The integration of digital resources in the classroom is a powerful tool to broaden the learning opportunities of learners and educators, and to respond to the range of background knowledge and learning styles found among them. The carefully mediated use of technological resources can be the means to gain content knowledge and to develop the technological expertise that is required to use technology effectively so as to motivate and engage learners at all levels in ways that are developmentally appropriate in order to meet challenging learning standards.

This module was developed by Dr. Carmen Mercado, Professor of Education, Hunter College School of Education, carmen.mercado@hunter.cuny.edu.

Audience & Objectives of the Module

Session 1: An Introduction to the Work of Jesus Colón

Session 2: Learning about the Life and Times of Jesus Colón

Session 3: Primary Documents as Windows on the Past: An Introduction to the Jesus Colón Archives

Session 4: The Writer as Historian and Social Critic

Session 5: Creating an Author’s Study on Jesus Colón

Session 6: Creating a Rubric for an Author’s Study on Jesus Colón

Session 7: Author’s Study Presentations

References

Jesus Colón: A Writer Who Changed Our World
(download PowerPoint presentation)