[Mathmajors] last minute Pipeline offering (fwd)

[Brooke Miller]

_____________________ Interested in a multicultural, stimulating, and 
rewarding experience involving photography and literacy enhancement?  The 
Seattle Public Schools Bilingual Orientation Center and the UW's Pipeline 
Project seeks UW students for a fall quarter 2006 seminar with classroom 
practicum in a Literacy Through Photography project at the Seattle School 
District Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (the "BOC") on Queen Anne. 
The BOC serves immigrant students ages 12-21 who are learning English in 
conjunction with a standard middle/high school curriculum.  BOC students 
come from all over the world, with a widely diverse range of cultural, 
linguistic, and historical backgrounds.

The project uses photography to support and enhance the existing literacy 
curriculum.  BOC students will be introduced to basic photography 
concepts,given cameras, and then given specific assignments to stimulate 
written and oral classroom exercises.  Photography will be used as a 
creative tool for empowering student voices, making assignments more 
personally relevant, and helping students feel more comfortable and 
confident in their abilities.

UW students will work with small groups in a BOC literacy class one 
morning a week and participate in an ongoing seminar to prepare for the 
project and to discuss issues as the quarter progresses.  Students with 
strong written,verbal, and group skills and experience or strong interest 
in ESL/multicultural settings are encouraged to register.  Some 
familiarity with photography is helpful but not required.

2 credits

Tutoring will be Thursdays  from 9:30 - 11:30

Seminar time to be determined by group

First class meeting at the BOC on Tuesday October 10th, 10am

For more information: contact Nancy Peterfreund at
napeterfreund at seattleschools.org.


Christine Stickler
Director
The Pipeline Project
Center for Experiential Learning
120 Mary Gates Hall
Box 352803
Seattle, WA 98195
castick at u.washington.edu
(Phone) 206-616-9564
(Fax) 206-616-4389

www.washington.edu/uwired/pipeline

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