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A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD June 16 - June 23, 2000
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STUDENTS RETURN FROM STUDYING THE HOLOCAUST IN GERMANY -- Ten members of Temple's Undergraduate History Association return from Germany this week after a three-week tour of the country examining how the Holocaust is remembered in the land that gave birth to Nazism.
"I think what's impressed me the most is the students' sense of...curiosity and adventure in planning and undertaking this trip on their own initiative," says Temple history professor Dr. Jay Lockenour, who, along with Dr. Regina Gramer, accompanied the students.
After the student organization came up with the idea for the trip, member Heather Ryan and other students obtained grants of more than $12,000 from the German Academic Exchange Program, Temple University and the William Penn Foundation.
Students toured Holocaust-related sites in the former East and West Germany as well as the city of Berlin, had a two-hour talk with a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp and an emotional visit to the Buchenwald memorial.
"The legacies and consequences of the Holocaust will persist in the students' minds, just as they do in the German physical and political landscape," says Lockenour.
Contact Dr. Lockenour at 610-631-9963 or reach Dr. Gramer and Heather Ryan through the Office of News and Media Relations.
TEACHERS GET LITT-ERATE ABOUT COMPUTERS AT TEMPLE -- Do teachers really know what to do with all of that newfangled computer software in their classrooms?
Not always, say Temple education professors Glenn Snelbecker and David Fitt. "Having computers in the classroom doesn't matter if teachers can't relate their academic instruction to the technology," says Snelbecker, noting that integrating language arts instruction is particularly challenging for teachers.
To that end, Snelbecker and Fitt have developed Project LITT (Literacy Improvement Through Technology), a program for K-12 teachers designed to help them integrate technology into all aspects of their teaching.
The LITT summer institute, which runs Monday-Wednesday, June 19-21, is funded through a $60,000 grant from Microsoft. "U.S. schools now boast six million computers and more than 80 percent of schools now have access to the Internet," says Fitt. "But a federal study done last year reported that only one in five teachers said they felt prepared to teach in a modern classroom with technology. The need for teachers who know how to use computers as an effective teaching and learning tool is more critical than ever."
Over 50 teachers from Philadelphia-area schools will participate in Project LITT, attending morning sessions focusing on new technologies and spending afternoons developing curricula in Temple's computer lab.
Reach Drs. Snelbecker and Fitt through the Office of News & Media Relations.
LASTING "LINK AGES" FORM AT INTERGENERATIONAL RETREAT -- While America claims to be the world's melting pot, age and cultural gaps often split our communities. Since 1979, Temple's Center for Intergenerational Learning has sought to bridge these gaps through "Link Ages," an Intergenerational Retreat at Temple University Ambler, which runs this year from June 23-27.
"Most of the time stereotypes develop because we don't get to know people," says Dr. Nancy Henkin, director of the Center, the largest of its kind in the world. "The retreat is a chance for old and young to get beneath the surface and learn they all have similar hopes and concerns. A strong community develops and the experience stays with them forever."
The five-day retreat, which in the past has drawn people ranging in age from 14 to 90+ years, is designed to break down age-related and cultural stereotypes, creating interaction among age groups that is not often found in the community outside of the family environment. About 75 participants will live together in the East Hall residence on the suburban Ambler campus while participating in workshops, discussion groups, recreational activities, and special events.
To reach Dr. Henkin or for more information, call Temple University Ambler Marketing and Public Relations at 215-283-1291 or e-mail [email protected].
This Week at Temple...
Thursday June 22, 10 a.m.: OPEN HOUSE -- The Working to Unite Families (WtUF) program in Temple's Center for Social Policy and Community Development will hold an open house at the headquarters of the Department of Human Services, 1515 Arch St. DHS Commissioner Alba Martinez will be the featured speaker. Funded through a $5 million federal grant, WtUF is an employment and training program for non-custodial parents that emphasizes finding--and keeping--employment and strengthening and enhancing family relationships.
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