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michael valentine
I am looking for a number of schools around the world to collaborate on a Literature/Research/Technology project. The project will be based upon an old essay from The New Yorker titled"The Man Who Walks on Air" - it is a profile of the famous tightrope walker Phillipe Petit. The essay reveals Petit's conviction that what he does is Art. This is a great discussion point on what is art? Our school will set up a website forum and i also intend to track down the New Yorker journalist and ask him to contribute to the forum. The research project includes work on the History of Art and The History of Ropewalking. We will also make a movie of our attempts at rope walking. The essay is an abridged version but it is wonderfully written and provides many themes for comprehension questions and tasks. We are a 1:1 Tablet school and I believe we can promote a lot of discussion on our Art cultures/history if we have a wide number of nationalities involved. I will prepare a project booklet and provide access to our website intranet/forum to any prospective teachers...some of our other projects are displyed here. i propose to undertake this project in September...in your northern hemisphere's new academic year.
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Dan Gillmor
While new to this portion of the TIG site I have been a member for just over a year. I teach Social 10/11/12 and English 10/11/12 in Alberta. I am currently working on ways to incorporate the use of this site to assist in teaching concepts like Globalization, Nationalism and Ideology. Anyone with some ideas as to what they would like to try can drop me a line. I am open to new ideas and direction; I just have to make sure that I can align it with the curricular outcomes for my province and division first; and because I teach social studies the ability to align cool new ideas the the curriculum.
My inspirations come from a number of things. Quiet workers always impress me. They work from the heart and mind and aren't looking for a pat on the back. I am inspired by those who chose not to take the...
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