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Week One (January 12): Introduction
Class Wiki:
School Sites:
An important requirement of this course is weekly participatory site visits to a school or educational setting. You will work with teachers and their students during an approximately two and a half hour to three hour period each week, and to write up a reflection on your experiences and observations.
Below I list three school sites that you may select from, along with their
locations and the days/times that you can sign up for. Please look this over
carefully and let me know if you have a preference for a specific site or
day. Note: you must commit to visiting the same site/time every week. Let
me know you interested in carpooling to one of the sites (either needing a
ride or providing a seat in your car) and I will help to put you in touch
with others in the class.
Those of you selecting Torrey Pines elementary will need to make your first
site visit on Thursday, January 11th. This is before the first meeting of
our class. Please confirm with me by email and I will go over the details.
Site Descriptions:
Torrey Pines Elementary
8230 Cliffridge Rd at Scenic Dr (off La Jolla Scenic Drive, 1 mile from campus)
Phone: (858) 453-2323
School
website: http://myschoolonline.com/site/0,1876,961-96347-1-20758,00.html
Map
of [8300-8395] Cliffridge Ave
Torrey Pines Elementary is located in La Jolla, California. The school, which
is part of the San Diego Unified School District, serves approximately 400
students in grades K-5, has 20 teachers, and 12 other support personnel. They
are joined by parent volunteers who commit time and energy to form a true
partnership in educating our children.
At this site you would be working with Fifth Graders in the computer lab (as
part of the fifth dimension project) on: Thursdays 12:30-3:30.
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High Tech Middle Media Arts
2861 Womble Rd.
San Diego, CA 92106
High Tech Middle Media Arts is located in the Point Loma area of San Diego,
on the former Naval Training Center at the intersection of Rosecrans St and
Womble Rd (a 15-20 minute drive from UCSD). High Tech Middle Media Arts is
an innovative charter school (open and free to California Residents) serving
approximately 300 students in grades 6-8 in San Diego and features a focus
on multi-media and communications. HTMMA is part of a larger complex of schools
including an elementary, another High Tech Middle, and High Tech High school
all at the same site.
You can work at HTMMA any of the following days/times:
• Tuesdays: 9-12, 1:30-3:30
• Wednesdays: 9-12
• Thursdays: 9-12, 1:30-3:30
website: http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTMMA/ Directions
Driving Directions:
From the North: Interstate 5 South; Rosecrans Exit; After the intersection
of Lytton and Rosecrans, turn left Womble Road, turn right on Truxtun and
park in first lot on the left.
From the South: Interstate 5 North; Pacific Highway; Left on Barnett Avenue;
Left on Rosecrans, Left Womble Road, turn right on Truxtun and park in first
lot on the left.
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Children’s Museum Charter School
211 Maple St at Third Ave (3 blocks west of Balboa Park)
Museum School Telephone: (619) 236-8712
http://museumschool.sandi.net/
Map
Driving
Directions from UCSD Faculty Club
The Museum school is a charter school associated with the San Diego Children’s
Museum (http://www.sdchildrensmuseum.org/ ) which uses the collections, exhibitions,
programs, and facilities of the Children's Museum and its relationships with
other San Diego cultural institutions to create a hands-on, integrated, interdisciplinary
curriculum to teach basic, meaningful life skills. Acknowledged as "one
of the best elementary schools in America" by Dr. Wayne Jennings, a leading
national charter school authority, the Museum School serves 70 students in
grades 3-6. Students come from highly diverse ethnic, racial, and economic
backgrounds and reflect the neighborhoods throughout San Diego.
At this site you could schedule your visits any of the following dates or
times:
• Tuesdays from 1:20pm to 4:00pm, or
• Wednesdays, from 1:20pm to 4:00pm, or
• Thursday, from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, from 1:20pm to 2:30pm, and Thursday from 10:00am
to 1:00pm We will be working with Phil Beaumont's Autobigraphy/Photo
Department. Students work on writng personal pieces to go into an autobiography
which will be illustrated with photographs that the students take at home,
around the neighborhood and school. The students in the second and third week
of the department, begin to use a layout program called Pages. They also have
time to work on the photos they have taken in iPhoto.
Tues and Wed, 2:30-4pm Computer Lab Rotation- This is a
place where we can come up with project ideas to show the kids. There is more
flexibility in this time slot.
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