Good Afternoon Everyone!
The Creative Learning Factory is pleased to announce our upcoming museum educator webinars. Webinars will be recorded if you are unable to participate live. You may register through our website: http://www.creativelearningfactory.org/
We are very excited to be offering the following webinars:
Learning Theory and Museum Education Practice
This presentation provides a brief history of learning theories and demonstrates how those theories play out in classroom and museum settings. A learning theory is composed of two parts- a theory of knowledge and a theory of learning. This presentation provides some basic definitions and provides time for discussion and questions. Other topics in this presentation include: Multiple Intelligences, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Informal vs. Formal Learning, and Family Learning. The presenter for this webinar is Megan Wood, Visitor Experience Department Manager, Ohio Historical Society.
Cost: $15 (Previously Recorded)
How Inquiry-Based and 21st Century Learning Styles Are Affecting Museum Programming
This presentation will focus on how museums are developing school programming around 21st century skill techniques such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration. It will identify strategies to meet these growing trends in formal and informal education programs and demonstrate how inquiry-based learning is fueling the push toward the development of 21st century skills and thinking. The presenter for this webinar is Mike Deetsch, Assistant Director of Education, Toledo Museum of Art.
Cost: $20
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Time: 2:00-3:30pm EST
Common Core for Museum Professionals
This webinar with give an overview of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the English Language Arts and Math, including how they were developed and how they fit into the greater discussion of standards-based education. The presentation will examine how each set of CCSS is structured and then provide some strategies for designing new museum programs and activities that are aligned to the CCSS and reverse engineer existing programs and activities for alignment. Finally, it will outline some key benefits to the CCSS like the encouragement of interdisciplinary instruction. The presenter for this webinar is Molly Uline-Olmstead, Creative Learning Engineer, Creative Learning Factory.
Cost: $20
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Time: 2:00-3:30pm
Stacia
Stacia Kuceyeski
CEO of Creative Learning
Creative Learning Factory
800 E. 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43212