Project Identity

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

LINKS TO PRESENTERS AND OTHER

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

Additional Resources:

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. 

YEAR 3 DOCUMENTS

Professional Development & Teacher Resources

Professional Development Presenter Resources

Other Resources

YEAR 3 Artifacts

Professional Development & Teacher Resources

Professional Development Presenter Resources

Story Mapping & Personal Narratives/Storytelling with The Million Person Project (by Grade Band):

Paul Gorski, Equity Literacy Institute, Resource Sheet for Teachers to Accompany Virtual Session on May 15th

Virtual Professional Learning Community (PLC) Support & Resources

Other Resources Shared with Participating Teachers through Online PLC:

Tech and Book Guides for Teachers to Replicate & Sustain Learning Activities into the Future:

 
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.