Teaching Global Studies With Technology: A four-part training workshop

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* Participants apply separately for each two-day workshop and can apply to be a part of all four.

The goal of this set of workshops is to assist educators in integrating technology into their classroom teaching. Together, we aim to equip teachers with new skills and ideas for creating student-centered learning environments for the 21st century.

Workshop 1
Israel and Palestine, Jan 29-30, 2010
Israel/Palestine- Blogging with Blogger
Blogs are journal-style websites where authors create posts
that are maintained in chronological order, and readers have
the chance to comment and respond. Blogs are excellent ve-
hicles for teachers to open up conversations and allow stu-
dents to express and explore their ideas.

Workshop 2
China and Tibet, Feb 26-27, 2010
China/Tibet- Collaborative Websites with Wikispaces
Wikis are collaborative websites where any student can edit
any page at any time. Th ey are well-suited to knowledge co-
construction projects, like collaborative portfolios, study
guides, or multi-media presentations.

Workshop 3
Colombia, March 26-27, 2010
Colombia- Group Audioblogging with Voicethreads
Voicethreads are social conversations, built on a Web sites,
around a collection of images. Th ey are excellent platforms
for illustrated talks and dialogues around shared texts in so-
cial studies classrooms.

Workshop 4
Russia and Georgia, April 23-24, 2010
Russia/Georgia- Social Bookmarking with Diigo
Social bookmarking allows communities of students to con-
duct online research in groups, by tagging websites with
shared keywords, annotating, and commenting on them. It
makes research and following current events a collaborative,
social process, rather than an individual task.



Eligibility: K-12 educators teaching on topics and using technology tools related to the four regional areas covered by the workshops.

Instructors:
Lectures on topic areas will be given by Harvard faculty and affiliates.  EdTechTeacher, an educational technology professional development provider will assist participants throughout the programs to create a technology focused lessons.

Sponsored by the outreach programs at Harvard University
The outreach personnel at Harvard’s Asia Center, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, David  Rockefeller for Latin American Studies, and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies have combined forces for this special event.

The organizers of the workshops are petitioning Framingham State College to provide one graduate teaching credit for the successful completion of one segment of the workshop, which is two-days.

The cost of the workshop is $20.

For more information contact
Middle East region studies                                                                                             Russian and Eurasian Studies
Latin American Studies
Asian Studies