science fiction in teaching (fwd)

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From: Deborah Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 09:14:14 PDT 

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:14:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deborah Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: science fiction in teaching (fwd)
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Thanks,
Deb
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>In hope of doing some good in a small, targeted way, I've started a
>contest -- with a $1000 first prize -- for best educational website that
>uses science fiction to help classroom educators teach difficult subjects.
>The Webs of Wonder contest is co-sponsored by Analog Science Fiction and
>Fact magazine, aimed at generating resources that will help teachers and
>students use science fiction to complement subjects faced in today's
>classroom.
>
>If we get enough entries, a $1,000 cash first prize - plus runner-up
>awards - for excellent new sites on the World Wide Web that unite a love
>of learning with a passion for good stories, will be awarded at Chicon.
>
>For years, educators have given their students famous and obscure science
>fiction tales to help enliven difficult topics. A chemistry teacher might
>illustrate part of her curriculum with a classic Hal Clement novel, while
>a social studies class would argue the ethical questions raised by Tom
>Godwin's famous story "The Cold Equations" or James Tiptree Jr's "The
>Screwfly Solution."
>
>These efforts have mostly been isolated. Great teachers had no simple way
>to share their study guides, illustrations, provocative question sets . .
>. or the story itself. Until recently, that is. Today's technology can
>help teachers and web-designers create vivid materials to brighten any
>subject, then let them share their creativity with colleagues all over the
>country and around the world. Moreover, this offers one more way to get
>compelling literature into the hands of young people who might otherwise
>never be intrigued by some of science fiction's greatest stories.
>
>For details about rules and available supporting materials, see
>http://www.analogsf.com/wow
>
>=
>Thanks for your attention.
>
>With cordial regards.
>
>David Brin

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