Professional Development
Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA)
OMA's Arts Integration Academy gives participants a chance to explore the process of arts integration in a fun and supportive environment, learn how to enrich education through arts integration, develop classroom management strategies while maintaining creativity, and study collaboration strategies and dynamic art integration lesson plan development strategies. The Academy will be offered in two separate sessions—Session I: May 31-June 3, 2009, and Session II: August 2-August 5, 2009. For more information, visit www.omaproject.org/.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
In the workshop entitled "Data Wise: Step-by-Step Blueprint for Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching & Learning," educators are guided through a systematic process for using their existing assessment data to improve the quality of education in their school. Use assessment results to improve teaching and learning! Held June 21-26, 2009. For more information, visit http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/.
National Gallery of Art Teacher Institute Summer 2009
"Crosscurrents of American Art: 18th and 19th Centuries" will explore American art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, emphasizing the country's rich and diverse visual heritage. Lectures, gallery talks, discussion groups, and hands-on activities will focus on American paintings and their ties to European traditions of fine art, as well as ceremonial and utilitarian art objects created by created by enslaved and free Blacks. Native Americans stories will emphasize the importance of the oral tradition across tribal boundaries. The seminar highlights the social and cultural context of art and demonstrates interdisciplinary teaching strategies. Participants will explore connections to literature and music and visit other local cultural institutions. Two six-day sessions will be held—Session 1: July 13-18, 2009, and Session 2: July 27-August 1, 2009. For more information, visit www.nga.gov.
Future of Learning Institute: Preparing Minds for the 21st Century
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, important changes in our societies are transforming the lives of young people around the world. Globalization, the digital revolution, and advancements in our understanding of human biology all present new opportunities and challenges to today's educators. Harvard Graduate School of Education's Future of Learning Institute, entitled "Preparing Minds for the 21st Century," is designed to help educators understand how changes in society are affecting learning today and in the future. It invites educators to examine what, where, and how children and adults should learn in order to thrive in the twenty-first century. In what ways are important changes in today's societies—global, digital, and biological revolutions-impacting education? August 4—7, 2009. For more information, visit http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/.
NAEA's New ePortfolio Site
Digication is a new concept in educational software that is easy to master and simple to use. It has all the connectivity, file sharing, and online publishing tools teachers and students want. Designed by educators to serve the core needs of teachers and students, Digication opens the lines of communication by combining elements of e-Portfolios and learning networks. This software allows users to create a community that can learn and grow both inside and outside the classroom. For more information, visit http://naea.digication.com.