Futures Conference 2012 - Equity and Inclusive Education
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From http://www.tdsb.on.ca/microsites/futures/pdfs/Seminar_Sat_AM_06.pdf
Seminar: Harnessing Existing Technologies for Local and Global Educational Collaboration
Presenter(s):
Mr. Lashbrook
Mr. Alvarez-Ossa
Abstract:
A cross-curricular invitation for educators to connect students with counterparts across the city, the province, the country and the world, by utilizing 21st century technologies (i.e. Web 2.0) that are engaging, motivating, inclusive, equitable, and that offer not only the hard and soft skills that the current market requires, but also the globally-conscious local activism that our modern world needs. The proposed vision being that the next generation of the world’s children, as part of their public school experience, will be able to collaborate with their counterparts all around the world on meaningful educational projects, as a result of an inclusive and barrier-free approach (i.e. culture, gender, prior educational experiences, race, socio-economic, etc.) that is based on the belief that all children possess innate abilities that can be nurtured if the child is provided a rich, experiential learning environment. The proposed goal, then, is to create an online global collaboration education network that will tap into the power of youth, with a cross-curricular focus on self-actualization, character development, social justice, equity and global conscience, thus collectively shifting the education paradigm and changing the world for the better…one child at a time.
Follow-Up Activities:
A Q&A session, as well as a round-table cross-curricular discussion, will be facilitated. More importantly, attendees and/or their colleagues are encouraged to use this seminar as a starting point for collaboration on various educational endeavours, within and beyond the above scope. For those who may be interested in the replication of the OWYAP in schools, research and support materials will be made freely available.
Biography:
For over 10 years Mr. Lashbrook has pursued a vision that originated in the context of shifting the arts education paradigm, when a traditional music program at an inner-city high school evolved into an award winning program of music creation and technology called the One World Youth Arts Project (OWYAP) that has been recognized by the TDSB, the Ministry of Education, the federal government, various Canadian/American universities, as well as cited in various articles, books, journals, theses, and textbooks.
Mr. Alvarez-Ossa hopes and plans to help further advance Mr. Lashbrook's creation of a barrier-free, equitable and inclusive global network of educational collaboration that is facilitated by modern Web 2.0 technologies and empowered by the creativity of youth.
From http://www.tdsb.on.ca/microsites/futures/pdfs/Seminar_Sat_AM_06.pdf
Seminar: Harnessing Existing Technologies for Local and Global Educational Collaboration
Presenter(s):
Mr. Lashbrook
Mr. Alvarez-Ossa
Abstract:
A cross-curricular invitation for educators to connect students with counterparts across the city, the province, the country and the world, by utilizing 21st century technologies (i.e. Web 2.0) that are engaging, motivating, inclusive, equitable, and that offer not only the hard and soft skills that the current market requires, but also the globally-conscious local activism that our modern world needs. The proposed vision being that the next generation of the world’s children, as part of their public school experience, will be able to collaborate with their counterparts all around the world on meaningful educational projects, as a result of an inclusive and barrier-free approach (i.e. culture, gender, prior educational experiences, race, socio-economic, etc.) that is based on the belief that all children possess innate abilities that can be nurtured if the child is provided a rich, experiential learning environment. The proposed goal, then, is to create an online global collaboration education network that will tap into the power of youth, with a cross-curricular focus on self-actualization, character development, social justice, equity and global conscience, thus collectively shifting the education paradigm and changing the world for the better…one child at a time.
Follow-Up Activities:
A Q&A session, as well as a round-table cross-curricular discussion, will be facilitated. More importantly, attendees and/or their colleagues are encouraged to use this seminar as a starting point for collaboration on various educational endeavours, within and beyond the above scope. For those who may be interested in the replication of the OWYAP in schools, research and support materials will be made freely available.
Biography:
For over 10 years Mr. Lashbrook has pursued a vision that originated in the context of shifting the arts education paradigm, when a traditional music program at an inner-city high school evolved into an award winning program of music creation and technology called the One World Youth Arts Project (OWYAP) that has been recognized by the TDSB, the Ministry of Education, the federal government, various Canadian/American universities, as well as cited in various articles, books, journals, theses, and textbooks.
Mr. Alvarez-Ossa hopes and plans to help further advance Mr. Lashbrook's creation of a barrier-free, equitable and inclusive global network of educational collaboration that is facilitated by modern Web 2.0 technologies and empowered by the creativity of youth.