The third day of our Summer Teacher Institute focused on Literacy in the Humanities Classroom.  Using the framework of the TPCK Model (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge), we explored how traditional skills such as reading, writing, and research could be merged with emerging literacies and addressed by new tools to create a contemporary classroom: Literacy In [...]

The second workshop in our Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation featured noted educator and author Will Richardson.  Will’s session, Writing and Connecting in a Networked, Digital World, engaged participants on the shifting notion of what it means to teach: “This is a very challenging moment for educators. Our children are headed for [...]

Today marked the beginning of our 2009 Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation, a series of 22 full-day workshops led by distinguished educators from MICDS and around the world.  For our first session, Literacy in the Foreign Language Classroom, Elizabeth Helfant, Brigette Leschhorn, and I guided 20 language teachers from five local schools [...]