CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
Soles
of the Movement: Using Technology
to Support Empathy and Character
Development
Chris
Burns
Teaching
Artist
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Participants learn
how to use Podcasting technology to
create short historical fiction pieces
to teach empathy and character development.
During
this session, participants will learn
how bringing an artist and his provocative
installation, accompanied by a multi-disciplinary
artist residency program, into the school
setting can engage the whole community
and deepen multicultural understanding.
Participants will learn how students
and teachers used technology to support
their school curriculum of empathy and
character development. Using Podcasting
technology, participants will
create a a short
historical fiction piece, edit it
and present it to the group. The session
will address the following issues:
1.
How can a work of art in the midst of
a school setting evoke discussion and
support a school’s character
development goals?
2. How can the use of technology
increase student learning, teach empathy
and support curriculum goals?
Conference Strand:
Core Knowledge
Educators.
Artists, Education
Administrators: will
learn how a work of art in the midst
of a school setting evokes discussion
and can support a school’s character
development goals.
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Chris Burns
was chosen in 1997 to participate
in the Bronx Museum’s Program
for emerging artists and
was chosen in 2005 for the Emerge
program at the Aljira Center for
Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ.
In "Soles of the Movement," shoes
become poignant referents for transformative
events in the Civil Rights Movement.
He graduated
from Morehouse College and
studied at the University of Paris,
the Arts
Students League and the International
Center of Photography. He recently
completed a teaching fellowship and
received his Masters in elementary
education at Mercy College.
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