Dean's Message:
Dear
Parents, Students, and All,
Welcome
to Rojavanam International School (RIS) !
In
addition to Literacy, RIS is educating its students
regarding
"Oracy", also known as "Intelligent Talk" –
including
Conversation, Speech-Making, Debating,
and
Storytelling with discussion.
We
at RIS are dedicated to helping to bring out
the
brilliance of every one of our students in
relation
to both Literacy and Oracy.
Warm
regards,
Dr
Eric Miller,
Dean,
Rojavanam International School
(Nagarcoil,
Tamil Nadu, India).
Onam video (29 Aug 2023).
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Information
about Oracy is here.
Some
Debate Topics for our (6 Std and up) students are here.
Some
Speech and Essay Topics for these students are here.
30
Traditional Stories our students are telling are here.
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The
outline (with links) of a 3-day training in
"Ways
of Using Storytelling and Other Forms of
Verbal
Communication for Teaching-and-Learning"
that
Dr Eric recently gave to RIS teachers is here.
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Training
students to think about, document, and write
about
their local cultures helps students to develop
their
intellectual and emotional intelligence.
This
is explained in this article in the Journal
of Folklore
and Education, "Why Teaching
Students the Skills of
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Recent
Speeches at RIS by Dean Dr Eric –
1)
The text of Dr Eric's Pongal speech
(relating to
Silappathikaram and singing-games), 13 Jan 2024, is here.
2)
The video recording of his Annual Day
speech (2 minutes),
2
March 2024, is here.
3)
The text of his KG Graduation speech
(mentioning teaching-
and-learning
"ways to think"), 23 March 2024, is here.
4)
The text of his speech on the occasion of the Inauguration
of RIS' "Artificial
Intelligence Teacher Robot, Rose Kurinji",
23
April 2024, is here.
5)
The text of his speech for the Inauguration
of RIS' "Eco Club",
23
April 2024, is here.
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Some
Writings by RIS Dean Dr. Eric are –
1
"Verbal
Play and Language Acquisition" (2003),
https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/17.html
2
"Using
Storytelling to Encourage Reading" (2011),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/7.html
3
"Storytelling
and Story-Listening, and Children's
Intellectual,
Emotional, and Social Development" (2011).
https://storytellinginstitute.org/3.html
4
"The
Value of the Multi-Discipline Approach to Research",
Conference
Proceedings, Kanyakumari Academy of
Arts
and Sciences, Annual Meeting (Sept 2013),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/28.pdf
5
"Child
Development, Arts Therapies, Education –
and
Storytelling" (2014),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/888.pdf
6
"Ways
Storytelling can be Used for Teaching-and-Learning" (2015),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/2015e.pdf
7
"Ways
Verbal Play such as Storytelling and Word-Games
can
be Used for Teaching-and-Learning Languages" (2015),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/2015a.pdf
8
"Story
and Storytelling in Storytelling Therapy and
Expressive
Arts Therapy" (2016),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/368.pdf
9
"Fairytale
Therapy: A Type of Storytelling Therapy" (2017),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/Fairytale_Therapy.pdf
10
"Storytelling
and Interactive Education" (2017),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/23a.html
11
"Aspects
of the Storytelling Revival in India" (2017).
https://storytellinginstitute.org/123.pdf
12
"Ways
Storytellers are Using Audio- and Videoconferencing
for
Training, Discussion, and Performance", 12-page section
of
Storytelling Magazine, guest-edited
by Dr Eric (2017),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/Teleconferencing.pdf
Some
related writings by others that Dr Eric has gathered:
"Documentation
of Storytelling Activities Helping with
Students'
General Academic Achievement",
https://storytellinginstitute.org/37.html
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Dr
Eric Miller <eric@storytellinginstitute.org>
is
based in Chennai.
The
website of the World Storytelling Institute
(the
NGO Dr. Eric directs) is
https://storytellinginstitute.org
Dr
Eric's personal website is
https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
Bio-data,
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Eric
A
recent article about Dr Eric's life and work is at
https://tinyurl.com/March2024article
This
webpage was last updated in August 2024.
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