Fwd: New Media Classroom Summer Institute [ANNOUNCEMENT]

From: Judith K. Graves (jgrav@loc.gov)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 10:40:14 EDT

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    Arnold Pulda, 1998 AMFellow, is involved with this summer program. Arnold,
    would you care to provide an insider's view of this great summer opportunity?
    Judy

    >Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:27:54 -0500
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    >From: Jonathan Rotondo-McCord <jrm@histor.net>
    >Subject: New Media Classroom Summer Institute [ANNOUNCEMENT]
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    >Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 08:53:08 -0700
    >From: John McClymer <jmcclyme@eve.assumption.edu>
    >Subject: NMC workshop
    >
    >A New Media Classroom Summer Institute
    >"Culture Wars: 1920s America"
    >
    >Location: Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts,
    >Date: June 24-28
    >Registration Deadline:: 2001-06-01
    >
    >This week-long institute is open to secondary and college teachers,
    >librarians and media specialists, community and museum educators.
    >
    >The New Media Classroom: In conjunction with the American Social History
    >Project (CUNY) and the American Studies Association's Crossroads
    >Project Assumption College will host a regional summer seminar
    >dedicated to bringing educators together to investigate ways to
    >incorporate effectively print and electronic media in various teaching
    >and learning environments. The 20001 AC-NMC summer institute, organized
    >around the theme of "Culture Wars: 1920s America," will build on the
    >previous New England Region-NMC summer institutes, held at Assumption
    >and at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. It
    >will expand the existing network of educators from diverse sites
    >(schools, colleges and universities, community centers, museums,
    >historic sites, and other historical and cultural institutions).
    >
    >Why "Culture Wars: 1920s America"? This is the theme of the
    ><http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/> American History and Culture on the Web
    >project at Assumption which NMC co-leader John McClymer directs and for
    >which co-leader Arnold Pulda is a research associate. The project,
    >supported with an Education Development Grant from the National
    >Endowment for the Humanities, focuses upon defining decades -- the
    >1850s, the 1920s, and the 1770s. American History and Culture on the Web
    >staff create archives of primary materials, design pedagogical
    >exercises, and provide narrative guides to on-line materials. We will
    >use these resources along with many others unconnected to the project.
    >
    >We will begin with materials dealing with the Harlem Renaissance. We
    >will then look at key events of the decade, from the debate over
    >immigration restriction to the Smith-McAdoo contest for the Democratic
    >presidential nomination (in which the Klan's endorsement of McAdoo was
    >the crucial issue) to the Scopes Trial. We will look at the emergence of
    >advertising as an industry and profession and at the new mass culture of
    >which advertising was a key component.
    >
    >The Program at Assumption College includes a five-day summer institute
    >(Sunday,
    >June 24-Thursdeay, June 28), a year-long on-line seminar, and follow-up
    >on-line meetings focusing on the successful implementation of new media
    >based instruction and materials.
    >
    >Goals include enabling participants to:
    >a) promote the ability of students and other learners to construct
    >knowledge and make connections in multi-media, text, images and sound;
    >b) explore a range of new humanities resources available on the World
    >Wide Web;
    >c) integrate technology into individual courses, school curricula, and
    >public interpretive programs;
    >d) work with scholars and educators who have pioneered in developing new
    >media applications; and
    >e) contribute to an ever-widening community of educators committed to
    >exploring what it means to learn, teach, and interpret in
    >technology-enhanced sites.
    >
    >We invite applications from educators at high schools, colleges,
    >universities, community centers, historical sites and organizations.
    >These should be submitted no later than Monday, May 21, 2000. Applicants
    >can apply as individuals or a team. High-level technological skills and
    >extensive use of new media in previous teaching are NOT requirements for
    >participation. Instructional and interpretive goals will drive the use of
    >technology in the institute, not vice versa.
    >
    >Contact information:
    >John McClymer
    >Department of History
    >Assumption College
    >Worcester MA 01609
    >508 767 7278
    >jmcclyme@assumption.edu
    >
    >Summer Program website: http://www.assumption.edu/NMC2000

    Judith K. Graves
    Education Resources Specialist
    National Digital Library Program
    Library of Congress
    (v)202/707-2562
    jgrav@loc.gov
    http://learning.loc.gov/learn/



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