STEM Ed Announcement: Serious Fun Community Learning Center

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program.
Contact information is below.
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Introducing Serious Fun Community Learning Center in S. Deerfield, Mass.
Gabrielle A. Richard-Harrington, Founder/Director gaby@seriousfunclc.com
http://www.seriousfunclc.com

Our Mission: To provide the community with the highest quality educational
programs in a center that is welcoming to everyone.
We are a new venture growing from the desire of a group of teachers to
provide low cost and no cost programs in technology and media
arts, but also art, music, mindfulness and more in a fun and 
supportive atmosphere.

Technology Professional Development for Teachers at Serious Fun:

Teacher Technology Tuesdays & Thursdays: a series of
14 two-hour sessions from which one can select and combine 5
sessions and a project to complete DESE pdp requirements.

Partial list below:
All classes are 3:30 pm -5:30 pm at our site in the center of South
Deerfield:

Social Networking and Web 2.0 Part 1 - Tuesday, October 6th
ABC's and 123's - Keyboarding Strategies for Grades K-8 -Thursday, October
8th
Social Networking and Web 2.0 Part 2 - Tuesday, October 13th
Voicethread - Tuesday, October 20th
On Beyond Google - Web Literacy and Search Strategies for Teachers and
Students (Grades K-12) - Thursday, October 22nd
Smart Moves - Thursday, November 12th
Stationary Studio - Thursday, November 19th
Pixel Projects, Digital Images Across the Curriculum (Grades K-12) 
-Thursday, December 3rd
Standards in Motion (Grades 3-12) - Thursday, December 10th

Teacher Technology Tuesdays & Thursdays
Cost is $30 per individual session
$120 for any 5 (throughout the year)
$225 for any 10 (throughout the year)

We also have three multi-session courses that meet DESE requirements
for pdps.

Digital Storytelling
Instructor: Gaby Richard-Harrington
6 Week Program
Fridays October 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6 and 20 (no class on November
13th)
3:30-5:30 PM
Ages 8-108
$144

Animation
9 Week Program
Mondays from October 19th to December 14th (No class - Columbus Day October
12th)
3:30-5:30
Ages 8-108
Beginner digital animation. Students will produce simple digital
animations. Critical thinking, storyboarding, color, character development
and other flipbook style techniques will be introduced.
Class size: 10

Time in a Bottle - Digital Storytelling and Oral History
Instructors: Gaby Richard-Harrington, Marilyn McArthur and Sheila Damkoehler
8 Week Program
Tuesdays from November 3rd to December 15th
3:30-5:30 PM
Ages 8-108
$120

If you need a space to host a workshop for teachers, please get in touch
with us!

Serious Fun Community Learning Center
1 Sugarloaf Street
South Deerfield, MA 01373
http://www.seriousfunclc.com
gaby@seriousfunclc.com
Tel. 413-695-8103