The following information was sent in the first week of January to principals in the Miami area. Please feel free to pass on the information.
The purpose of this information is to raise awareness (and clicks) for
1) PANEL DISCUSSION
Click here to learn about the panel's experiences
2) VIRTUAL RELEASE of the Spanish edition. We want more clicks on the first chapter of the Spanish edition. CLICK HERE
Here is the text of the email message...
The EMAIL from January 2015
a free ebook and free training about projects and digital portfolios
Click here to learn about the FREE TRAINING workshop (and panel discussion) that will take place in Miami in February. (date, time and place to be determined)
Hello
I’m a teacher in Broward who found an interesting ebook — Dennis Littky’s The Big Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business
— link to the National Public Radio interview
Transcript of the interview with Dr. Littky
All Things Considered, April 25, 2005 · It's hard to imagine a school with no tests, no grades and no classes. But those familiar elements of education are missing at two dozen Big Picture schools in six states, each with no more than 120 students.
They emphasize work in the real world, portfolios, oral presentations and intense relationships between students and advisers. Margot Adler visits one of the schools, called The Met, the 10-year-old model for the schools, in Providence, R.I.
Students are encouraged to discover their passions, interning two days a week with mentors in the community who relate those passions to the real world. The student might work at a hospital, a bakery, or an architectural firm. School projects are designed by the mentor, the adviser and the student together -- and are presented orally, along with a portfolio, every nine weeks.
TALK IN MARCH
I invite you and your staff to an interesting presentation about Projects and Digital Portfolios (free) in late January or in early February. The time and place (in Miami) has not yet been set up, but the materials are online. You can see the basic info without having to attend. Click here
TIME 2-4 pm
DATE March 14, 2015
PLACE Centro Cultural Español
This is a “flipped classroom” approach to releasing the Spanish translation of Littky’s book.
The traditional book “unveiling” takes place in a location where the book is distributed for the first time.
In the “flipped” approach, the information is given to the audience BEFORE the event.
People who attend the event arrive ready with questions and comments.
See Katie Gimber’s Flipped Classroom video
Note: I am not affiliated with Big Picture. I visited the campus in Providence, R.I. and I was impressed. I’m sharing this information with you because I found it valuable. I obtained the limited right to sell the translation into Spanish of the book … The sales are limited to 1500 copies. I’m getting the book sold for $9 on CreateSpace.com … proceeds from the book sales will be used to buy additional copies for donation to schools in South America.
Happy 2015. I hope you can join us online and in person for the workshop. Many of the presenters have done work before: Here are some of their youtube performances:
Dennis Yuzenas Projects and portfolios
Mario Llorente Dominos in Schools
Steve McCrea
(954) 646 8246
Fort Lauderdale
