Gratitude

Dear Facilitators,

I have no words. Really - I am rarely speechless in a good way. Thank you seems so confined. You were spectacular, creative, heart-felt, probing, generous, collaborative. You were the definition of GALACTIC - Out of this WORLD!!!! 

I will be back to say more next week -- I had to dive into an immediate deadline for another project that will take me through the weekend. Meanwhile, please upload reflections, steps, photos to both your personal blogs and the blog bridge. We will decide what to do with the blog bridge together.

AND thank you Christina for giving me and us this opportunity to be involved with your OUT OF THIS WORLD project. All in all - it was an unforgettable week.

With respect and gratitude,

Amy

Choosing Presenters for the Banquet and Talent Show (Post Deux)

All,

I thought I'd re-post some thoughts on choosing groups or individuals to present at the banquet and talent show on Friday. These are also in the comments section after Amy's post from June 27. Anyone else have plans for how they're going to choose groups?

Me (Alex)

Ashley and I have yet to finalize our plans for that, but we've talked about having students vote, probably with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices, or having them rate the groups according to a few criteria (preparedness, clarity, "charisma"/"captivatingness"). We imagine we'll want to have the final say, but with plenty of input from our group. I'll be interested in what others are thinking about on this, too.

Oliver

Hogan and I like the idea of having the students vote. Sort of a "Students got Talent" Type competition on the last day to decide who will present at the banquet. Any others have thoughts on this? What should we do if we have a really shy student with fantastic artistic work but who does not want to present?

Monday Wrap-up

Dear Facilitators!

I will be available to meet with one and all after today (Monday's) first session - at the Mezzanine tables on the 2nd floor. We can say hi, check in share reflections after day one etc. 

Amy

Thanks GALACTIC Global Infusion Facilitators for attending the Balfour Scholars BBQ!

Workshop Log

Dear Facilitators! 

For those of you who would be willing!!!! Please make a brief (or long) journal entry on your personal blog after each day of the the workshop. It can be something that surprised you, something that you learned from the students in your session! Ideas you had not thought of!! If there is something that you want to be sure that everyone reads -- enter it as a comment here on this thread -- or alert other facilitators to check out your new entry on your personal blog!!! Also - groups 2, 4 and 5 - please respond to Water For Life and Movement group idea for the presentations at Banquet and Talent Show. 

Thanks. Amy

Group 2's daily lesson plans

Hi all, our team is still working on developing lesson plans. For those who want to take a look at what we will have for our sessions or share thoughts on them, I'm sharing the google doc that outlines our daily lesson plans (Click here for the lesson plans).



Thanks!

Balfour Scholars Program Schedule of Events

Global Infusion Workshops

Scheduled Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 1:15-2:45 pm; Wednesday 1:15-2:30 pm, and Friday 1:15-2:15 pm. 

1. Life is Water ED 1004
2. Mind, Body, and Voices ED 2101
3. Movement ED 3017
4. Understanding ED 1204
5. Peace through Arts ED 3115

Welcome Cookout

Sunday 6:30-8:30 Wilkie Auditorium (Center Building)

Global Lunch

Friday 12-1 pm in Neal Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall

Academy Dinner

Friday 4-6 pm IMU Solarium

Talent Show

Friday 7-9 pm Neal Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall

Lesson Plans - Understanding Refugee Worlds Through the Arts

Here is a link to our week long lesson plan (Google Doc). Please feel free to comment and share and ideas you may have!

Engagement on the Blog-Bridge

I know that we have been communicating mostly by email - but let's try to move over the blog for these next couple of weeks. Give one another feedback - respond to requests for feedback. In general explore communication on the blog and "leave a trail" of process and knowledge for others who might want to explore this model in the future. So visit each others personal blogs and also look at each others lesson plans and give feedback!

Who will represent your workshop at the banquet and the talent show on July 15? Let's brainstorm together here on blog-bridge!

Each group will offer a 2-3 minute arts-based global presentation at the Banquet and also at the Talent Show on Friday. For some groups, students will work in small groups and in other groups students will work individually. Let's brainstorm together on how we will come up with who will represent each group. On Friday I imagine that you will schedule students to present for each other in your individual groups. (remember the Friday session is shorter 12:15-1:15pm) These presentations will give banquet and talent show attendees a taste of arts-based global learning. Let's hold this brainstorming session on the blog-bridge. Who wants to start!!

Friday July 15 12pm: Join us for lunch by Sofra Cafe!

You are warmly invited to join the students and other Balfour staff at a special lunch on Friday July 15th. 

The meal will be catered by Sofra Cafe - and it will feature the same cuisine as at the facilitator training in May. The lunch will be at 12pm in the Grand Hall of the Neal Marshall Culture Center. 

PLEASE RSVP RIGHT HERE ON THIS PAGE BY COMMENTING! 

The Humans of New York Project

Humans of New York (HONY) is a blog/ Photography project and now a bestselling book featuring street portraits and interviews collected on the streets of New York City. http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ This can be a very good educational resource for promoting a deeper understanding of people from diverse populations, cultures, communities, class, creed and crises. It is also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/?hl=en

Lesson Plan for Peace Through Art

Group 3: Movement - Link to Draft Lesson Plans

Hello All,

Here is the link to our draft lesson plans for the week on google docs.  We've also included some resources and notes in the appendix.

LINK: Group 3: Movement - Lesson Plans

Plans for the Week

Hi everyone,

In case it's helpful, Ashley and I have a draft of our lesson plans for the week. You can look at them on our google doc here.

Enjoy!

Lesson Planning_Movement

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1naDB0Tc1pViWOvtg-NfWKj12eIkh1T6kVsPCYIZhzjI/edit

GALACTIC Workshop Supplies and Deadlines

Thanks again for your work on workshop titles and descriptions. Of course you may continue to tweak these as you work together, however, today Christina sent out the preliminary titles and descriptions for students to consider as they sign up for their sessions. 

VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE: Estafani requested supply lists from your groups - and we also need to know which groups want to reserve technology (iPAD or laptop) carts. Please send this information to Estafani by this FRIDAY, JUNE 10th @ 5PM. After Friday, we will release the technology carts we have reserved so that others in the School of Education can use them. Also, if FOOD items will be a part of your lesson plan "supplies,"  please include those before Fridayso that Christina can submit a hospitality order.

 

TSHIRT SIZE Please send us your Size for your Balfour TSHIRT by Friday.

BANQUET RSVIP  If you will be attending the banquet (Friday July 15 A@ 4-6pm, please let us know. 

PHOTOS We would love a photo or two related to your group focus to include in the blog slide show. 

DAILY LESSON PLANS Most groups are beginning to work on the daily activities and lesson plans. Please let us know if you need any input -- and I encourage everyone to pitch in and give each other advice and feedback. BTW - check out Oliver's comment regarding the working title for his group's workshop - and give him a response. You can see this comment by clicking on the Movement tab. 

Life is Water, Life is Words

Water is necessary for life. 

You could say words are, too. 

In this session, we’ll be exploring the role of water in the world and in our own lives. We’ll study global struggles over water and discuss the ways we might experience similar issues. And we’ll delve into our own observations and ideas through writing to create poetic performances about water, struggle, and personal power.

Life is Water, Life is Words: Draft plans for Day 1

Monday

1.  (3 min) Hellos. Briefly introduce session and facilitators.

2.  (15 min) Ice breaker(s)

1. Name Circle plus object: The group sits in a circle - with facilitators (Ashley and Alex) interspersed among them. One person says their name and an object they’ll bring to [what?]. Each person then says the name and object of all the people who’ve gone before them, adding their name and object at the end. (That’s Sarah, and she’s bringing soup. This is Ashley, and she’s bringing an aardvark. I’m Alex, and I’m bringing ashes.)
2. Circle: “I am/have…” everyone who does, rotates, till last person standing.

3. Intro to water politics:

1. How many of you regularly think about water? Has anyone been in a situation where good, clean water was scarce?
2. We’re going to think this week about the role of water in the world, learn a bit about how people around the world struggle over water issues, and share stories about the role of water, struggle, and power in our lives.

4. Flint.

1. Ask: How many of you have heard about the Flint water crisis? What do you know about it?
2. Share some background on it. Brief history of Flint, focus on race and economics. And water crisis itself. (Powerpoint? A few images?)
3. Show this performance: “5 Students Slam Poetry Is Exactly Flint Michigan Water Crisis” (2:15). Or this one (but probably not. Bad video quality.)
4. Share article saying Flint’s water is safe.

5. Blackout poetry on Flint.

1. Using a section of the City of Flint’s 2014 Annual Water Quality Report, black out words until you have a new text. (Show sample.) Work with partner or individually.
2. Share out.

6. Discussion.

1. What does this event have to do with identity? Race? Gender? Age? Geography? Could this have happened anywhere?

7.  Writing personal connections

1. Need prompt.
2. Share out.

Title Suggestions

I've noticed that the other groups make some mention of art-based activities in their titles. What do you think of doing the same with our title. What do you think about the title Arts of Movement versus our original title Movement? 

Course Description: Movement

Second Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal, our fast-paced and chaotic world is always moving. Ever wonder why? In this workshop, we will explore a particular form of human movement - forced migration. Drawing on examples from the past and the present, we will discuss how people use the arts ​(music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to deal with the difficult conditions that come with displacement and we will draw parallels to ​our own experiences and those of our neighbors.

First Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal our fast paced world is always moving; Ever wonder why? We all move for different reasons, political, social or even to survive. In this workshop, we will explore reasons from both the past and present. We will discuss how people have used the arts (music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to negotiate and demonstrate the difficult conditions that come with forced migration, and we will draw parallels to students' everyday experiences.

Second Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal, our fast-paced and chaotic world is always moving. Ever wonder why? In this workshop, we will explore a particular form of human movement - forced migration. Drawing on examples from the past and the present, we will discuss how people use the arts ​(music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to deal with the difficult conditions that come with displacement and we will draw parallels to ​our own experiences and those of our neighbors.

First Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal our fast paced world is always moving; Ever wonder why? We all move for different reasons, political, social or even to survive. In this workshop, we will explore reasons from both the past and present. We will discuss how people have used the arts (music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to negotiate and demonstrate the difficult conditions that come with forced migration, and we will draw parallels to students' everyday experiences.

An Unraveling World: Looking at Refugees Through the Creative Arts

An Unraveling World: Looking at Refugees Through the Creative Arts

Imagine tomorrow you are forcibly torn away from the place you call home and leaving family and friends behind. This session will explore what being a refugee means. We will explore how refugees in different parts of the world experience challenges, difficulties, hopelessness and vulnerability, while starting a new life. Through drawing, creative writing, and drama we will enter the refugee world, a world that is hard to escape. 

Alexis's Edits and Suggestions

Hi Group 2! I've added and reworked some of the material. Feel free to revert back to Mina's or accept some of these changes.

Here is my suggestion:

Title: Mind, Body, and Voice: Expressions of Self and Community around the World

This session provides fruitful experiences that can help students strengthen their local identities and broaden and widen their perspectives on cultural diversity with a variety of artistic performances such as singing, acting, and video making. From oral history in Africa to activist movements in Pakistan, the focus of this session is to nurture students' capacities to engage with diversity and local traditions while understanding and respecting cultural diversities in different parts of globe.

Peace Through Art (Group 5)

We will explore the multifaceted nature of peace in its positive and negative forms, the processes involved in conflict transformation and how visual and performing arts, media and digital media are created for peacebuilding. This workshop provides an opportunity for students to create a 'conflict transformation through art project' of their choice, whether addressing any personal, interpersonal, communal, local or global conflict and contribute to a dialogue about peace through art. No prior experience in art is required.

Mina's suggestion for our workshop title and description

Hi Teresa & Alexis,
Hope you are enjoying happy and restful Memorial day weekend!
I was very happy to meet you ladies on our orientation day as a team. It was definitely a great time that widened my interests and perspectives.
Indeed, we came up with a bunch of fantastic ideas.
Here's some of our ideas that were written in my note (Please add anything that I missed here):

- Writing the same story from different perspectives
   ex) Story: Little Red Riding Hood, Writing the story from Wolf's perspective

- Discussing normative sentences for their truthiness
  ex) Showing some normative sentences and asking students for their thoughts on whether the    sentences are really true

- Christianity as dominant religion vs Mormons/ Armish etc. as minor religion in U.S. or Indiana region

- Discussing the need of cultural respect with the case of 2014 Hong Kong protest

- Discussing Islam through Sufi music

- Experiencing Kabukki (Traditional Japanese drama & dance)

- Exploring widely known prejudices across race, gender, and etc.

- Challenging the media

<Teresa's idea that was shared on 5/27 (Fri) through Group 2 space>

- "One World, Many Voices"
Our end product is a video students will make comparing various perspectives on cultural issues in different regions.
Looking at all of the ideas above together, I've felt that what we were trying to develop was experiences that students could strengthen their capacities to become local citizens who were proud of their own roots and traditions and global citizens who understand and respect cultural diversities in different parts of globe. Although we haven't fixed anything, I guess, this summary can work as a good starting point that we can further develop our ideas.

So, I've tried to think our workshop title and description as follows. Please feel free to share your thoughts on them, suggest any better ideas if you have, and modify as needed :)

• Workshop Title

          The Diversity Project with Art: Getting to know myself and you

• Descriptions

         This session provides fruitful experiences that can help students strengthen their local identities and broaden and widen their perspectives on cultural diversity with a variety of artistic performances such as singing, playing, video making, and etc. (we can add more performances as we develop more specific ideas). The focus of this session is to nurture students' capacities to become local citizens who are proud of their own roots and traditions and global citizens who understand and respect cultural diversities in different parts of globe.These experiences will enhance their abilities to effectively interact with future colleagues from various cultural backgrounds in their university lives.


Look forward to hearing from your thoughts!!

An idea... title "One World, Many Voices"
Our end product is a video students will make comparing various perspectives on cultural issues in different regions.  Issues might be beliefs, the concept of family, traditions, personal interactions, etc.  Here's my idea for the video:
Individual students, one at a time
   " My name is... I live in ..." 
back to first student- " In my family..." go through all students again
back to first student- " Where I live women ...."
back to first student- "Many people in my region believe..."
The video ends with all students coming together and reciting a line together that illustrates that they are all one no matter where in the world they live.

What do you think?

Rough Draft Google doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dAdyw8jwWYjkFPqYdlonHxi3yrhQJ1b3H3HsBBSU6lU/edit

Example Lesson Plan Rubric

Dr. Amy Horowitz has put together an example document for lesson planning. It is available as a Google Docs document:

Example Lesson Plan Rubric

Google Docs are great for collaborative editing. Multiple people can edit a document simultaneously, as well as make comments and add notes. In addition, a complete history of changes is available for viewing, and a "Suggested Changes" editing mode (identical to Microsoft Word's "Track Changes" option) can be used.

Each group should make a copy for their group to work on collaboratively, and then send a shareable link to our technical consultant (Dr. Shareef Dabdoub) so that it can be added to the Daily Lesson Plans page for the rest of the facilitators to check out and gain inspiration from.

Introducing GALACTIC

GALACTIC inspires global engagement. In virtual and face-to face classrooms, GALACTIC courses foreground folk artists, musicians, healers, cooks, liturgical practitioners, cultural democracy activists and storytellers as teachers and as instrumental to an understanding of cultural diversity, conflict, and justice-based resolution. We work with educators to design global curricula at the intersection of art, indigenous leadership, human rights, cultural heritage policy, and conflict mediation.

Our initial partners are Navajo Technical University Dine Studies and Law Studies, The Ohio State University Living Jerusalem Project, Alamo Colleges/Palo Alto, Masai Kenya Project/Fine Arts, Ivy Tech Globalization Project, Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Roadwork: Center for Cultures in Disputed Territory.

GALACTIC Brochure

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Balfour Scholars Program

Program Purpose

Although the achievement gap is narrowing at the K-12 level, barriers to college enrollment still continue to exist for many traditionally underrepresented groups. Supported by a grant from the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, the Balfour Scholars Program (BSP) is a free program for high school juniors designed to help cultivate student academic and career development as well as minimize misperceptions about affordability, unfamiliarity with higher education, and difficulties with cultural adjustment that prevent students from successfully matriculating and graduating from college.

Creating Your Personal Blog

How to Create a Blog on Blogger.com

Video tutorial

Step-by-step instructions

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com/
2. Sign in using your gmail address you will be using for the class
3. Click the "New Blog" button on the left side of the page.
4. In the window that pops up, enter a blog name, address, and choose a template
5. Click the 'Create Blog!' button at the bottom
6. You are finished creating your blog! You should see your new blog at the top of the center column in your Blogger Dashboard (example below)

Once you have finished, please email our technical consultant Shareef (dabdoub.2@osu.edu) the URL of your blog (e.g. something.blogspot.com) and your gmail address and CC me (amyhorow@indiana.edu).


Remember: you must have your personal blogs established by May 15th. Shareef will be available if you are having difficulty. 

Please check your gmail inbox! You will receive an invitation to join this class blog as an author, which will allow you to create posts.