Grades 6-12: How can hip hop movement and break dancing contribute to conflict resolution? **FREE**

Date: December 9, 2008
Times/Grade Levels:
Grades 6-8: 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Grades 9-12: 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Cost: Free!
Requirements for Participation : Must be on the MAGPI network and have H.323 (IP) videoconferencing capabilities
Description:
How can hip hop movement and break dancing contribute to conflict resolution? Join us for this engaging demonstration and virtual student workshop aimed at exploring the use of dance toward conflict resolution. The videoconference agenda will include a brief history of hip hop and ADHK artists will demonstrate locking, popping, up-rock & b-boy styles of break dancing. Participants will practice step-by-step breakdowns of the movements. Make sure you have plenty of space for students to move around! This project is brought to you by ArcheDream.
Dan, one of ArcheDream's teaching artists, will teach students a basic hip hop routine and lead students in a discussion about freestyle hip hop. Students will then have an opportunity to showcase their freestyle dance and discuss the concept of transferring the ideas of "conflict" and "battle" into creative energy rather than negative enery. Dan will talk about how movement in Hip Hop can be used to release different emotions. He will demonstrate different movements and the emotions that are evoked while doing them; i.e. positive, creative expression of energy instead of negative, conflict-oriented energy. Finally, Dan will discuss how important making what you love to do an intregal part of your life is and why being dedicated will accelerate students' success.

http://www.magpi.net/programs/hiphop.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/

Grades 9-12: Art & Apartheid **FREE**

Art & Apartheid
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Target Grade Levels: 9-12
Description:
What was it like to grow up ‘white’ in a police state founded in racism?How were the children of the dominant race treated by their parents, teachers, even preachers? What special privileges did they have? What were the home rules and the state laws? How were they expected to behave towards the Bantu, the native Africans? Artist Alan Bell grew up in the age of Apartheid in South Africa and has made a series of paintings and drawings to illuminate the issues that separated and branded both ‘white’ and ‘black’ people with an unendurable stigma.Alan’s experience growing into manhood in Apartheid provides an insider’s perspective of the artistic works of many South African artists on both sides of the racial divide. Armed with images of his own creation, Alan reveals the power of art as a social mirror.

Instructional Objectives:
Students will see into the way of life imposed on both race groups by the laws of Apartheid. They will also see and hear some of the history of the Apartheid era,especially as it directly affected the family unit.

Videoconference Outline:
1:00 p.m.

Welcome/Introductions
1:05 p.m.

Introduction of Alan Bell
1:08 p.m.

Presentation by Alan Bell
2:00 p.m.

Question/Answer Session
2:15 p.m.

Concluding Remarks
Resources:

Drawing Packet: This is a packet of drawings by Alan Bell selected from a much larger body of work. ArcheDream's Website
http:www.magpi.net/programs/artandapartheid.html

Heather Weisse Walsh
MAGPI Applications Coordinator
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
phone: 215-573-6417
email: hweisse@magpi.net

www.magpi.net

Grades 8-12: Conversation with Author Michelle Baldini **FREE to NORT2H Members**

Special Distance Learning Presentation

Conversation with author

Michelle Baldini

Date: November 21

Time: 11:15-11:55
Audience: Grades 8-12

Join young adult author, Michele Baldini, as she presents the creative writing process and discusses her new novel Unraveling. The videoconference will be in a presentation/discussion format. Students are encouraged to ask questions about creative writing and publishing.

The purpose of this videoconference is to introduce students to the creative writing process. Prior knowledge of the novel Unraveling is not required.

Students will have the opportunity to ask questions.


Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact Jennifer Schwelik at 216-831-2080 x 233 or jschwelik@beachwoodschools.org by November 14, 2008.

Grades K-5: Don't Let the Flu Bug You this Winter!

Cook Children's Medical Center presents...
In the News: Don’t Let the Flu Bug You This Winter

November 14, 20089:00 - 9:30 AM CSTGrades K-5

Registration deadline: Nov. 12th!!!

What is and isn’t the flu? Cook Children's Medical Center Office of Occupational Health will provide a brief overview of the impact of flu on school children and adults, including preventative measures that can be taken. They will also discuss the flu vaccine such as the types and how the strains are determined each year, as well as the overall effectiveness. Cooks will explain the target groups that should be vaccinated. Come and find out what Cook Children’s does to prevent flu in staff and the community.

This program is offered FREE for everyone outside of Texas and all Texas schools that connect through their local Education Service Center video conferencing network. Most sites will be "view only". To register click on this linkhttp://www.connect2texas.net/Connect2Texas_pages/register_begin.asp?eventID=1881

Connect2Texas is a service offered by Education Service Center Region XI3001 North FreewayFort Worth, TX 76106(817) 740-3625

Grades 9-12: The 2007 Pew Fellows - Free Programs

THE 2007 PEW FELLOWS IN CRAFTS DEMONSTRATE THEIR ART-MAKING PROCESS

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Time: 1:00pm – 2:15pm ET

Grade Level: 9-12; Higher Ed

Cost: Free!

How to Connect: All sites must be connected to their regional non-profit research and education network, and have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities.

Craft artists use a variety of material, ranging from fabric to porcelain and leather to paper to create works that are not only beautiful in appearance, but also embody a deeper meaning that goes beyond the surface. The 2007 Pew Fellows in craft – Ed Bing Lee, Fritz Dietel, Adelaide Paul, and Julie York – will demonstrate in four short films the inspirations, influences and ideas that go into creating their works of art. An interactive discussion with a panel of the artists will follow the screenings. The films were directed by 1997 Pew Fellow Glenn Holsten, who will also be on the panel to answer questions about producing them.

More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pewarts.html

AN EXPLORATION INTO A VARIETY OF DANCE STYLES WITH THE 2007 PEW FELLOWS IN CHOREOGRAPHY

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008

Time: 10:00am – 11:15am ET

Grade Level: 9-12; Higher Ed

Choreography influenced by hip hop, samba, traditional African dance, ballet, contemporary and site-specific dance is the focus of this program featuring the 2007 Pew Fellows in choreography. Following the screening of four short films about Philadelphia-area choreographers Charles O. Anderson, Nicole Cousineau, Kate Watson-Wallace, and Dorothy Gordon Wilkie, the artists will talk about their work and answer questions from the audience. The films were directed by 1997 Pew Fellow Glenn Holsten, who will also be on the panel to answer questions about producing them.

More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pewarts.html

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AN INSIDE, PERSONAL LOOK AT COMPOSING MUSIC WITH THE 2007 PEW FELLOWS IN COMPOSITION

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:15pm

Grade Level: 9-12; Higher Ed

What inspires a contemporary composer to write jazz or classical music, hip hop or vocal music reflecting personal experiences? The 2007 Pew Fellows in composition – King Britt, Gerald Levinson, Peter Paulsen, and Jamey Robinson – will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into writing music in these varied musical styles. Four short films on each of these composers will be followed by a panel featuring two of the artists who will discuss their work further and field questions from the audience. The films were directed by 1997 Pew Fellow Glenn Holsten, who will also be on the panel to answer questions about producing them.

More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pewarts.html


Heather Weisse Walsh
MAGPI Applications Coordinator
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
phone: 215-573-6417
email: hweisse@magpi.net

www.magpi.net

Grades 7-12: Stand Up. Speak Out. Lend a Hand! **FREE**

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

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/

Grades 9-12: Inner World Discovery

Inner World Discovery

Date: October 21, 2008

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET

Target Grade Levels: 9-12

Cost: Free!

Designed by Riddle Hospital emergency room doctor Phillip Silverstein, the “Inner World Discovery” program is a multimedia journey through the human body. With Dr. Silverstein as their guide, students participating in this session will experience the wonder, intricacies and elegance of the human body’s immune system. This interactive videoconference presentation will make the complexities of understanding the immune system accessible to students and will make real the devastating effects of HIV. This program is scaled for high school and community college classes.

More information: http://www.magpi.net/programs/pewarts.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/