During the workshop, participating teachers will have the opportunity to explore digital arts software first hand; discover tips and strategies for introducing digital arts projects to their students; and learn how to prepare, organize, and create media elements, develop narratives, and storyboard their videos.

Read what teachers around the world have said about the Humanitarian Law Curriculum:
http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/6ERJMB

All the equipment and materials that you will need to participate in the workshop will be provided for you. We only ask that you come prepared to

• Collaborate with one of your colleagues to make a one minute film;
  
• Engage in discussions about all aspects of digital arts projects in the classroom; and
  
• Create a sample lesson plan you may use in the classroom that employs digital arts.
  

You do not need to bring anything to the workshop except a notebook and something to write with. Dress comfortably and casually. We will provide computers, software, media assets, and many examples of digital projects you may wish to adopt and/or adapt for your own classroom needs.

Sessions are 9:00am - 3:00pm

Questions? Contact:

Joan Kelley-Williams
Director AFES/International Services
Station Manager Travis AFB
American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter

Phone: 707-423-3737
Email: Joan.Kelley-Williamstravis.af.mil

AGENDA
DAY 1

DAY 1: Exploring Humanitarian Law Educator Training

Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a teacher curriculum produced by the International Committee of the Red Cross in association with the Education Development Center. It meets national social studies standards for high school and is currently being implemented in nearly 70 countries.

• What is human dignity?
• What is war?
• Is everything allowed during an armed conflict?
• Does an enemy ever deserve to be protected during armed conflict?
• How should civilians be treated during armed conflict?
• Why do children sometimes take part in armed conflict?
• Should there be laws to limit the suffering of armed conflict?
• How do the rules apply to our daily lives?
• How can we make a difference?

The goal of the EHL program is that students develop:

• a humanitarian perspective,
• an understanding of the rules of armed conflict,
• and a moral voice that will speak out when human dignity is threatened.

EHL teaches students respect for human life and dignity, ethical judgment, life skills, global citizenship, the protections of the Geneva Conventions and the role of the Red Cross. Students learn by actively participating in a series of ethical explorations that look at both historical and contemporary examples and that examine concepts such as:

• Human dignity
• No easy answers
• Obstacles to humanitarian behavior
• Dilemmas
• The chain of consequences
• Multiple perspectives

DAYS 2-3: Digital Arts Professional Development Workshop

With a focus on extending the reach and impact of the EHL educator training program, the American Red Cross Headquarters in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, started the development of an online distance-learning teacher-training program. The Digital Arts Professional Development Workshop for Teachers is designed to give participating teachers the opportunity to test and respond to the EHL online environment. The teachers will also learn how to develop lesson plans that integrate Digital Arts technology with specific components from the EHL curriculum.

The workshop allows participants to experience the Project-Based Learning approach firsthand, provides them the opportunity to brainstorm and collaborate with colleagues and trainers, and offers practical experience with digital arts software programs. Teachers share ideas and learn from each other as they:

• Produce their own digital films, websites, animations or print creations, in the process learning how to use computers to create a variety of artistic artifacts.
• Extend what they have learned by developing individual unit plans that integrate the skills and approaches to which they have been introduced with their own themes and activities.
• Share planning and implementation ideas with their peers in a way that increases the likelihood their efforts will succeed in the classroom.

When the workshop concludes, participating teachers receive a small library of district-appropriate unit plans that they designed together with their peers.

 

Exploring Humanities Law curriculum materials will be provided free of charge to participants completing the workshop.

Participating teachers can also choose from a host of supporting options that can be used after the Digital Arts Professional Development session concludes. These include: a Digital Unit Planning Toolkit that helps teachers extend what they have learned to their curriculum; Digital Arts textbooks from Pearson Education publishers Allyn & Bacon and Peachpit Press; and the opportunity to host their own, student-focused Digital Arts Residency right in their classroom.

Those attending will receive a certificate of attendance and be recognized as an EHL Educator by the American Red Cross. Participants will also have the opportunity to be part of the American Red Cross EHL Digital Arts Leadership Network.

 

WHEN:
A three-day workshop will be offered on July 25-27 and consists of one day EHL Educator Training and two days Digital Arts Professional Development. As the two activities are interlinked, participants can only sign up for the full duration of the workshop. Applications to attend only part of the workshop cannot be accepted.

WHERE:
At the American Red Cross in Downtown Oakland

TIME:
Registration/check-in begins at 9:00 AM with training beginning at 9:30AM. Training concludes at 3:00PM

COST:
The workshop is free for registered teachers. Travel & maintenance support to and from the training site are the responsibility of the workshop participants. Curriculum materials, lunch and light refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. There are 14 places available. To register email or fax the application information to:

Michele Delattre at ORIAS
FAX: (510) 643-7062
EMAIL: orias@berkeley.edu

For Application Form click here:

• Word Document
• PDF

For further program information contact Michele Delattre at ORIAS: 510-643-0868 or oriasberkeley.edu

Red Cross EHL contact:

Joan Kelley-Williams
American Red Cross Bay Area
joan.kelley-williamstravis.af.mil

Co-sponsored by the Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) at U. C. Berkeley and the American Red Cross.