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<dthomps1@email.GC.cuny.edu> New Media Classroom: Narrative, Inquiry, and Technology in the U.S. History Survey Expanding Horizons Announcement The American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning (ASHP/CML) in collaboration with the American Studies Association's Crossroads Project, is accepting applications from K-12 and college teachers of the U.S History (or comparable interdisciplinary humanities) survey course, to take part in the 1999-2000 New Media Classroom program, held at six regional center locations across the country. The program is pending funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Combining local, face-to-face training and on-going support -- with national linkages energized by on-line communications -- the ASHP's New Media Classroom program has pioneered an exciting approach to classroom use of new media in humanities education. This approach addresses content and pedagogy as well as technology, as faculty explore new scholarship, high quality digital resources, and effective classroom strategies to develop student understanding of key issues in American history and culture. Experienced faculty share insights and generate innovative curriculum while deepening and rethinking their classroom practices. Our experience working with hundreds of faculty in high schools and colleges nationwide provides a rich base for understanding the promise and the problems associated with the use of new media in humanities education. The year-long program begins with a 5-day summer institute and continues through the end of the school year, June 2000. Each NMC Regional Center program focuses on a specific theme or area of concentration to engage faculty in an examination of the issues of narrative and inquiry as they pertain to the construction of a new, more inclusive understanding of American history and culture, new media resources, and classroom learning. Those themes or topic areas have included migrations, studies of the Western Plains, local history, developing a humanities Web site, multicultural studies, and on-line writing and student literacy. The summer institute program will employ a mix of hands-on activities, that include both demonstration and presentation. Participating faculty will explore a range of new humanities electronic resources found on CD-ROM and the World Wide Web, and develop strategies for using new media with students. Select activities scheduled that week include: * examining 'inquiry and archive' hands-on assignments * developing a new media lesson * roundtable discussions with educational media producers and designers * constructing Web sites for the humanities classroom * designing student multimedia projects * how to use search engines, and much, much more. Returning to their schools for the 1999-2000 school year, participating faculty will test the strategies developed at the summer institute, participate in a national on-line forum, and take part in follow-up meetings and other activities designed to generates a reflective community of humanities educators sharing curriculum, resources, and insights into the teaching and learning of U.S. history and culture. Cost for participation is $450.00, payable by your institution. (A limited number of stipends are available.) Each participant is responsible for arranging travel and lodging. Meals and curriculum materials (including free software) will be provided. Specifics for each regional program will vary. If you are interested in applying, send a letter of inquiry, fax, or email message to one of the Centers listed below. NMC Regional Centers Carl Schulkin Pembroke Hill School 5121 State Line Road Kansas City, MO 64112 email: schulkin@gvi.net Tele: (816) 936-1408; Fax: (816) 936-1429 Susan Kilgore Washington State University General Education Program Admin. Annex 301B Pullman, WA 99164-4133 email: skilgore@wsu.edu Tele: (509) 335-1339; Fax: (509) 335-7003 Tracey Weis History Department Millersville University PO Box 1002 Millersville, PA 17551-0302 email: tweis@marauder.millersv.edu (717) 871-2025 fax (717) 871-2485 Peter Felten Liberal Arts Division Tulsa Community College 10300 East 81st Street S Tulsa, OK 74133-4513 email: pfelten@tulsa.cc.ok.us (918) 595-7780 fax (918) 595-7799 Bill Friedheim Dept. of Social Science Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY 199 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 email: Billfheim@aol.com Tele: (212) 346-8243 Howard Lurie Mt. Greylock Regional High School 1781 Cold Spring Road Williamstown, MA 01267 email: hlurie@massed.net Tele: (413) 458-9582 x112; Fax: (413) 458-2856 For further information about the ASHP/CML's teaching with echnology>programs, please contact: Donna Thompson Assistant Education Directorfor New Media Programs SHP/CML 99 Hudson Street, 3rd floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 966-4248 x219 dthomps1@email.gc.cuny.edu Or visit our web site at http://www.ashp.cuny.edu, see Education Programs: New Media Classroom and GOALS 2000 Teaching with Technology.
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