{"id":667,"date":"2016-05-10T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=667"},"modified":"2016-08-19T18:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:27:40","slug":"waa-crossing-indian-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/waa-crossing-indian-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Write About Asia — Crossing the Indian Ocean: Asia\/Africa Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Description<\/h2>\n

\u201cCrossing the Indian Ocean: Asia\/Africa Connections\u201d was offered in conjunction with the Saturday University lecture series at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Each Saturday, educators attended the public lecture from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. and then met for a writing workshop with Mary Barber Roberts from 11:00 a.m – 1:30 p.m.\u00a0 During the workshop, time was given to solitary writing in the art galleries in response to the morning lecture. The group then reconvened to share working drafts. The workshop was meant to nurture educators as writers through self-reflection and group discussion.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h3>\n

Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m., from September 27\u00a0to December 6, 2014
\nSeattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park<\/p>\n

Facilitator<\/h3>\n

Mary Barber Roberts<\/a><\/p>\n

Benefits<\/h3>\n

Free admission to the lecture and four free clock hours are available for each workshop. Educators earned up to 36 clock hours by attending all of the workshop sessions. The workshop was\u00a0open to all current K-12 teachers but\u00a0each session\u00a0was limited to 15 participants.<\/b><\/p>\n

Sponsorship<\/h3>\n

This workshop series was offered by the East Asia Resource Center in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum\u2019s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas Saturday University Lecture Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lecture topics<\/h3>\n