THEME:
Reading, Writing, and Thinking the Hudson Valley
WHEN: July 27-29, 2010
WHERE: FDR Home & Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
ES = most appropriate for those working with elementary students
MS = most appropriate for those working with with middle school students
HS = most appropriate for those working with high school students
* = Takes place, at least in part, outside, weather permitting. Please dress accordingly.
Registration is $90 for all three days or $35 per day; rising after July 15.
To receive a certificate from Mid-Hudson Teacher Center, you must also register with My Learning Plan.
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Tuesday, July 27
9:00 am Welcome
Mark Castiglione, acting director, Hudson River Valley Nat'l Heritage Area
Sarah Olson, superintendent, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites
Cynthia Koch, director, FDR Presidential Library and Museum
9:15 am Place-based Education: Making School more like a Farmer's Market
David Sobel, co-director, Center for Place-Based Education, and director, Teacher Certification Programs, Antioch University, New England
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Workshops
HUDSON RIVER INQUIRY LEARNING IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES
Linda Kaminski, teacher, and Jill Leinung, librarian/media specialist, Green Meadow School, Castleton. (Download the Hudson River Panorama Teacher Resource, from the Albany Institute of History & Art.)
PRESERVING COMMUNITY, TEACHING SKILLS: A CASE STUDY OF THE GUILFORD COUNTRY STORE
David Sobel, director, Center for Place-Based Education, and Jennifer Kramer, middle school social studies teacher (MS, HS)
RIVER OF DREAMS
Hudson Talbott, author and illustrator (Grades 3-5)
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SHARE? CREATING AN INTERPRETIVE PIECE FOR "YOUR PLACE"
Susan Hereth, educator, and Reed Sparling, writer, Scenic Hudson
11:45 am Workshops
NATURE JOURNALS AND POETRY
Tom Lake, archaeologist, anthropologist, and naturalist, SUNY Dutchess Community College and NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program, and editor, Hudson River Almanac
SCIENCE, SURFING & SALAMANDERS
Ed Sharron, science communication specialist, NE Temperate Network, National Park Service
HUDSON RIVER INQUIRY LEARNING IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES
-- continues
PRESERVING COMMUNITY, TEACHING SKILLS
-- continues
12:45 pm Lunch featuring the Hudson River Ramblers
1:45 pm Workshops with break
*ARTFUL EXPLORATION IN THE LAND OF THE HUDSON
(Download hand-outs)
Laurie Seeman & Joanna Dickey, artists & outdoor educators, Strawtown Art & Garden Studio, Nyack (ES, MS)
DON'T FORGET ELEANOR
Barbara Goodman, teacher, Newburgh Free Academy and National Park Service teacher-ranger-teacher. Includes a visit to Val-Kill. (Grades 4-12)
STUDENT SCIENTISTS ABOARD THE HALF MOON
Samuel Bowser, research scientist, Wadsworth Center; Stephen Linehan, teacher, Albany High School; and Chip Reynolds, captain, Half Moon/New Netherland Museum (MS, HS)
USING MEDIA ARTS TO TEACH LITERACY
Children's Media Project
Wednesday, July 28
Thursday, July 29
9:00 am Opening session to be announced.
9:45 am Workshops with an optional break
*RESTORING THE HUDSON: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Dan Miller, habitat restoration specialist, Hudson River Research Reserve
SOJOURNER TRUTH: EDUCATION AS SLAVERY & VICE VERSA
Daniel Wolff, activist and author. His most recent book, How Lincoln Learned to Read, includes a chapter on Sojourner Truth
*USING YOUR SCHOOLYARD FOR READING & WRITING
Gwen Kopeinig, teacher, and Diane Moller, librarian and media specialist, Lewisboro Elementary, South Salem (ES, MS)
Noon Lunch
1 pm Workshops
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PANEL
Paul Hai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Yusuf Wasi Burgess, Children & Nature Network; Susan Hereth, education coordinator, Scenic Hudson; Tyrell Hughes, Natural Leaders Network; Jen Kretser, The Wild Center; and Sean Mahar, Audubon-New York
*EXPLORING THE REAL SCIENTIFIC METHOD WITH ECOSYSTEMS AND EVIDENCE
K. Notin, M. McLean, and C. Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
HOW WE FOUND TRAILS TO FREEDOM IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
(Download hand-outs, read about MHAHP's Guide) Mid-Hudson Anti-Slavery History Project
3:00 pm Break
3:15-5:15 pm Workshops
*ESCAPE THE MOB
Susanne Norris, educator, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, National Park Service (Grades 7-12). Includes short hike from Val-Kill to Top Cottage, FDR's private "escape."
*EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNITY ON FOOT & WRITE ABOUT IT
Will Nixon & Michael Perkins, authors of Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town
FIELD TRIP TO THE MID-HUDSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Lisa DiMarzo, interpretive educator. (Preschool to grade 2) MHCM is near Poughkeepsie's Walkway Over the Hudson and 10 minutes from the Home of FDR.
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