Choosing to Participate Online Workshop
| Event Date: | 10/07/2009 - 10/15/2009 | Event Fee: | No Fee |
| Location: | Online |  | |
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Educators are invited to join this free online workshop designed to introduce the resources and interactive features of Facing History's newly revised website, Choosing to Participate.
Choosing to Participate: Facing History and Ourselves is an engaging interactive multimedia exhibition that has won national praise for encouraging people of all ages to consider the consequences of their everyday choices and for inspiring them to make a difference in their schools and communities. The exhibition focuses on four individuals and communities whose stories illustrate the courage, initiative, and compassion that are needed to protect democracy and human rights.
This website can be used to prepare or debrief a visit to the exhibit, or it can be used on it's own to address issues of participation. The site uses state of the art interactive graphics, video clips, and allows young people to share their own responses about democracy and participation.
The recently revised website not only presents all four stories, but also now offers a variety of interactive tools and experiences that allow students to deeply explore the themes of civic agency and responsibility. Using state of the art interactive graphics, audio and video clips, the site allows young people to share their own responses about democracy and participation.The site can be used on its own in your classrooms. It can also be used to prepare or debrief a visit to the live exhibit.
Through facilitated online activities, educators will learn a variety of ways they can use this website with their students. The workshop will allow you to receive feedback, share lesson ideas and resources and connect with other educators from around the globe.
This online workshop will be facilitated by Facing History staff, experienced middle and high school educators. The workshop will be held Wednesday October 7th through Thursday October 15th, 2009. The format will consist of several asynchronous online conversations and a guided investigation of the website. All educators are invited regardless of their computer use skill level.
By registering for this workshop, you are committing to logging on to the site and participating in the online discussion at least three times, for a time commitment of two-to-four hours during the course of the workshop.
If you have questions please contact Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka at
Tanya_Lubicz-Nawrocka@facing.org or 617-735-1643.
Registration is accepted through the application link.