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Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
Higher Order Thinking Schools
2008 Summer Institute
{Visible Learning}
July 14-18, 2008
Hartford Hilton Hotel
Keynote Presenters
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Monday ~ 1:00PM
"From Invisible to Valued"
Kathleen Gaffney, Buffalo, NY
Artistic Director and CEO of Studio Arena in Buffalo NY
Kathleen Gaffney is a highly regarded thought leader in the field of arts-in-education. She is a multiple award winner as a playwright, director, actress, published author, and arts administrator. For 15 years she was the President and Artistic Director of Artsgenesis, Inc., a premiere arts-in-education organization serving educators, administrations and students across the nation. Artsgenesis made its reputation for innovative arts applications of Multiple Intelligence Theory. Kathleen won the first ever “Hero In Education Award” from the US Department of Education. She is a the published author of MONOLOGUES FROM THE MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE and the 2004 book CHRYSALIS, which details training for the artist in education. CHRYSALIS has been used by the Kennedy Center, The Met, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and New York University among many, many others.
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Tuesday ~ 8:30AM
"Making Learning Visible through the Art of Documentation and Group Learning"
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Dr. Fred Burton, Columbus, OH
Recently retired Principal of Wickliffe Progressive Community School, Upper Arlington, OH (a Making Learning Visible project school), and Assistant Professor at Ashland University
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Mara Krachevsky, Cambridge, MA
Project Zero Researcher and Director of the Making Learning Visible project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, also directed Project Spectrum, a research project implementing Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in early childhood.
Most of us are in groups all the time. But are these groups learning groups? When does a group become a learning group? Can a group construct its own way of learning? Can documenting children’s learning lead to new ways of learning? These are some of the questions addressed in the research project, Making Learning Visible (MLV). MLV draws attention to the power of the group as a learning environment and documentation as a way to see how and what children are learning. MLV is based on collaborative research conducted by Project Zero researchers with teachers from the Municipal Preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and preschool through high school teachers and teacher educators in Massachusetts. The overall goal of Making Learning Visible is to create and sustain powerful cultures of learning in and across classrooms and schools that nurture and make visible individual and group learning. MLV is currently working with four Boston-area public schools from preschool through high school and the Wickliffe Progressive Community School in Upper Arlington, OH, on building and strengthening communities of learners among children and adults.
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Wednesday ~ 8:30AM
"Class Act"
Joe Morley is Executive Producer and Co-Writer of CLASS ACT, and is a partner in STUDIO-ON-HUDSON with Producer Heather Winters. He shares the co-Executive Producer credits on the STUDIO-ON-HUDSON film THE PARTY HEADS, and the Sundance award winning and Academy Award® nominated documentary, SUPER SIZE ME. An accomplished writer/producer in his own right, Joe has produced more than 100 live events and video projects. He is a working playwright whose scripts are seen in the off Broadway theaters.
Heather Winters is a producer/writer and most recently co-Executive Produced the Academy Award® nominated documentary film, SUPER SIZE ME. Feature film and television credits include several independent feature films and the animated TV series THUNDERCATS, SILVERHAWKS, THE COMIC STRIP and MTV's REAL WORLD. An accomplished writer and musician, Heather is a native of Miami Beach and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Her company, STUDIO-ON-HUDSON, specializes in the production and financing of independent feature films and documentaries. Awards include 2004 TELLY® Award, 2003 PLATINUM BEST IN SHOW AURORA Award, 2000 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE Award, 2000 U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, and multiple awards of creative excellence.
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Thursday ~ 8:30AM
"'Tensegrity': Tension is the Great Integrity"
Christopher Eaves, Brooklyn, NY
Artistic Director of eavesdrop®
Christopher Eaves is the artistic director of eavesdrop®, a New York City theatre and arts education collective dedicated to producing new American theatre and to the instruction of the arts and arts-integrated experiences for learners of all ages and abilities. He is an actor, playwright, director, graphic designer, sound engineer, visual and movement artist, and a mime who studied with Marcel Marceau. Christopher was named “2004 Honored Alumnus” by Towson University for his outstanding contributions to the performing arts. Christopher was a contributing writer to Chrysalis: Professional Development for Artists in Education, and he has trained hundreds of teachers and teaching artists in the New York Metropolitan Area and nationally. His innovative approaches to curriculum design create exciting and challenging educational experiences for students. Christopher has been a member of the HOT Summer Institute Faculty since 1999.
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Friday ~ 8:30AM
"Hope, Resiliency and the Arts Nuturing the Human Spirit"
Joan Hurley, Southington, CT
2008 CT Teacher of the Year
Joan Hurley has been an educator in Connecticut for over 18 years. She began her education career in Hartford, teaching for one year at Parkville and 12 years at R.J. Kinsella Community School, a former HOT School. She has taught second and third grades at University of Hartford Magnet HOT School in West Hartford since 2001. Joan loves the diversity represented by the magnet school population and believes magnet schools are the cornerstone to creating a more connected society. Joan has been involved in HOT Schools for eleven years. Her beliefs in constructivist theory and cognitive science have led her to be a passionate advocate for arts and academics-infused instruction and an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. Joan believes that skills and strategies should not be taught in isolation, but rather in service to big ideas. She is a strong proponent of the multiple intelligences theory and arts integration. An exemplary educator, Joan has contributed to numerous committees and has conducted workshops for her colleagues and peers.
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