[Squeakland] summer learning

[Kim Rose]

Hi, Andy -
We're having a "Squeakfest" at Columbia College, in Chicago..
here's the original post:  Please let Wade Roberts 
(wroberts at colum.edu) and me know if you can join us.
cheers,
Kim

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The Interactive Multimedia and Early Childhood Education Programs at 
Columbia College Chicago and Viewpoints Research Institute invite you 
to Summer SqueakFest03 on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago.

SqueakFest03 will be Wednesday, August 6, to Friday, August 8 (two 
full-day sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, and a morning session on 
Friday). There is no registration fee.

Columbia has negotiated workshop rates at the adjacent Congress Hotel 
of $109 per night (single and double occupancy). Continental 
breakfasts and boxed lunches will be provided.

SqueakFest03 is also co-sponsored by Columbia's School of Media Arts 
and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, home, respectively, of the 
Interactive Multimedia and Early Childhood Education Programs.

In addition to a workshop on using the Etoy component of Squeak, we 
thought that it was time to try to assemble a critical mass of folks 
to discuss best-practices and practical considerations. We hope that 
attendees will arrive with examples and details of student projects, 
lesson plans, assessment details, stories, anecdotes, pedagogical 
approaches, and the like. What worked? What didn't work? Why? What 
can we draw as conclusions, learn from, and do differently (or the 
same) in the future. Most importantly: What can we learn from, and 
teach, each other?

We welcome participants from elementary, junior high, and high 
schools, and education programs at institutions of higher-education.

There will be plenty of time for attendees to break out into sessions 
by subject areas and by grades.

There will also be time for educators to provide feedback on teaching 
and using Squeak (features? interface? implementation?) to the 
developers.

At the conclusion of SqueakFest03, the IM Program will post and serve 
Squeak projects brought to or sent to the workshop.

Columbia College Chicago is the country's largest arts, media, and 
communications school, with an enrollment approaching 10,000 
students, and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. At the 
undergraduate level, it is open-admissions, by mission and 
philosophy. It is located in Chicago's South Loop, adjacent to Grant 
Park and Lake Michigan, and is convenient to the city's many museums 
and other cultural and popular attractions.

Attendance will be limited. Reply with your interest to:
Kim Rose: Kim.Rose at viewpointsresearch.org
AND
Wade Roberts: wroberts at colum.edu


Columbia College Chicago: http://www.colum.edu

Interactive Multimedia Program home: http://interactive.colum.edu

Early Childhood Education Program: 
http://www.colum.edu/undergraduate/earlychildhood/index.html

IM/ECE partnership: http://interactive.colum.edu/partnerships_ece.aspx



Hope to see you in Chicago!
Wade & Kim



>I remember seeing reference to some Squeak summer 
>workshops/institute in earlier posts. (Columbia?) Anyone have any 
>info sources/ideas.
>
>Andy
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