Shorewood High School in Shoreline, WA

The Civic Mirror is a government and economics simulation that turns classrooms into countries and students into citizens. It can be used to ignite student interest in a variety of courses and, to date, the learning dividends have been amazing!

Join Regan Ross, creator of the Civic Mirror education program, for a half-day training in-service on May 15th at Shorewood High School and learn the following:

1. How to use the Civic Mirror by playing it with other teachers,
   
2. How it transforms teaching and learning, both reducing teacher work-load and increasing student engagement, and
3. How to plan a unit of study around the program that could prepare students for one of several CBAs.

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When? Saturday, May 15th, 9:00AM to 1:00PM

Where? Shorewood High School, 17300 Fremont Ave N Shoreline 98133

Cost? Workshop free! Civic Mirror Teacher Manuals will be offered at a workshop special price. Helpful, hands-on instructional materials will be provided.

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Ottawa Carleton Social Studies teachers will be given the opportunity to learn how to use the award-winning Civic Mirror education program at the upcoming Canadian and World Studies professional day, on February 12, 2010. The conference is taking place at Gloucester High School on 2060 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa.

Civic Mirror creator, Regan Ross, will show Ottawa Carleton teachers how the program works and how it covers significant portions of select curriculum while also sparking student interest at unprecedented levels. The Civic Mirror can be used to cover nearly 100% of the Civics 10 Open learning outcomes, but it is also being used as the experiential centrepiece of other courses like economics, law, history, and sociology.

Regan Ross and Lizanne Foster, teachers from the Surrey School District and CM Pioneers, will be teaching BC educators how to use The Civic Mirror by playing it in a double session at the 2009 BCSSTA Fall Conference! Teachers interested in enlivening their social studies course with an experience-based, 21st Century learning tool would do well to attend this session!

Participants will be given a fictitious family to care for by providing them with food, shelter, education, health care and more. They’ll also be given a hidden agenda; will elect a their own government who will set tax rates and make laws; will bid to own national assets in an auction; will buy, trade, and sell in an open market; and will have the opportunity to sue anyone - including their government - for breaking the law.

By playing The Civic Mirror, participants will learn:
* Its game rules and major events,
* How the online program works and how it sets up classroom events,
* How to use its Web2.0 tools to extend learning outside the classroom,
* How to capitalize on the teachable moments it provides (related to law, government, economics, and active citizenship)

The Civic Mirror fits the curricular needs of the following BC social studies courses:
* entire Gr.6 social studies course
* Social Studies 10
* Social Studies 11
* Civic Studies 11
* Economics 12
* Law 12

Action-Ed and The Edmonds School District are proud to host the first-ever Civic Mirror Summer Institute. This two-day event will offer Washington state educators 12 ESD clock hours to

1. Learn how to use The Civic Mirror by playing it with other teachers , and
2. How to prepare exciting unit and course plans that utilize the program and prepare students for the Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs)!

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RESERVE YOUR SEAT by contacting Sarah Schumacher (S.S. coordinator for the Edmonds School District) at (425) 431-7341 or schumachers@edmonds.wednet.edu.

DATES: Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26 (9:00AM - 3:30PM, both days).

LOCATION: Edmonds-Woodway High School, 7600 212th Street SW, Edmonds, WA 98026

COST: TBA (likely $100 or less)

ITINERARY

Day 1: Learn how The Civic Mirror works by playing it with other teachers. You will become a citizen, a politician, business-owner and more by living in a simulated country with other teachers.

Day 2: A blend of game-play and break-out sessions where teacher-groups will co-develop unit & course plans that utilize The Civic Mirror’s offerings to prepare students for the social studies CBAs.

Afterward: Leave with a new and exciting unit and/or course plan plus the ability to use The Civic Mirror in your own classroom to ignite student interest and prepare them for the CBAs in a fun way.

Join Regan Ross for a full-day Civic Mirror game/workshop at the 2009 Surrey Teacher’s Association Convention. Check out the Civic Mirror Trenches Blog for highlights from a recent Civic Mirror workshop for educators.

By playing The Civic Mirror, participants will learn:

• Its game rules and major events,
• How the online program works and how it sets up classroom events,
• How to use its Web2.0 tools to extend learning outside the classroom,
• How to capitalize on the teachable moments it provides (related to law, government, economics, and active citizenship)

For more info on The Civic Mirror, click here.

For conference registration and location information, click here.

This workshop is ideal for British Columbia teachers who want to enliven their classrooms with this citizenship simulation, especially teachers of Social Studies 11, Civic Studies 11, Social Studies 8 - 10, Law 12, Economics, Business Ed., as well as other courses.

Join Regan Ross at the 2009 Encompass Conference as he leads teachers through a hands-on Civic Mirror workshop, giving them a chance to learn how to use this innovative program in their own classrooms by playing it. Ideal for social studies teachers looking for new and exciting ways to bring subjects like law, government, economics, citizenship, and life preparation to life.

Location ~ Heritage Woods Secondary School
1300 David Avenue, Port Moody, BC, V3H 5K6.

Civic Mirror Workshop Time is 9:00am to 12:00pm

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