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1.28.06 - Teacher Workshop @ Downtown Campus
(8:30-1:30)
2.10.06 -
Curriculum Group Meeting @ NBJ (noon)
May 06 -
Research Conference |
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The
teaching and learning network is a research and social web to connect
teachers, writers and researchers from Nancy B Jefferson, National
Louis University and Young Chicago Authors. This website will feature
articles, multimedia content, resource
links, individual portfolio pages,
with various blogs and subject-related categories
containing ideas, tips, projects and lesson plans to support collaboration
and learning in and out of the classroom. To contribute an article,
see the upload section at the bottom of this page.
To have your own portfolio/blog page, create an elgg
account.
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From the Field
| Storytelling
& Literacy Opportunities in Elelementary Schools |
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In
a recent article published by Marilyn C. Scala and Virginia
C. Schroder in a recent compedium from the field, researchers
and scholars indicate that "the telling of stories
is part of our daily lives and provides a natural environment
for teaching language and literacy. Storytelling is a universal
experience, encompassing that which is oral and written. Originally,
storytelling was an oral tradition and the means for elders
to pass down a culture's values to their young [...]
Using storytelling as a tool across curriculum areas teaches
not only the components of reading, writing, listening, and
speaking but also aesthetic understanding and collaboration
which will provide today's students with the balance they
need for the 21st century."
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From
Telling Stories to Going Online |
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Teachers
recognize that today's technology can bring the real world
into the learning environment, and take students where they
could not otherwise go beyond classroom walls. When the goal
is language growth, the ideal computer activities will include
storytelling, problem solving, collaboration, and networking
with others. The gathering, sorting, analyzing, synthesizing,
evaluating, and reporting that is done will be for real reasons
that validate writing, reading, and communicating. Part of
the learning must include critical analysis of the information
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| Mapping
Self and Community |
"How
do we as teachers educate so that we do not replicate existing
social inequalities? How do we avoid the twin pitfalls of
a) stressing the obstacles to economic success, thereby
encouraging defeatism, and b) stressing the possibilities
for economic success and thereby encouraging the view that
thos who have not "made it" have only themselves
to blame?"
In
his article Elementary School Curricula and Urban Transformation,
Paul Skilton Sylvester address how education can help address
the inequality of a post-industrial society through the
evolution of curriculum created with students that involves
hands-on study of communities, cities and neighborhoods
through classroom models.
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Other Media Links:
Class Acts
Have you tried any of the following literacy acts with your students?
They might like it.
| Textmapping |
Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique
that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing
skills, study skills, and course content. |
| Media
Critique |
With the advent of the Internet as a barrier-free
platform for instant global communications, youth made media
(music, films, multimedia narratives) is gaining wider and easier
distribution than ever before. Here are some great sources to
explore and discuss with your students. |
| Digital
Storytelling |
Everyone has a powerful story to tell, yet listening
deeply is hard. The following core principles and methodology
can suggest good ways and reasons for you to try to integrate
digital storytelling in your classroom. |
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