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New Projects Video documentation of public meetings in preparation for the 5th International Women's Meetings. The Women's Intercultural Netowrk and the California Women's Agenda hosted public meetings in Arcata, California on April 29, 2007. Cynthia Gehrie served as documenter/videographer for the public meetings, and videotaped in-depth interviews with native American women including Jene McCovey, who served as co-chair for the public meetings, and is state chair for the CAWA Environmental Task Force. Video selects will be used to create organizing tools for this state wide gathering of women's issues and voices. New web site for CCCB A web site is being designed the The Children's Center of Cicero & Berwyn. It will include instruments for progress monitoring, a parent page, a teachers' page and general information about educational programs across the agency. A starter site will be at www.childrenscenterciceroberwyn.org Video from Java, Indonesia November-December 2006, Dr. Gehrie was in Sukabumi, Java in Indonesia. A video based on footage filmed on-site will be available July 2007.

Current Projects 2007 Book Chapter "Creative Contexts for Literacy -- A Reggio Emilia Approach Using Art and Documentation" is a chapter in a new literacy reader from Paul H. Brookes publishin, which will be released in Fall 2007. Authors: Cynthia P. Gehrie, Ph.D., Video Documentation Partnership, Elizabeth Landerholm, Ed. D., Northeastern Illinois University, Early Childhood Education and Georgina Valverde, MFA Studio Art, BFA, Painting and Printmaking, BA Spanish Kids Day In August 2006 Video Documentation Partnership video documented Kids Day, a science education project of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University. Every year the spaces fill immediately for this annual all day adventure with scientists, technicians, and scientific wizards who sometimes include Nobel Laureates. To see a clip from this project on the SLAC web site, go to http://today.slac.stanford.edu/a/2006/08-21.htm Producer on this project is Teresa Troxel. Update, the Kids Day video was screened at SLAC February 28, 2007. It will be available soon. Advanced Reading Development Demonstration Project New projects in this extended program are documentation of ARDDP's participation in an Inquiry Institute, a new Leadership Institute for on-site professional development teachers, and classroom examples of inclusion of autistic children. Church Street Barber Shop Video project with Sherman Beverly, Ph.D. Sam Johnson has been a barber on Church Street for 57 years. All the men in his family have been barbers. His son and grandson are barbers with him at the Church Street Barber Shop. The barbershop is community center and learning center in a business district that has disintegrated over the years. In this video we explore the seed value of Sam's barbershop for entrepreneurship and community development. Hull House Association Video documentation of Early Childhood Literacy Coaching at four community based child care centers. Roots of Language and Literacy Northeastern Illinois University and the Chicago Teachers' Center. Uses Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO) and an extended ELLCO format to track the adoption of early childhood literacy strategies in three child care centers. Children's Center of Cicero and Berwyn In this collaboration with Phyliss Shabatt, literacy strategies based on the Reggio Emila approach, and literacy environment assessments (ELLCO) are being facilitated in three child care centers. Internet Projects Video Documentation Partnership designed web sites at: www.savetheprairiesociety.org   Save the Prairie Society, a community group that is steward to Wolf Road Prairie, Westchester, Illinois www.thelandconnection.org  The Land Connection, saving farmland to develop organic food production in central Illinois and marketing strategies in Bloomington and Chicago. www.earthshare-illionois.org  This is the web site for the Illinois chapter of Earth Share, a fund raising and sharing organization for environmental groups nationwide and in Illinois.

Recent Projects A paper was presented at American Educational Research Association, April 2007 A paper was presented in a panel at the national meetings of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, April 2007. The panel was: Authentic Early Literacy Assessment: Providing a More Accurate Picture of Young Children's Knowledge and Their Classroom Environment. The paper was: Extending the Usefulness of the ELLCO: Using Videography, Digital Imaging, and Computer Technology Cynthia Gehrie and Elizabeth Landerholm. To receive a Word version of the paper, please email Cynthia Gehrie at vdf19@msn.com Poster Presentation American Evaluation Association, Portland, Oregon Using Graphic and Photographic Tools to Extend Assessment Instruments for Literacy Environments Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Main Ballroom Arts Impacting Achievement Beacon Street Gallery hosts this partnership with Northeastern Illinois University and the Chicago Teachers Center Research and documentation on the use of arts integration to improve student achievement in public schools in Chicago and Elgin, Illinois. Cynthia P. Gehrie, Ph.D., Video Documentation Partnership Director is the external evaluator for this project and video documents classroom practice. Arts Education Partnership http://aep-arts.org/ Lara Pruitt (Program Director -- Arts Impacting Achievement) and Cynthia P. Gehrie presented two papers at meetings in Washington D.C. Breakout Discussion: "Evaluating Arts Education Model Development Dissemination (AEMDD) Programs" which also included papers from Branch Associates. AIA paper titles are: "Evidence of Change: Developing Arts Integration to Strengthen Teaching" and "A Continuum for Teacher Development: Direction of Change Across Arts Integrated Practice" Papers were presented twice, on September 10 and 11. Download copies of these papers from the AIA web site http://artsimpactingachievement.org/ Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville, South Carolina, June 2006, Dr. Gehrie will conduct a full day seminar for a documentation team on the concepts: Imagery, Narration, Reflection and Application. A site based field experience, and follow up session on Integrating Concepts are included. Mothers Day 2006 Drawings by Cynthia P. Gehrie were included in an exhibit of the Midwest Botanic Artists Guild. Reed Turner Nature Center. Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville, South Carolina In 2004 and 2005 Cynthia P. Gehrie, Director of Video Documentation Partnership served as consultant to the Summer Institute in Arts Integration. This included a workshop on photo documentation and its use to stimulate creative engagement in learning, a Plenary presentation: "What is Process Documentation?", screening of a demonstration video on The Gates exhibit in New York City in 2005, and consultation with staff documenters in the arts integration initiative with public schools in Greenville. Advanced Reading Development Demonstration Project This project (2005) with the Chicago Teachers' Center, Northeastern Illinois University, sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust introduced literacy coaching to Chicago Public School Classrooms. In this documentation project, Cynthia Gehrie video documented a teacher-coach collaboration which introduced 9 teaching strategies to a third grade classroom studying Because of Winn-Dixie. The Gates In February 2005 Jean Claude and Christo's transformed Central Park, New York City for 14 days. Cynthia P. Gehrie video documented the installation and edited a prototype for using video to present artistic work in educational settings. Close to Home A video (2005) with The Land Connection and the Illinois Department of Agriculture that demonstrates how urban and rural partners have formed a marketing system for organic foods. Project Evaluation Team Illinois Professional Learners Partnership Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) representative to 5 university evaluation team for IPLP project 2002-2004 Co-Chair: Across Project Evaluation Team IPLP at NEIU 2003-2004 2003 - Designed and implemented a system for data collection using a password protected Intranet web site. A work product using this system is public and visible at: http://www.videodocument.org/apetwp/2-18files/2-18workproduct1.html It demonstrates the scope of this project, a sub-project within the larger Teacher Quality Enhancement grant Partnership (TQE.) 2004 - Brought leadership from the Society for Values in Higher Education to NEIU for a three day inquiry project on IPLP impact among the various NEIU partners. MSTQE: Middle School Teacher Quality Enhancement Video documented innovative teacher preparation for middle school math and science teachers (2004) using a learning community approach and math-science teamed instruction (I.e. Biology and Algebra team taught) using across-disciplinary concepts. In-depth interviews with teachers and students were also a part of this documentation strategy.

Archival Projects www.videodocument.org/afghanistan A summary documentation of Afghan women leaders in California in 2004, and link to the work of a California Women's Agenda delegation to Afghanistan in 2003. www.videodocument.org/uganda A summary of documentation of a delegation of women leaders from Uganda as they hold small group discussions with 600 women form the California Women's Agenda. The meetings range from Napa Valley to San Diego.(2001) www.videodocument.org/Uganda2/ A summary documentation of a delegation of women from California Women's Agenda as they visit Ugandan women who came to California. (2001) Looking Back over the years The Internet was a new thing when most of these projects were created. They are presented here as they were then. Because they were formatted for the smaller monitors and low resolution of those years, you might want to drag in the right side of the window to view a better proportion on the page. Winnetka Public Schools Indiana Dunes, National Sea Shore, Fifth grade students 1993 www.videodocument.org/IndianaDunes/ Middle School Unit All Quiet on the Western Front 1996 http://www.videodocument.org/Allquiet/ Even Start at McCosh School, Chicago 1995-2000 http://www.videodocument.org/Evenstart/ Science literacy for First Grade 1996 http://www.videodocument.org/Sciencelit/ LEAP Video Documentation workshop (1997) www.videodocument.org/Audubon/ LEAP summary 1994-1999, Arts Integration Project -- Annenburg Foundation Additional Projects Video Documentation Fund 1994-1999 Additional Projects Video Documentation Studio 1994-1999 Additional Projects Video Documentation Partnership 1994-1999