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ACT-ivating the Page: Theatre of the Oppressed as a Tool for Embodied Learning
Try out a new approach to exploring themes of identity and marginalization and move your students from passive readers to engaged content creators with Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). Through active, hands-on learning, you will discover how to utilize TO to unpack challenging texts, magnify student voice, and create authentic student driven learning in your classroom. ACT 48 Credits Available. |
Trust Arts Education Center
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Mindfully Moving Beyond the Page
When tackling literary works with emotionally challenging content, cultivating a sense of safety and trust is key to maintaining a healthy learning environment for everyone in the room. Through this immersive workshop, you will engage with simple movement activities and mindful practice exercises which you can use to promote positive social, emotional, and self-care skills for both you and your students. ACT 48 Credits Available. |
Trust Arts Education Center
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Fibers, Felting, and Fantasy, Oh My!
Get your hands fuzzy and let your imagination take flight as you discover how to bring fantastical creators off the page and into reality through fiber arts. Through simple felting techniques (suitable for all skill levels), you will explore how to provoke innovative thinking, build resilience, and cultivate a broader perspective in order to promote a richer understanding of fantasy literature. ACT 48 Credits Available. |
Benedum Center Studio B
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Visualizing Verse with Digital Photography
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how can you capitalize on that to inspire writing in your classroom? Through participatory activities, you will engage with different ways to utilize images and photography as both prompts for writing and responses to reading poetry. While a limited number of tablets will be available for this workshop, it is recommended that participants bring their own phone or tablet. ACT 48 Credits Available. |
Trust Arts Education Center
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Race, Reading, and Youth with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss the importance of positive racial representation in teen literature. Participants will learn about current publishing trends, what to be aware of when selecting books with and for teens, and will have an opportunity to critically engage with a selection of teen materials. |
Liberty Magic
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Paths to Publication with Bookish Authors and SCBWI Pennsylvania-West
Perfect for writers of children's and teen literature pursuing traditional publication, this interactive session between Bookish in the 'Burgh authors and members of the Pennsylvania-West region of Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators will provide concrete tips and tricks to help navigate the publishing industry.
Participating Authors: Heather Demetrios, S. Jae-Jones, A.K. Small, Mark Oshiro, Emery Lord |
Harris Theater
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