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  • August 9, 2007 at 2:07 pm #23520
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    There were very good presenters at the Islam workshop and I thank them for all the wealth of information I gained those very few hours. Out of all the presenters, Mr. Mukai was the only Asian speaker for the Islam in Asia seminar. I kept waiting for him to get up, but found out that he was the finale. RFlores did a great job detailing what he spoke to us about. In his very soft-spoken, down-to-earth, with a not-typical-seminar/professional development kind of aura, he gave us useful applications to implement in the class for our students. This is the kind of information that I WANT from any kind of educational seminar. How can I use the information in my class without having to spend 10 hours coming up with great activities. I think East Asia should invite Gary Mukai for a Tuesday or short evening seminar so he can share his ideas with other teachers. That'll be helpful.

    August 15, 2007 at 4:38 am #4152
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    Gary Mukai is the Director of SPICE, "a program of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies(FSI)...an interdisciplinary center at Standford University that conducts research on key international issues related to security, political economy, the environment, and health policy. SPICE Curriculum publications serve as a bridge between FSI and K-14 schools." (http:spice.standford.edu).

    Gary Mukai was one of the guest speakers at the Islam Workshop. During the workshop Mr. Mukai sat back and patiently took notes while the other speakers shared their knowledge and discussed their areas of expertise. Towards the end of the seminar, Mr. Mukai summarized each presenter's key points, then gave teachers ideas and examples of lessons we could apply in our classrooms. Not only did he share some wonderful ideas on how to teach and present the information from the workshop, but he explained how each lesson could be modified to fit the different learning modalities of our student population (Gardener).

    Mr. Mukai also shared with us how we could turn a lesson's focus into "Essential Questions"---what information do we want our students to walk away with? What are the key ideas? This simple technique will help teachers stay focused when preparing lessons. By keeping lesson-specific essential questions in mind, teachers can filter out extraneous or insignificant information from instruction. Using essential questions to plan lessons will save teachers time and effort, AND will provide students will significant, rigorous instruction.

    Here's a look at what Gary Mukai did with the speaker's presentations to help teachers in the classroom:

    Speaker: Dr. Barbara Pillsbury
    Topics: Identity, Culture Transiation, and Polytheism
    Essential Questions: How do we define ourselves? How do others define us? How can multiple identities create conflict?
    Activities: Maps--> Compute the distance these people traveled?
    Artifacts-> What is this? What is it made of? Connect it to something in your life?

    Speaker: Dru Gladney
    Topics:Ethnic Identity, Negotiating ID, Acculturation
    Essential Questions: What is acculturation? What does it mean to negotiate ID? How are ID and cultures fluid?
    Activities: Art-->What are elements, symbols, motifs?
    Debate-->Counterstate issues, Nationalist Policy in China, Russian/China's Western Influence, Territorial Disbutes

    Speaker: Peter Gottschalk
    Topics: Myths and stereotypes, Notions of Death, Western Influences
    Essential Questions: What are some myths about Asia? Muslims? What some of the important voices of Asia?
    Activities: Prior Knowledge-->Perception Surveys
    Chronological and spatial thinking--> Timelines
    Art-->Create mosques and other architecture
    Debate--> discuss and debate the meaning of quotes, philosophies, USA influence

    http://spice.stanford.edu

    [Edit by="rflores on Jul 27, 4:20:18 PM"][/Edit]

    August 15, 2007 at 4:38 am #23521
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    SSamel,

    I think it is a GREAT idea to extend an invitation to Mr. Mukai for our Tuesday, September 18th meeting. It would be great to have him share his thoughts and ideas about our lesson plans. I would love to get his suggestions on how to improve my lessons. He was indeed a great presenter. I agree when you say that his knowlegde is what I wanted to get out of the seminar as well. I loved his ideas for instruction implementation and believe his presence at our final meeting will benefit us.
    Good Call!

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