Katherine Bolman on
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Michelle, I would love to collaborate with you and your class. I am creating a course in the history of art and architecture. It is divided into micro lessons and is basically question based. Please take a look at it and let me know what grade level you are working with. It is my hope that at the end of any micro-lesson students will do something with the information. They contain a painting, create a short story using the images that they had just seen, writing a new myth or anything else that you think would be appropriate.
You can find the site at ahaafoundation.org
I am very interested in collaboration. I think it would be very interesting to have high school students assist in the development of new units for this site. Please let me know what you think! -
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I just sent a long reply and got bumped off so it doesn't show up. Basically I would like to work with you and your highly active students. please go to ahaafoundation.org and see if any of the micro lessons would appeal to your class. I would like the students to do something after they have completed a micro-lesson such as paint a painting, write a story using the pictures they have just looked at, write a paper describing the impact of bad art on them and how it relates to the time today. Obviously any other assignment that you have be just great. I don't know what grade level you are teaching. I would like to work with high school students to have them add to the website as part of their learning. please take a look at( ahaafoundation.org ) and get back to me. It is important for me to know what you think of the site and how you might use it. Evaluation, thumbs up, thumbs down, and anything else would be a great help!
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Bob, i followed the link to the Ghana students. It is an inactive page. Correct?
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It should not be inactive, but it is constantly under revision. The system was down for maintenance today also. Will check in the morning and get back to you.
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