Latin
American Authors:
Marilyn Britton's 4th year Spanish class at Crawfordsville High School
received six programs on three Latin American authors from IU graduate
students. Through these programs, her students were introduced to new
authors and to new ways of thinking about these authors and their literature.
Marilyn Britton: "All presenters were extremely knowledgeable and maintained focus. The preparatory materials were excellent to prepare students for the ideas/attitudes of the presenter, and helped put the students more at ease."
Students: "The most interesting things I learned throughout all of the sessions were the new aspects and points of view I was made aware of by the presenters about the authors, their stories, and their cultures."
"I found it most interesting to get viewpoints from people who were actually from the countries that the literature came from. Getting insight like these made me think more about perspectives and how the literature could be interpreted."
Japanese
Zen Gardens:
Cathedral High School teacher Sara Koehler's World Religious class was
presented with an ISIS program on Japanese Zen Gardens. The presenter
was IU Southeast Education professor Claudia Crump, developer of a unit
plan to introduce students to the art and philosophy of Japanese gardens.
Sara Koehler: "I was very impressed with the quality and variety of the elements of the lesson. Claudia involved the students, provided charts to see the ideas she was talking about, showed many interesting pictures and her own rock garden example. Excellent lesson."
Students: "My favorite part of the program was that we could get questions answered, and it was not just a videotape."
"The most interesting thing that I found out was how everything in a Zen rock garden has a meaning behind it."
Fiesta
de Guadalupe:
Columbus North High School inaugurated its interactive video program with
an ISIS presentation on the Fiesta de Guadalupe. Spanish teacher Mary
Moore requested the program for her 4th year class. Presenter John Crossen,
an IU doctoral student in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, discussed
the special cultural and historical significance of Mexico? patron saint.
Mary Moore: "The program was extremely useful with lots of good information. The students, I felt, took a keen interest in what the presenter had to say."
Students: "I enjoyed hearing about the different colors on the Lady of Guadalupe and what they meant."
"I learned a lot of neat thing that I didn? know about the Virgin of Guadalupe." "I like when he could point things out and we could clearly see it."
