In an upcoming series of articles authored by Glenn McClure, The County News will be exploring the ‘Buy Local/Build a Future’ program with a look at the individual projects which students have completed.
The organic farm documentary team is assembled with an ambitious group of young activists (and a few old ones too) from Honeoye Falls and the surrounding area. We are moving forward with ambition into the interview phase and documentation phase of the project, One player: Chad is officially designated our PR or more appropriately our [...]
Free pdf download of the Local Flavors recipes! Be sure to get your ingredients locally! Enjoy! Local Flavors Cookbook
The Coffee Cart The Life Skills Class at Geneseo Central School is strongly centered around the culinary arts. They have a Coffee Cart from which they sell and serve fresh coffee and a variety of delicious cookies. The students learn entrepreneurial skills as well as cooking basics, taste, presentation, etiquette, and communication skills. Developing Recipes [...]
I have been having a lot of fun with not only the “Buy Local” project, but all teaching artist projects in which I have been involved over the past few years, but one topic which I am still sloshing through is the subject of how to put a dollar figure on my supplies–being both fair [...]
May 25, 2010 Well, lots of great work has been done in Mrs. Offords 4th grade class over the past few days and weeks–(probably great work has been done all year, but I can only write about the Buy Local part). Since the last time I was in the class room with the students, I [...]
I visited the Public Health website for Livingston County to find out what some of the more prominent health concerns are. Well, as you can imagine; deer ticks were high on the list. Also listed were emergency preparedness, poison awareness, and mental health issues. I am looking forward to learning more about what is already [...]
I am making a list of questions for the public health nurse for our county regarding the major health concerns in our area especially concerning children. I am anticipating that one area of concern is mental health. I would like to involve the summer camp kids in a project that promotes positive thinking and self [...]
Although this is my first blog posting, it is by no means the first activity related to the Geneseo Buy Local project. May 10, 2010 Glenn, Amanda Offord, and I met for our lesson planning meeting, and we got not only a lot of work accomplished, but we also got each other very excited about [...]
Much of the impact of the salt industry is documented in public records of business activities from the 1880′s to the present day. Other information is found in the personal lives and stories of workers & families–including that of a current York student’s grandfather who was “buried alive” and lived to tell the tale. We’re working [...]
The Instructional Design The instructional design is very flexible and allows each participating teacher and teaching artist to develop a unique project. It is based on a combination of standard arts-based learning curriculum, Understanding By Design (UBD) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Furthermore, the curriculum assumes a “constructivist” orientation that places hands-on student activities [...]
This is an informal blog inspired by the meeting I attended at the arts council on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Kala Stein, Glenn McClure and myself. It was great to hear about the whole program and see what big ideas are driving the projects. It is great to see what is already taking [...]
Had a great meeting with Miche Fambro and Nancy Stewart at the Livonia Intermediate School. It looks like we will be working with the 4th grade on a Johnny Carson-like variety/talk show format that explores the many ways that Consesus Lake attracts tourists and locals. Each of the classes will create a 3-5 minute skit [...]
A Buy Local Sell Local project Small farms and food paths in Livingston County; *A group of local High school students will split up to conduct interviews and document with video, audio, and photography, and possibly drawings the activities of some local small farmers. *They will then come back together to pool their interviews [...]
Livingston County Local Flavors Project Proposal for Carol Robinson ‘s The Life Skills Class, Geneseo Central School. Draft 1. 4/21/2010 Submitted by Kala Stein for Buy Local/ Build a Future This workshop will explore local food, food heritage and the future of food in Livingston county through 4 components: research, recipes, creative documentation (digital cookbook) [...]
In an upcoming series of articles authored by Glenn McClure, The County News will be exploring the ‘Buy Local/Build a Future’ program with a look at the individual projects which students have completed.
The organic farm documentary team is assembled with an ambitious group of young activists (and a few old ones too) from Honeoye Falls and the surrounding area. We are moving forward with ambition into the interview phase and documentation phase of the project, One player: Chad is officially designated our PR or more appropriately our [...]
Free pdf download of the Local Flavors recipes! Be sure to get your ingredients locally! Enjoy! Local Flavors Cookbook
The Coffee Cart The Life Skills Class at Geneseo Central School is strongly centered around the culinary arts. They have a Coffee Cart from which they sell and serve fresh coffee and a variety of delicious cookies. The students learn entrepreneurial skills as well as cooking basics, taste, presentation, etiquette, and communication skills. Developing Recipes [...]
I have been having a lot of fun with not only the “Buy Local” project, but all teaching artist projects in which I have been involved over the past few years, but one topic which I am still sloshing through is the subject of how to put a dollar figure on my supplies–being both fair [...]
May 25, 2010 Well, lots of great work has been done in Mrs. Offords 4th grade class over the past few days and weeks–(probably great work has been done all year, but I can only write about the Buy Local part). Since the last time I was in the class room with the students, I [...]
I visited the Public Health website for Livingston County to find out what some of the more prominent health concerns are. Well, as you can imagine; deer ticks were high on the list. Also listed were emergency preparedness, poison awareness, and mental health issues. I am looking forward to learning more about what is already [...]
I am making a list of questions for the public health nurse for our county regarding the major health concerns in our area especially concerning children. I am anticipating that one area of concern is mental health. I would like to involve the summer camp kids in a project that promotes positive thinking and self [...]
Although this is my first blog posting, it is by no means the first activity related to the Geneseo Buy Local project. May 10, 2010 Glenn, Amanda Offord, and I met for our lesson planning meeting, and we got not only a lot of work accomplished, but we also got each other very excited about [...]
Much of the impact of the salt industry is documented in public records of business activities from the 1880′s to the present day. Other information is found in the personal lives and stories of workers & families–including that of a current York student’s grandfather who was “buried alive” and lived to tell the tale. We’re working [...]
The Instructional Design The instructional design is very flexible and allows each participating teacher and teaching artist to develop a unique project. It is based on a combination of standard arts-based learning curriculum, Understanding By Design (UBD) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Furthermore, the curriculum assumes a “constructivist” orientation that places hands-on student activities [...]
This is an informal blog inspired by the meeting I attended at the arts council on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Kala Stein, Glenn McClure and myself. It was great to hear about the whole program and see what big ideas are driving the projects. It is great to see what is already taking [...]
Had a great meeting with Miche Fambro and Nancy Stewart at the Livonia Intermediate School. It looks like we will be working with the 4th grade on a Johnny Carson-like variety/talk show format that explores the many ways that Consesus Lake attracts tourists and locals. Each of the classes will create a 3-5 minute skit [...]
A Buy Local Sell Local project Small farms and food paths in Livingston County; *A group of local High school students will split up to conduct interviews and document with video, audio, and photography, and possibly drawings the activities of some local small farmers. *They will then come back together to pool their interviews [...]
Livingston County Local Flavors Project Proposal for Carol Robinson ‘s The Life Skills Class, Geneseo Central School. Draft 1. 4/21/2010 Submitted by Kala Stein for Buy Local/ Build a Future This workshop will explore local food, food heritage and the future of food in Livingston county through 4 components: research, recipes, creative documentation (digital cookbook) [...]