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** Powerful Voices for Kids In-School: ** ** A Professional Development Learning Community ** ** for Digital and Media Literacy ** Russell Byers Charter School faculty and staff are participating with members of the Media Education Lab at Temple University and the Powerful Voices for Kids team in sharing and learning about our experiences using the Internet, video, games, drama, media, technology and other communication arts activities with children in Grades PK – 6. This professional development program uses a //communities of practice// model. Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. Over the course of 5 sessions, **we'll host an professional development learning community designed to allow participants to share ideas, develop new skills, discuss, share and create robust instructional approaches to teaching with and about technology and media with young children.** The program meets for //six// afternoons between November and March for a total of 20 hours of professional development.

Session 1: Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 12 pm Session 2: Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 12 pm Session 3: Monday, January 10, 2011 at 5 pm Session 4: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5 pm Session 5: Monday, February 28, 2011 at 5 pm Session 6: Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5 pm

Readings and Resources

Participants are eligible for Act 48 credits and a stipend by: participating in five four-hour workshops to be scheduled collaboratively among participants during the first meeting; developing a written lesson plan that integrates media and technology into a classroom topic, either alone or in collaboration with another teacher; providing access to a sample showcase of student work resulting from this lesson plan; completing a written reflection after the completion of this lesson.

Staff: Renee Hobbs, David Cooper Moore, John Landis, Emily Bailin

Participants:

Aisha Al-Muid Taylor Capaldo

Gemini Jazz Bill Fitzgerald Nora Hildebrand Ty Ivery Amy Jared John-Carlos Marino Casey Sacchetti April Tomarelli