{"id":3153,"date":"2023-06-27T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/?page_id=3153"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:10:21","slug":"educator-workshop-spring-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/educator-workshop-spring-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator Workshop, Spring 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Monday, May 8 from 8:15 am – 3:00 pm This workshop is open to all teachers and educators, particularly those working in schools and those responsible for teaching the histories of the Holocaust and genocide.<\/em><\/p>\n There is no cost to participate. Breakfast, lunch, and coffee will be served.<\/em><\/p>\n Questions? Email holgen@ramapo.edu<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n 8:15 – 9:00 \/\/ Registration and Breakfast<\/p>\n 9:00 – 9:15 \/\/ Director’s Welcoming Remarks<\/p>\n 9:30 – 12:00 \/\/\u00a0Virtual Tour of Auschwitz<\/p>\n 12:00 – 1:00 \/\/\u00a0Lunch and Time for Reflection<\/p>\n 1:00 – 1:20 \/\/ Group Debriefing<\/p>\n 1:20 – 2:45 \/\/ Artifact Centered Pedagogy Discussion<\/p>\n 2:45 – 3:00 \/\/ Closing Remarks, Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz<\/p>\n 3:15 – 3:45 \/\/ Optional Tour of the Center Facilities<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Virtual Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n Jerzy W\u00f3jcik tells the story of Auschwitz live. He will be with you all the time. You can ask questions; you can dialogue with him. The virtual tour will not be recorded or made public. It will not be done in the form of a typical webinar where the participants, as a rule, cannot see each other and their interaction with the teacher is limited to a Q&A. We would like these sessions to be, in a sense, private, intimate meetings during which all participants can see each other in a virtual space, can ask questions and discuss important issues regarding Auschwitz.<\/p>\n Our Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n Artifact-Centered Pedagogy Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n Led by Colleen Tambuscio and Heather Lutz<\/span><\/p>\n During the afternoon session, participants will have opportunities to probe the expressive ways in which objects quietly but clearly speak as bearers of witness and the pedagogical promises of using artifacts and virtual tours in academic settings. These activities will be collaborative and reflective, inviting participants to interrogate a variety of texts (i.e. photographs and poetry) and to brainstorm how these types of interactive and tactile experiences can translate to their respective classrooms. Participants will also preview the new curriculum from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, with a focus on aspects of it that feature artifacts and their narratives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTrustees Pavilion<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/a>The Auschwitz Virtual Tour entails regular online sessions about the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. But this is not a regular webinar or seminar. In fact, it is the most faithful representation of a physical visit to the Auschwitz memorial site. The delivery is significantly augmented by historical footage, histories of former prisoners, visualizations, aerial overviews, and contemporary filming. Thanks to the use of virtual reality tools officially created by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, we are able to reach every single spot and space at the memorial site.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a>Jerzy W\u00f3jcik – born in the town of O\u015bwi\u0119cim (Auschwitz), Poland. Graduate of the International Relations as well as Middle and Far East programs at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, he was, in 2010, awarded a PhD in political science. Recipient of scholarships from the Florentyna Kogutowska Fund at the Jagiellonian University and from the State of Israel as a Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University. For a number of years, he has been working with several organizations and institutions in Poland: among others, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, the Jagiellonian University Center for Holocaust Studies in Krakow, the Center for International Relations in Warsaw, and the European Association of Israel Studies. Since 2015 he has run the Holocaust Memorial Partnership. He has been to Israel over 20 times. (The text of this and the preceding section has been adapted from this website<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n