conferences/workshops/study tours for educators

[clay dube]

Please use this thread to share announcements of workshops and study tours that are aimed at educators. Please feel free to comment on the opportunities, especially if you've participated previously and have implemented some of what you gained from the workshop.

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[clay dube]

One of our NCTA partners, the University of Colorado, is offering a wonderful opportunity this summer. You can travel to Japan and visit places that Japan's great Basho visited. The tour is June 28 – July 28, 2009. Applications will eventually be available at: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/BashoTeacherInstitute.html

This trip is funded by the Fulbright-Hays program and is open to secondary teachers of world literature or history; teachers of AP Japanese Language and Culture; as well as university instructors of Japanese.

Please mention you heard about the opportunity via the USCI Asia in My Classroom forum.

[Anonymous]

The East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at Indiana University will hold the 2009 Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School workshop in Bloomington, IN, July 12-18, 2009.

This one-week workshop provides an intensive introduction to the literature and history of China, Japan, and Korea and gives teachers the opportunity to discuss classroom applications and resources.

Those who successfully complete the workshop will receive a $300 resource-buying grant for their school. Generously funded by the Freeman Foundation, the Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School workshop is a no-cost professional development program for high school teachers of English and world literature.

Participation includes:
• Set of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literary works covered in workshop (mailed to participants prior to workshop)
• Free housing and one meal per day provided
• Certificate of completion
• Option to purchase three graduate credits from Indiana University at in-state rate
• $300 resource grant for purchasing East Asian literature for classroom use, provided upon completion of all requirements

Details and the application form are available online at http://www.iub.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/literature/index.shtml.

The application deadline is March 6, 2009 or until the seminar fills. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis, so apply as soon as possible. If the applicant is accepted into the workshop, there is a $60 nonrefundable registration fee. Please feel free to contact Katie Venit at [email protected] or call 812-856-6850 if you have any questions.

[Anonymous]

Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms.

Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world. The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers. GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at http://www.geeo.org. GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 am and 10 pm EST. To sign up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "subscribe."

[Anonymous]

Hi!

The link wouldn't click through for me, but if you cut and paste it into a new window it works fine!

Becca

[clay dube]

The Japan Society's NY office is hosting a 5 day, 30 hour workshop for educators Feb. 17-21. The program emphasizes activities geared towards young learners. These include the tea ceremony, martial arts, food and cooking, and other experience-driven learning activities.

http://www.japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=471a6526

[Anonymous]

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is offering its 2009 International Summer Institute (ISI), "Music in Many Languages," from June 14 to 19, 2009.

This intensive institute will address ways of incorporating less-commonly taught languages (languages other than Spanish, French and German) and cultures into the classroom through music. Languages will include Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Zulu, and Portuguese (tentative).
For each language, institute participants will participate in sessions covering basic language pronunciation, culture, and songs that can be used in a variety of instructional settings. Sessions on implementation and lesson plan development will provide participants with concrete plans to use their newly-acquired skills. Mary Goetze (Indiana University), nationally and internationally known clinician, conductor and composer, will present a session on her work teaching songs in less commonly taught languages.

While all K-14 teachers are welcome, the curriculum materials are geared mainly towards elementary general music teachers. Social studies/social science teachers, particularly those teaching history, geography, sociology, and world cultures, will appreciate the connections that they will be able to make with much of the material. Teachers will receive a CD with the pronunciation of song lyrics as well as other pedagogical materials.

Credit:
Participating teachers will receive CPDUs (for Illinois teachers) or University of Illinois CEUs for non-Illinois teachers.

Cost:
The registration fee is $100. This covers all course and housing costs and some of the meals. This fee is non-refundable.

Housing:
Housing (single rooms, shared baths) will be provided at the Illinois Street Residence Halls June 14-18. Housing is available for Friday night, June 19 at an additional charge.

Deadline:
Deadline for early applications is April, 17, 2009.
The final deadline for applications is May 11, 2009.

Registration:
There are a limited number of spots for this institute and interest is high. Early registration is recommended to ensure acceptance to the institute.

For registration please go to: http://www.i2i.uiuc.edu/2009_institute. You will be directed to either fill out a registration form online or download an application to be mailed in. All payments ($100) should be postmarked by April 17, 2009. Please send all payments to the address below:

International Summer Institute
EAPS
University of Illinois
230 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL, 61820

Further registration information is available by contacting Anne Prescott at 217-244-4601 or
mailto:[email protected] or Angela Williams at 217-333-2258 or mailto:[email protected] .

[Anonymous]

The Indiana University East Asian Studies Center, in conjunction with the Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese, will hold a one-day workshop for K-16 Japanese teachers titled “Content-Based Instruction for Beginning-Level Japanese.”

During the morning session, workshop leaders will provide an overview of the Content-Based Instruction (CBI) approach and discuss how to use CBI in the classroom. In the afternoon participants will develop CBI-oriented activities out of authentic materials based on manga, TV dramas, TV commercials, and film.

Up to $100 in travel reimbursement will be provided for participants who come from more than 50 miles away, and Continuing Renewal Units (CRUs) are available.

For more information and a registration form, go to http://www.iu.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/cjk/upcoming.shtml.

[Anonymous]

Cheng & Tsui presents an online seminar for teachers:

Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time: 4:00 to 5:00 pm (EDT)
Internet and phone connection required

Join curriculum specialists from Primary Source, Inc. to discuss ways of teaching modern Chinese history in the high school and college classroom, from the Qing Dynasty to the 2008 Olympics.

Various activities, timelines and primary source materials from the new textbook, "China in the World: A History Since 1644" (published by Cheng & Tsui), will be used as examples of resources that make history exciting and relevant for students.

Register by clicking on the hyperlink below:

http://www.cheng-tsui.com/webforms/sign_china_world?utm_source=citw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=online_seminar

[Anonymous]

Most excellent information sir. I will check this out.

Thank you,

GG

[clay dube]

Hi Folks,
The attached program is not specifically geared towards teachers but looks interesting nonetheless. It is a 10 session program conducted in English by a former Long Beach State professor. The first session is APRIL 11, 2009. The sessions are in Little Tokyo. Please contact the Aurora Foundation with any questions.

[Anonymous]

The University of Indian presents "Enhancing the Deliberation Process Using Primary Sources II," a summer 2009 professional development workshop.

This 3-part workshop will offer in depth instruction to K-12 educators about how to integrate primary sources from the Library of Congress into standards-based learning experiences (units), training in the deliberation process, and guidance for enhancing the deliberation process using primary sources.

Workshop Details:
- Free
- Space limited to 20
- Travel expenses & hospitality included
- 1 Choices unit/teacher
- 1 flash drive/teacher
- Stipend for completed learning experience (unit)
- Graduate credit available

Part A:
- June 17-18, 2009 (for teachers who did not participate in EDPUPS 1)
- June 18, 2007 (for teachers who participated in EDPUPS 1 )

Part B:
- Independent research and creation of learning experience (unit)

Part C:
- August 2009 (specific date TBA)

Registration and questions should be addressed to:
Susan Garcia
EDPUPS 2 Coordinator
IU Center for the Study of Global Change
201 North Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-4001
812/855-1638
Fax: 812/855-6271
mailto:[email protected]

[Anonymous]

Led by Dr. Kendall Brown and coordinated through Eli Haizlip of Bamboo Tours, this trip will feature great art, wonderful food, and the beauty of historical and contemporary Japan.

Highlights of the Trip:

* Kyoto (Sanjusangendo Temple; Lunch at former house of Takeuchi seiho; Daitokuji; Golden Pavilion)
* Himeji (Himeji Castle)
* Kurashiki (Kurashiki Folk Museum)
* Okayama (Koraku-en Garden)
* Naoshima (Chichu Art Museum)
* Tokyo (Edo-Tokyo Museum; Koishikawa Korakuen Garden)
* Nikko (Toshogu Shrine; Kegon Waterfall; Lake Chuzenji)

Cost: $4,950 per person in double room ($1,050 single room surcharge) Cost does NOT include airfare; INCLUDES all hotel accommodations; ground transportation; all breakfasts, almost all lunches, and some dinners; museum, temple, and garden entrance fees.

For additional information, please contact Jean shin Douglas at 626.449.2742 ext. 37 or mailto:j.shindouglas@pacificasiamuseum.

[clay dube]

Hi Folks,
We've had the honor of working with the Palos Verdes Peninsula USD for several years. On three occasions, the district's managed to raise funds to send groups of teachers to China. The most recent trip was over spring break 2009.

You can read about their adventures and see photos at:
http://pvchinajourney.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to Rosemary Claire and Barbara Hardesty, the intrepid leaders of the district's efforts to build Chinese language instruction and China studies programs, and to all the teachers who have devoted themselves to incorporating more about China into their courses.

[clay dube]

The Pacific Asia Museum has a monthly family-oriented festival. This month, the focus is on puppets from across Asia. Here's the announcement:

Explore Asian cultures through hands-on crafts, exhibits, and dance! Enjoy free admission to the galleries plus crafts and performances from China, Pakistan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Japan, and the Himalayas.

Admission is free. It's Saturday, June 6, 2009 from noon to 4 pm.

Pacific Asia Museum
(亞太博物館)
46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena 91101
Just take the Gold Line to Memorial Park!
大眾可搭乘Gold Line(捷運金綫)到Memorial Park（紀念公園）!

If you go, please take a photo or two and share them and your comments here in the forum.

http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org

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