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Kid Curators News
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World Future Society's Annual Conference--World Future 2007: Fostering Hope and Vision for the 21st Century
July 29 - 31, 2007, Minneapolis, MN
Toward a Global Virtual Museum and Collaboratory of the Future: Designed By and For Students. This session will present an emergent, web-based and community participatory design model of developing a virtual museum about and for the future. A Virtual Museum of the Future "virtual design studio" will be explored, with examples and collaborative projects designed by students from around the world. This session will focus on how to re-engage and leverage the creativity and energy of students into the study and creation of the future through web-based and classroom-based school museum projects.
Presenters:
- Dr. Ted Kahn, co-founder, president and CEO of DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. and Chief Learning Officer for Design World College (www.designworlds.com)
- Linda D'Acquisto, Kid Curators, LLC
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference & Exhibit Show
March 17–19, 2007, Anaheim, CA
School Museum Projects: A Powerful Way to Organize Curriculum and Instruction. Learn how teachers use school museum projects to organize curriculum around “big ideas” and focusing questions; engage students in research, writing, and design; and develop students’ critical thinking, problem solving, communication and teamwork skills. Hear examples of school museum projects that motivated students, engaged the community, and addressed important learning standards.
Presenters:
- Linda D'Acquisto, Kid Curators, LLC
- Pat Morrissey, 6th grade teacher, Elmwood Elementary School,
New Berlin, WI
- Dan Lyons, 3rd grade teacher, Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary School, Maplewood, MO
Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Learning on Display: Student-Created Museums That Build Understanding
Presenters:
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Linda D'Acquisto, Kid Curators, LLC
- Pat Morrissey, 6th grade teacher, Elmwood
Elementary School,
New Berlin, WI
- Dan Lyons, 3rd grade teacher, Maplewood Richmond
Heights Elementary School, Maplewood, MO
- Vicki Hardy, Principal, Maplewood Richmond
Heights Elementary School, Maplewood, MO
On April 2, 2006, at the ASCD Annual Conference
in Chicago, Linda, Pat, Dan, and Vicki presented
a session about school museum projects. Linda opened
with an overview of the school museum planning and
instructional process, and Pat and Dan gave classroom
examples of these processes in action. Vicki shared
a principal’s perspective on the benefits of school museum projects for students,
teachers, parents, and the community. Look for photos of Pat and Dan’s
projects in the Examples section of this website soon!
Notable quote: "In all of my 32 years of teaching,
I have never been involved in such an in-depth project that engages students
in learning. This is the best learning and teaching experience I have
ever been a part of!" — Teacher, Pat Morrissey |
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Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) Annual Fall Forum
Purposeful Learning: Student-Created Museums in the
Classroom and Community
Presenters:
• Linda D'Acquisto, Kid Curators, LLC
• Mary Pat Clasen, Spanish Language Teacher,
Shorewood High School, Shorewood, WI
On November 2-4, 2006, at the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) Annual Fall Forum in Chicago, IL, Linda and Mary Pat presented a session about school museum projects. Linda opened with an overview of the full Kid Curator process and Mary Pat presented her classroom museum project (see the Motorcycle Diaries slide show in the "examples" section of this website). |
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American
Association of Museums (AAM) http://www.aam-us.org
AAM: K-12 Curators: What Do Kids Learn by Making Exhibitions?
Panel:
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Linda D'Acquisto, Consultant, Kid Curators, LLC
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Christi Atkinson, Associate Director, Education and Community Programs, Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Marie Scatena, Teen Chicago Project Director, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago,
IL
On April 27th, 2006, at the Annual American Association
of Museums Conference in Boston, Linda, Marie, and
Christi shared information about their programs;
each of which involves students in exhibition design
and development. With the great need for K-12 students
to develop academic and workplace skills, each program
highlighted how exhibition development and design
can provide powerful training. The comprehensive
process of exhibit development addresses many student
learning goals ranging from research, writing, and
design, to problem solving, communication, and teamwork.
As a panel, Linda, Marie, and Christi examined this
innovative instructional strategy in two different
environments: the school classroom and the museum
gallery. |
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| Read about a 6th grade Kid Curator project about the environment that was featured in the New Berlin NOW newspaper: www.newberlinnow.com |
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The fall 2006 issue of the Exhibitionist included an article
by Linda D’Acquisto and Marie Scatena (of the Chicago History Museum) called K-12 Curators: What Kids Learn by Designing Exhibitions
(see Exhibitionist, Volume 25, No. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 38-45, or visit:
http://www.n-a-m-e.org |
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