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You could call them mini courses or Passion Projects or genius hour

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I once worked at a school that had "Interim." It was a weeklong study of
> an event or an era. Groups were responsible for research and presentation
> of a smaller topic within the larger topic. For example: the 60s. That was
> a lot of fun, and the students and teachers all enjoyed the week; plus the
> final project was a graded event by a committee of teachers. It was very
> uniting because the teachers were so involved. Some of the older teachers
> dressed as dead-headers, etc. Of course, the kids were shocked that people
> with their PhD ever listened to music at all.
> I hope you can get your teachers on board. It is a very progressive form
> of education, so you need a 100% enthusiastic faculty.
> Colleen Beierle
>
> Colleen Beierle
> “The mission for school library programs is to ensure that students are
> effective users of ideas and information by being critical thinkers,
> enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of
> information.”
>
> Zorana Ercegovac
>
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> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> My high school is trying to think outside the box for 2-3 days - we want
>> to take 2-3 days before spring break and have the kids learn something they
>> don't have in their regular schedules. i.e. the shop teacher teaches a
>> session in playing euchre or the English teacher teaches knitting. We
>> may bring in a few outside community leaders to help.
>> I need help with ideas to present to the "stubborn" teachers.  I know
>> other schools have done this before-- What did you call it? I don't want to
>> reinvent the wheel I would love to hear your ideas!
>>
>> Developing Independent Life Long Learners!
>>
>> Feel free to email me off the listserve.
>>
>> --
>> Jennifer Carlson
>> jcarlson at rowva.k12.il.us
>> ROWVA LMC Director
>> Junior Class Sponsor
>> Student Council Sponsor
>>
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