CONTACT:

LORI TOURVILLE

ltourville@fehb.org

GRANT INFO

Click here for more information on New York State Education Department's Learning Technology Grant program.

FEH BOCES LEARNING TECHNOLOGY GRANT FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING AND COMMUNICATION

CREATING PROJECT IDENTITY

Led by FEH BOCES, the grant consortium is comprised of six of the nine school districts in the FEH BOCES area: Brushton-Moira, Chateaugay, Malone, Salmon River, St. Regis Falls and Tupper Lake. In this rural region, an average of nearly 2/3 of students are classified as economically disadvantaged and 17.5% are classified as students with disabilities.

GRANT FOR INNOVATION

Project Identity will give students a chance to tell their personal stories using innovative learning technologies. As students explore their own identities, cultures, interests and passions, they can also connect to the identities of their peers and gain a variety of perspectives. 

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES, in cooperation with six of its component districts, has won a Learning Technologies Grant through the New York State Education Department to develop and implement this innovative project. 

Project Identity aims to teach students the civic mindsets necessary for college, career, citizenship and life. 

PHASE 1: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

From those six districts, 60 teachers and leaders representing a cross-section of grade levels and content areas will participate in collaborative professional development exercises. Through this training, they will explore personalized learning, and how to adapt the classroom to and celebrate students' cultures and language identities.

PHASE 1 ARTIFACTS

YEAR 1 DOCUMENTS

• Teacher Commitment Form

• 10 Reasons to Participate in FEH BOCES Project Identity

• Recruitment Letter to Teachers

• Recruitment Communication with School Leaders

• Online PLC Kickoff Timeline for Project Identity

• Project Identity Participant Tech Kit Document

• June Launch Agenda: June 10th & 13th, 2022

• Slide Deck: Project Identity Kickoff/Introduction

• Project Kickoff Evaluation Form (from LPB Consulting)

LINKS TO PRESENTERS AND OTHER

• Skills21

• Skills21 Presentation

• Sara Ahmed

• Julian Mocine McQueen - Million Person Project

• 6 word stories by Stephanie Affinito

• Larry Smith 6 Word Project

• 7 Elements of PBL

PHASE 2: IMPLEMENTING WITH STUDENTS

Then those teachers will work with their students to create their own Project Identity using a variety of learning technologies to communicate their story. Students will discover a range of technological avenues for digital storytelling while developing social, emotional and cultural competency skills.

YEAR 2 DOCUMENTS

• August PD Schedule

• Lifemapping Experience with Amy from The Million Person Project

• Identity Map

• Skills 21 Slide Deck

• Where I’m From Lesson Plan

• Where I’m From Poem Template inspired by Sara K. Ahmed

• Folder with lesson templates and videos:
  https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1URj0kabP-6oetVFR4JA827fWdlAv9K5R

• Slide Deck: Identity Meets Digital Media

• September Newsletter https://www.smore.com/c7ayz-project-identity-update

• Skills21 Screencastify Tutorial for Project Identity

• Skills21 iMovie Tutorial for Project Identity

• Skills21 WeVideo Tutorial for Project Identity

• Skills21 Garage Band Tutorial for Project Identity

Additional Resources:

• Values List

• Cultivating Genius by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

• Hairs/Pelitos by Sandra Cisneros Learning How to Mine Our Hair Stories

• The Peace Chronicles by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

PHASE 3: SHARING A TOOLKIT

Through creating and carrying out the project, educators hope to build a bank of ready-to-use Project Identity resources that teachers throughout the state can use to replicate Project Identity in their own learning environments. 

 
To the extent possible under law, Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Project Identity. This work is published from: United States.