Two Sides of the Coin: Integrating Math with Storytelling and Drama

960 Aggie Blvd Logan,Logan UT 84321

30 November, 2022

Description

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Barry is BACK with a NEW workshop! Integrating Drama and Storytelling with Math may seem the unlikeliest of endeavors, but there are key alignments between the art forms and the core discipline. Utilizing the strengths of drama and storytelling practices, we can help students gain a full body and emotionally-connected understanding of a variety of complex and often abstract mathematical concepts. Learn how implementing drama and storytelling strategies such as characterization, hot seating, vocal expression, story enactment, and improvisation will deepen your students' mathematical understanding of such concepts as place value, fractions, number lines, geometric figures, and more. This will be a fun, engaging, hands-on workshop from which you will leave with activities and strategies you can start using in your classroom the very next day, and a terrific listing of stories, picture books, and story collections to tap as you continue your journey integrating Math with Drama and Storytelling. PRESENTER BIO: Barry Stewart Mann, MFA, is a professional Actor, Storyteller, Educator, and Writer based in Atlanta, GA. He has been delighting audiences and inspiring students for nearly four decades, and brings a vibrant clarity and caring playfulness to his performances, workshops, and scripts. A graduate of Harvard University with a Master’s Degree in Theatre from the University of San Diego, Barry has performed on dozens of stages across the country; told tales to thousands in festivals, libraries, schools, camps, and beyond; created scripts for myriad classroom, workshop and professional performances; and led classes, workshops and residencies with groups of all ages and backgrounds, from Pre-K to Post-Grad students, from storytelling conferences to the state penitentiary, from nursery schools to nursing homes, and everywhere in between. He teaches on the faculty of Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning M.Ed. program, tours internationally with Dream On Productions, based in Buenos Aires, and is on the roster of the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Specialist Program as a master storyteller and arts educator.This workshop is open to classroom teachers, university students, arts educators, and school administrators This workshop is open to classroom teachers, university students, arts educators, and school administrators