This workshop series examines developments in East Asia from the earliest neolithic
societies nearly five millenium ago through the creation of highly sophisticated and
sometimes quite interconnected civilizations in China, Japan, and Korea. Focusing on
helping teachers address the California history, social studies, and language arts student
performance standards for grades 6 and 7, we will offer presentations on the history and
culture of the era, as well as discuss how East Asian case studies can be used to explore
a variety of issues ranging from coming of age to environmental protection. Among the
planned sessions are ones examining political organization, social norms and relations,
early philosophy, love poetry and what it reveals, other literary achievements, adoption
and adaptation of Buddhism, scientific and economic developments, folklore, trends in the
visual arts, and cross-cultural exchanges with Central Asia and Europe.
During the technology sessions, teachers will learn how to use the internet to conduct
research and to present information to their students and how to design lessons and units
that require students to use the internet to gather information, to collaborate with
others to evaluate and synthesize this data, and to share their conclusions. By the end of
the program, each participating teacher will have developed a class website and at least
one East Asia-focused and web-based unit to use with his or her students.
Among the technology skills we address are:
a How to critically evaluate websites
- Discussion Boards: how to gather and organize information, and to post
text and graphics on
discussion boards to facilitate student group projects.
- Mailing Services: how to use email lists for announcements and as an
interactive tool; and how to use list archives to assess participation and overall
progress of individuals.
- Simple Webpage Construction: how to rapidly convert lecture outlines,
reading and discussion questions, charts, and other materials into pages for student
access from any internet-connected computer.
Depending on the skill level of most participants, we may also pursue:
- Advanced Web Design: how to design interactive pages using forms to
permit students to
submit information which will be sorted into interactive databases.
- Excel and Powerpoint: how to use spreadsheet programs to create tables
and graphs, and how to mix text, graphics, and sound in presentations which can also be
converted to web pages.
The cost of the 10 day seminar (7/29, 7/31- 8/4, 8/7-10) is $75 which
includes parking, 4 UCLA Extension units (or 4 LAUSD salary points), materials, and
morning refreshments.
For additional information, contact seminar coordinator Clayton Dube at
(310 825-0007 or cdube@isop.ucla.edu). Contact
ISOP Outreach Director Jonathan Friedlander (310 206-8631) to enroll.
