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Your Name and Title: WENDY MILETTE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION AND FILM FESTIVALS
School or Organization Name: THE MY HERO PROJECT
Co-Presenter Name(s):
WENDY JEWELL - Facilitator MY HERO Global Learning Circles
VICTORIA MURPHY - GALLERY CURATOR
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA & CANADA
Language in Which You Will Present: ENGLISH
Target Audience(s): Teachers and Students
Short Session Description (one line):
This session will focus on using New Media Technology to encourage teachers and students to PROMOTE GLOBAL TOLERANCE & CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
PROMOTE GLOBAL TOLERANCE & CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY CREATING NEW MEDIA WITH THE MY HERO PROJECT will be an exciting innovative session! Celebrate your potential to create media that inspires unity, highlighting the heroes among us. There is a wide range of new technology that can be useful in creating media to promote issues you care about. We want to support your efforts with your students to share their heroes. Some possible outcomes include: a digital poster, an original song, a video PSA, a powerpoint or an educational ORGANIZER PAGE showcasing all your students works.
As Director of Media Arts Education and Film Festivals, Wendy will share her expertise in using new media for positive social change. Wendy is available to offer feedback on tolerance and diversity projects as they are being developed:media@myheroproject.org
As Director/Facilitator of MY HERO Learning Circles, Wendy Jewell has years of experience helping international partners collaborate across borders to truly developing an active global community. Wendy is available for mentoring and can be reached at: wendy@myheroproject.org
As Gallery Curator Victoria Murphy will offer direction for creating inspiring hero art that can be showcased in the myhero gallery. victoria@myheroproject.org
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
https://www.myhero.com/learningcircles
https://myhero.com/filmfestival
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