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Day 5 - Friday, August 15

by Jim Carrico — last modified 2008-06-17 20:53

Day 5 - Friday, August 15
1005 Main Theater

Teenagers Sing for the River:
Korean teenagers social activism.
10:00 to 12:00
Web 2.0 tools:
(Cara Elrod) A time to share learning/teaching resources we have found on the Internet: or sharing time for geeks ;)
14:30 to 15:30 		Amazing Educational DVDs:
(Helen Hughes)Friday night's DVD Special will be Imagine a School... Summerhill, a documentary by William Tyler Smith.
15:30 to 17:00
1001 Theater

European Democratic Education Conference EUDEC 2008:
(Henrik Ebenbeck) Brand new report on the first European Democratic Education Conference EUDEC, which was held from 25 July till 3 August 2008 in Leipzig Germany.
9:00 to 10:00
Learning to Read and Write as a Natural part of Life :
(Meron Mazhari) This (somewhat interactive) workshop explores some practice and theory about how literacy skills might be acquired in the same way as verbal skills.
10:30 to 12:00
Plan "A": Peter Prontzos :
A Strategy to End War and Poverty
13:00 to 14:30 		Democratic Education 24/7: The Highland School:
The advantages and pitfalls of doing a democratic boarding school where students and staff interact beyond the usual school day.
14:30 to 16:00 		Self-organization, Emergence, and Human Possibility:
(Jim Carrico) An attempt to digest and summarize recent developments in the study of complex system, how diversity and stability emerge from simpler, less ordered states.
16:00 to 17:00
1002 Meeting Room

North American Democratic Education Community::
(Isaac Graves) This presentation will provide details about our current activities
9:30 to 10:30
Attitude Adjustments: Laughter Yoga with the Attitutor:
(Don Berg) Come to learn about the amazing, unexpected benefits of laughter and the story of how Laughter Yoga started.
13:00 to 14:30
Sociocracy Introduction: Playing with Decision-Making:
Here is a little bit of a description of what it is. Otherwise it won't go up.
15:00 to 17:00
1613 Meeting Room

What are the limitations of democratic schools for African American children/families in the US?:
(John Harris Loflin) What is their critique of progressive education? How can IDEC bring a variety of communities under its umbrella?
9:00 to 10:30
What We've Learned:
Organizing IDEC 2008 has been hard and fun. We will be happy to share what that's meant to us and hope other will contribute as well.
11:00 to 12:00
Zoom Out (Chris Mercogliano):
Step back and look at childhood from an ecological perspective and question and question the value of education!
13:00 to 15:00 		DIMENSIONS OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION:
(Moe Zimmerberg) What constitutes a democratic school? There are as many varieties of Democratic Education as there are schools, and yet we are all lumped together into one beautiful mosaic.
15:00 to 16:30
Ballroom

Drama:
Drama for younger folk with Geneva. Intermediate Drama with Alison
10:30 to 12:00 		JC/SC:
Windsor House live School Council and Judicial Council
12:00 to 13:00 		International Sports Game:
A fun, competitive sports game for all ages and skill levels.
13:00 to 15:00
Announcements: Brenda Birch:
Announcements, additional workshops, and changes will be scheduled daily. If you miss this, locate all changes on the white board in the Ballroom.
17:00 to 17:30
The Social Brain: Peter Prontzos:
Human beings; hard-wired for empathy, cooperation and community.
19:00 to 20:30
Variety Show:
A chance for anyone to show their stuff, get together their act and brave the stage. Please respect the audience in planning your act: keep it short (3 minutes or less), appropriate to all ages, and interesting for all! Sign up at registration!
21:00 to 22:30
Study Hall

Digital Storytelling (WH-Live):
(Cara Elrod) Hands-on session using digital multi-media techniques to help students express themselves, demonstrate and reflect on learning.
9:00 to 10:30
Adventures with Kelley:
Choose Your Own Adventure story and Comic Drawing
13:00 to 16:00
Other (See description)

Teaching and Democratic Education Part 2:
(moved to 1402) I don't think we can possibly do justice to all the questions raised in one workshop, so this one will pick up where the first one leaves off.
10:00 to 11:30

Panorama-rama: meet the Gigapan (1402):
Explore large scale interactive panoramas
13:00 to 14:00
Traditional Korean Games:
Come and experience some traditional Korean games (Outside of Ballroom)
15:00 to 17:00
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