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We are SO happy to finally open registration for this year's summer institute, Place & the Digital Native: Using Technology and Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley, July 26-28, in Hyde Park.
And what a program it's shaping up to be.
Tuesday morning's kick-off is, Would the Lorax or FDR Tweet? Thoughts on Technology in Place-Based Education with Dina Strasser, a middle school teacher, whose blog, The Line, was named one of 2010's best education blogs by the Washington Post. Here's what she says is on her mind . . .
"Place. There's plenty of definitions to go around for this concept -- the watershed, the largest local landmark, a 50-mile radius, the boundaries of a community.
"In the past 20 years, however, the revolutions of technology have been testing the limits of these definitions as never before.
"Where do we go from here? How do new technologies deepen our student's knowledge of place? How can they detract from that same knowledge?
"Together we'll discuss the ramifications of technology on research, neuroscience, and sensory knowledge of the world, developing a critical approach to technology in place-based learning."
After the opening session, Dina will offer a workshop called Taking It Deeper: Exploring the Ramifications of Technology on Place-Based Learning to develop a rubric for the critical evaluation of technology used in place-based learning.
What does it add to our lessons, to us, to our students? What does it subtract? We hope to reproduce the rubric so everyone can take a copy for their Wednesday field experience.
More than 15 workshops like these will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday:
Reel History: the Plow, the River, and FDR's Film Maker, Jeff Urbin, Pare Lorentz Film Center, at the FDR Library
Diving into the Hudson without Getting Wet, Jean McAvoy, Norrie Point Environmental Center, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Steve Stanne, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS DEC
Doing Digital History, Roger Panetta, History Dept., Fordham University, and director, DigitalHudson Project
Go Green Wiki, Paul Rubeo, integration teacher, Wappingers CSD
Local History Story-telling with Digital Archives, Sarah Chauncey, director, Information Resources & Learning Technologies, Rockland BOCES, & Tessa Killian, manager, Technology & Admin. Services, Southeastern NY Library Resource Council
WEDNESDAY is once again reserved for field experiences. Visit the Revolutionary War-era Fishkill Supply Depot. Meet curators from five regional art collections at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. Delve into the science of place at the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum. Or choose from five other options.
The Half Moon, shown above, is also the site of a field experience. Photo courtesy of Stephen Kraehmer.
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