A member of my PhD cohort has asked that I pass this invitation from the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation along to all DC teachers:
On behalf of the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education to offer you and your middle/high school teachers free professional development related to teaching with testimony via our educational website, IWitness (http://iwitness.usc.edu), which brings the human stories of the Institute's Visual History Archive to teachers and their students through engaging multimedia-learning activities in a safe, closed-access format.
Earlier this year, we launched the IWitness Video Challenge, a nationwide video essay contest for secondary school students, commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning film, Schindler's List. Guided by the theme, Ordinary People – Extraordinary Actions, the Challenge asks students to develop a video essay that links their own voices to those in IWitness and demonstrates how any individual can take action to make the world a better place. The student with the winning video essay will be flown to LA with their teacher and a parent/guardian to have their video screened at the 20th anniversary celebration of the USC Shoah Foundation and Schindler's List. Learn more here: http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/IWitnessChallenge/ We hope you will spread the word to your colleagues about this exciting new contest, which ends December 2, 2013.
We are also in the midst of planning our Fall PD travel plans (free) across the US so if you see an opportunity for us to work with your teachers, do let us know. All we would need is an audience of teachers (e.g. History, English, Psychology, Sociology, Media Studies), space and access to the internet/wifi. We could also offer light catering/lunch.
I look forward to hearing from you to discuss this opportunity further. I've attached information about our work.
All the best,
Brandon Haas
Senior Education and Content Specialist
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education
University of Southern California
650 West 35th Street, Ste. 114
Los Angeles, California 90089-2571
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