The SEMIS Coalition Blog
The place to connect, learn and share perspectives in place-based learning
Welcome to our SEMIS Coalition blog! A commons-based digital space for shared resources, images, and more. It’s a place for you to ask questions, interact with peers, and keep current with the latest Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition activities.
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Tools for Teachers Input!
What resources or ideas do you have for our new Tools for Teachers page? Please use the comments section of the blog to post your best ideas and links around the following topics: High Quality Environmental Content Civic Engagement Processes Content Standards...
EcoJustice Reading List: Paddle-To-The-Sea
In our continuing investigation into EcoJustice Literacy, we're asking teachers and students to reflect on the following questions about the classic story, Paddle-To-The-Sea: How could you discuss the journey from upstream to downstream when talking...
Telling Our Story Through Media
How do you use learning media to tell stories of place? This month, we're featuring three powerful place-based educators' approaches to using technology to tell their stories. Laura DePalma from the James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Makena Riley, from MSU Extension,...
EcoJustice Reading List – Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa
“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.” - Wangari Maathai Are there projects in your community that mimic the great work of Wangari Maathai? What services do trees provide for your...
Telling Our Story Through History
The focus of the January 30th professional development day will delve deeper into the year-long investigation of historical perspective and the way we can use this narrative to tell the story of place in new and compelling ways. The History Affinity Group began this...
Permaculture Principles in Action
We invite the participants in the Permaculture Design Certification, which includes several SEMIS members, to start a discussion about how permaculture has opened up new insights into creative design with nature, and empowered them to take action in their...
GLSI Place-Based Education Conference Highlights
Teachers and partners joined together for another great statewide conference this November. The theme of presentations ranged from civic engagement and community partnership best practices, to student voice and STEAM connections. Here are highlights from SEMIS...
Youth Voice – The New Wave of Youth Engagement!
The SEMIS Coalition and others around the country are engaging in new and creative ways to make learning about community issues relevant and impactful to youth. Much of place-based education and the EcoJustice framework that we use in the SEMIS Coalition gets to just...
SEMIS Coalition in the News!
It is always great to see SEMIS members celebrated in the media, and the SEMIS Coalition has received a lot of it in the past month. These articles feature Neinas Elementary and Hope of Detroit, as well as the larger Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative. Detroit kids...
EcoJustice Book List Review
Have you used these books? Share how! At the Summer Institute, teachers received several books to support EcoJustice literacy and investigating the commons. These books were chosen for their support of a few different concepts: integrating multiple perspectives into...