<div dir="ltr">I took this training several years ago and it is awesome! I use the skills both in talking with kids about books and on the reference desk. As Kim said in the preconference CSD sponsored a few years ago. VTS is a program that teaches trhinking skills using art. <div><br></div><div>Jane<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kim Aziz</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kaziz@vue.org">kaziz@vue.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:31 AM<br>Subject: Visual Thinking Strategies - January Practicum<br>To: Jane Corry <<a href="mailto:janec@multcolib.org">janec@multcolib.org</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hello Jane-<div>Happy Holidays!</div><div>We just opened up registration for a new VTS Beginner Practicum here in Portland. If you have any colleagues interested this would be a great opportunity. Please forward on the information to anyone who might be interested.</div><div>I hope this message finds you well - and dry!</div><div>Take care & thanks,</div><div>Kim</div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;font-size:11px"><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;word-wrap:break-word">Kim Aziz<br>Regional Manager, Portland OR<br>Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS)<br><a href="mailto:kaziz@vue.org" target="_blank">kaziz@vue.org</a> | <a href="tel:503.381.4615" value="+15033814615" target="_blank">503.381.4615</a><br><br><b>Check it out:</b><br>+ Follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Visual-Thinking-Strategies/12301163417" style="font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/VTSNational/status/498911617242136576" style="font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. <br>+ Our weekly feature on the New York Times educational blog, <a href="http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/" style="font-weight:normal" target="_blank">the Learning Network!: What's Going On in This Picture?</a><br>+ VTS Co-founder Philip Yenawine's book is<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Thinking-Strategies-Learning-Disciplines/dp/1612506097/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380123069&sr=1-1&keywords=philip+yenawine" style="font-weight:normal" target="_blank"> available for purchase</a>! </div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hello,<div>Thank you for your continued interest in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). We are pleased to announce that registration is open for a new <b>Beginner Practicum Training at Bullseye Projects in Portland </b>on <b>Saturday, January 16 & Sunday, January 17, 2016</b>. The course is from 9a - 4p each day. This two-day VTS Practicum is designed to engage new facilitators with the process of VTS discussion & to introduce participants to the theories that inform VTS protocol. We are thrilled to be partnering with Bullseye Projects for this experience as we will hone facilitation skills in their unique and dynamic galleries. </div><div><br></div><div>For more information and registration please follow this link: <a href="http://www.vtshome.org/news-events/upcoming-events" target="_blank">http://www.vtshome.org/news-events/upcoming-events</a></div><div>OR feel free to contact me directly. I hope we will see you there.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmly,</div><div>Kim</div>
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