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Alan Michel presenting to over 25
educators at HOME’s workshop.
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Home, Inc. presented a workshop at the
Video Educators of New England Conference, at Mount Wachusett
Community College on October 22nd. Over 30 teachers, administrators
and educational cable channel representatives participated
in HOME’s workshop, entitled "EVERYBODY WANTS
TO BE A DIRECTOR!" The workshop presented the tools
of media literacy that are being developed as part of the
HOME, Inc./ Boston Public Schools Media Literacy and Health
Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and
the National Endowment for the Arts.
Participants saw examples of how teachers
and cable system public access coordinators can help students
make the connection between media content and engaging inquiry
based student projects that encourage life long learning.
There were over 25 participants in the workshop representing
schools, cable access channels and organizations from around
New England. For more information on HOME, Inc,. media workshops
and media literacy presentations contact: Alan Michel at
alanmichel@homeinc.org
On June 28th
HOME, Inc. Director, Alan Michel, and Education Projects
Developer, Kim Slack will be guest presenters at the National
Media Education Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. NMEC
organized a special all day session for Department of Education
and National Endowment for the Arts grant awardees to present
their best teaching practices. Media artists and educators
from these nationally funded programs will exchange ideas
and connect in order to learn from each other. Brenda Jones,
Principal of the Lewis Middle School, and both Sue Mortensen,
and Gilda Sharpe-Ettah, Media Arts Teachers at English High
School, will also join our team as presenters at the NMEC
Conference.
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Recipients of the Dept. of Education
media literacy grants at NMEC conference.
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Kim Slack from HOME, Sue Mortensen
from English HS, Shelton Allen from Dept. of Education,
Brenda Jones from Lewis MS.
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Shelton Allen from the Dept. of Education
listens to Sue Mortensen from English HS.
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