Stand Up. Speak Out. Lend a Hand!
Open to National Participation
Project Dates/Times:
Kick-off Videoconference Event with Gerda Weissmann Klein Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Service Learning Projects: December 3 - March 2
Wrap-Up Videoconference/Project Collage Event:
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Target Grade Levels: 7-12; Higher Education
Requirements for Participation: There are two ways to participate in this project!
Interactive Videoconference Participants: Must have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities and be on the MAGPI and/or Internet2 networks
Webstream Participants: Must have an internet connection and Quicktime v. 6 or older and/or Windows Media Player
What happens when students get a first-hand view of the Holocaust, investigate the historical issues surrounding it, and then turn a critical lens on social issues in their own communities? Students involved STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND, will hear from Holocaust Survivor and world-renowned speaker Gerda Weissmann Klein during a special interactive videoconference event. Following the multi-site event, students will embark upon their own four month service learning projects. Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community. At the conclusion of the three month challenge, all students involved in the project will meet via interactive videoconference to share their projects with Mrs. Klein during a "collaboration collage" special event. This project is being offered through partnership with the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation.
More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html
Open to National Participation
Project Dates/Times:
Kick-off Videoconference Event with Gerda Weissmann Klein Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Service Learning Projects: December 3 - March 2
Wrap-Up Videoconference/Project Collage Event:
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Target Grade Levels: 7-12; Higher Education
Requirements for Participation: There are two ways to participate in this project!
Interactive Videoconference Participants: Must have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities and be on the MAGPI and/or Internet2 networks
Webstream Participants: Must have an internet connection and Quicktime v. 6 or older and/or Windows Media Player
What happens when students get a first-hand view of the Holocaust, investigate the historical issues surrounding it, and then turn a critical lens on social issues in their own communities? Students involved STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND, will hear from Holocaust Survivor and world-renowned speaker Gerda Weissmann Klein during a special interactive videoconference event. Following the multi-site event, students will embark upon their own four month service learning projects. Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community. At the conclusion of the three month challenge, all students involved in the project will meet via interactive videoconference to share their projects with Mrs. Klein during a "collaboration collage" special event. This project is being offered through partnership with the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation.
More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html
Heather Weisse Walsh
MAGPI Applications Coordinator
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
phone: 215-573-6417
email: hweisse@magpi.net
http://www.magpi.net/
MAGPI Applications Coordinator
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
phone: 215-573-6417
email: hweisse@magpi.net
http://www.magpi.net/
