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Ozarks Writing Project Advanced InstituteENG 625 (3 graduate hours)

June 22-26, 2009, 9:00 a.m.4:00 p.m. M-FSpring Orientation Meeting

Fall Renewal Meeting

Keri Franklin, Ph.D.901 S. National Ave.Pummill Hall 1JSpringfield, MO 65897kfrankling@missouristate.edu417.836.3732417.224.6192

Kathy GibsonGreenwood Middle SchoolOWP Co-Tech LiaisonKgibson@missouristate.edu417.866.0720

Larry NeuburgerOWP Tech LiaisonMiller High Schoollneuburger@missouristate.edu417.827.0455

Digital Storytelling about Place: Exploring Ozarks Culture and Traditions for Ourselves and OurClassrooms.

The Ozarks Writing Project will host a Digital Storytelling Workshop called Digital Storytelling aboutPlace: Exploring Ozarks Culture and Traditions for Ourselves and Our Classrooms. The goal of this fiveday workshop is for rural and urban teachers to create digital stories about the Ozarks community, history,and heritage and bring back their knowledge to their students who will then do the same. The AdvancedInstitute will meet from July 20-24 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the campus of Missouri StateUniversity. A pre- and post workshop meeting will be scheduled. Applications are available athttp://owp.missouristate.edu .

The Missouri Humanities Council awarded a grant in the amount of $2,245.36 to Dr. Franklin for thepurchase of digital video recorders and memory cards for use by the teachers during their participation inthe Advanced Institute.

What is Digital Storytelling?From The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling, University of Houston:DigitalStorytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As withtraditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain aparticular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usuallycontain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration,video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the storiesused in education typically last between two and ten minutes. And the topics that are

used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historicalevents, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in othercorners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. A great way to beginlearning about Digital Storytelling is by watching the following video introductionto Digital Storytelling.

The Ozarks Writing Project is a site of the National Writing Project (NWP) located in Berkeley,California. The National Writing Project model operates on three assumptions: (1) Teachers arethe best teachers of each other; (2) Teachers must write to understand their students writing

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problems and to enhance their own writing skills; and (3) Teachers from all grade levels andcontent areas should interact.

The Ozarks Writing Project mission is to provide teachers of southern Missouri a space to write,both personally and professionally, and to talk with others who want to learn more about the artand science of teaching writing. The OWP is selective in that it encourages the best of the bestteachers to apply and then be accepted to the Advanced Institute on the Missouri State campus.The OWP recognizes teachers authority and expertise in the world of teaching and asks teachersto demonstrate what they know about teaching writing. OWP participants are encouraged topromote writing in their classrooms, their schools, and in their school districts by offeringworkshops and inservice programs.

Because this is not a lecture-style course but a professional development course for teachers, wedo not consider ourselves as instructors, but facilitators. If you need supplies or resources, we willbe glad to assist you.

Goal: The goal of this project is to encourage teachers and students to incorporate communityengagement and cultural awareness within their own classrooms. The workshop will provide teachers

with access and information about the culture, heritage, and environment of the Ozarks and to providethem opportunities to write, read, and explore community through digital storytelling. Teachers will beprovided with professional development in order to learn how to use the technology for their ownproject and implement the project into their classrooms.

Product: Participants will develop digital stories about place and community. They will create theirown digital stories and view and analyze examples of student and teacher work. These digital storieswill be archived on the Ozarks Writing Project web page found at http://owp.missouristate.edu. Thisarchive will act as publishing and as a resource for other teachers who did not attend the institute whomay be interested incorporating digital storytelling or community research into their classrooms.

Using resources from the Ozarks Studies Institute, the Missouri State Libraries Special Collections,

and local sites, teachers will experience placed-based writing which will encourage community

engagement and community as a research topic for teachers and students. These digital stories will

make use of instructional ideas and activities shared and highlighted during the Advanced Institute

and/or could be organized around themes related specifically to the Ozarks or themes such as

community, place, journey, discovery, Ozarks, Missouri, and American History, etc. The thinking

behind this topic is that teachers need to find and take opportunities to learn in places outside of class

and connect history, the arts, economics, ecology, science, geology, and botany using digital

resources. As teachers in other parts of the state have explored the same theme, we hope that our

collected writings and lessons of place may make a collection worth publishing and sharing with

teachers in Missouri and beyond.

Participants: We welcome applications from teachers at all levels, in all content areas, with all levels

of writing and tech experience. Teachers will fill out an application and be chosen based on diversity

of grade level and school districts. Teachers will receive free graduate credit (3 hours) and use of

digital equipment to create their digital stories. In addition, Fellows will be able to take home with

them, digital resources that they can then use in their own classrooms. Cost: Registration is $100.

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Make check payable to Ozarks Writing Project. This money will go toward buying technology that

you can keep for classroom use.

Attendance, Punctuality, Participation, and Assessment: We will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.each morning. Please come a few minutes early to eat, drink, and visit. Please attend the Instituteevery day, unless an actual emergency prevents your attendance. The stipend will be pro-rated

based on attendance. The Writing Project is built on the community of teachers and writers thatare collected in this room. If one is gone, we arent quite whole. Its important that you are here.

Non-discrimination Policy

Missouri State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution, and maintains agrievance procedure available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminatedagainst. At all times, it is your right to address inquiries or concerns about possible discriminationto the Office for Equity and Diversity, Park Central Office Building, 117 Park Central Square,Suite 111, (417) 836-4252. Other types of concerns (i.e., concerns of an academic nature) shouldbe discussed directly with your instructor and can also be brought to the attention of yourinstructors Department Head. Please visit the OED website at www.missouristate.edu/equity/.

AccommodationsTo request academic accommodations for a disability, contact the Director ofDisabilityServices, Plaster Student Union, Suite 405, (417) 836-4192 or (417) 836-6792 (TTY),www.missouristate.edu/disability. Students are required to provide documentation of disabilityto Disability Services prior to receiving accommodations. Disability Services refers some typesof accommodation requests to the Learning Diagnostic Clinic, which also provides diagnostictesting for learning and psychological disabilities. For information about testing, contact theDirector of the Learning Diagnostic Clinic, (417) 836-4787,http://psychology.missouristate.edu/ldc .

Academic IntegrityMissouri State University is a community of scholars committed to developing educated persons whoaccept the responsibility to practice personal and academic integrity. You are responsible for knowingand following the universitys student honor code, Student Academic Integrity Policies andProcedures, available at www.missouristate.edu/assets/provost/AcademicIntegrityPolicyRev-1-08.pdfand also available at the Reserves Desk in Meyer Library. Any student participating in any form ofacademic dishonesty will be subject to sanctions as described in this policy.

Dropping the CourseIt is your responsibility to understand the Universitys procedure for dropping a class. If you stopattending this class but do not follow proper procedure for dropping the class, you will receive afailing grade and will also be financially obligated to pay for the class. For information aboutdropping a class or withdrawing from the university, contact the Office of the Registrarat 836-5520. Dropping the course will also result in the loss of the stipend, registration fee, andtechnology.

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