Roby Cogswell, Folklife Program Director of the Tennessee Arts Commission, has announced the publication of "The Fisk Jubilee Singers: Singing Our Song." Cogswell developed this multimedia resource collaboratively with Lisa Hester, Director of the Arts Commission's Arts Access Program. This project includes a DVD, CD, Teacher's Guide, and additional interpretive materials. It was funded under a grant from the NEA's American Masterpieces initiative, and it has been distributed to every school and public library in Tennessee. For more information, refer to Tennessee's Folklife Program's Web site: http://www.arts.state.tn.us.

Anne Pryor of the Wisconsin Arts Board and Nancy B. Blake have edited "Quilting Circles, Learning Communities: Arts, Community, and Curriculum," a guide for K-12 teachers on using quilts in the classroom. The book won the 2007 Dorothy Howard Award from AFS's Folklore and Education Section. The guide's lessons include hands-on projects for making quilted postcards, string quilts, and Hmong-style reverse applique. Other lessons focus on interviewing techniques that will connect students with local quilters. A lesson unique to this book helps students evaluate the historical accuracy of quilt legends, such as the Underground Railroad quilt code. The resource includes a CD-ROM with videos of three quilters, an extensive slide show of quilt images, and print-ready PDFs of worksheets. This resource is available from UW-Madison Office of Education Outreach, 1050 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706; phone (608) 262-4650.

More information can be found at http://arts.state.wi.us/STATIC/folkartsed/spotlightonart.htm.

An interview on digital storytelling by Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Associate Director of Academic Technology at Simmons College, has been published on the Web. Interviewer Gerry Bayne interviewed Matthews and Bryan Alexander through the Educause program: http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/eliinconversationweb20and/46133.

Other recent additions to Gail's programs include "Digital Story Making: Understanding the Learner's Perspective" and "Storytelling in the Age of the Internet," available online at the following addresses, respectively:
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/DigitalStoryMakingUnderst/46083
http://www.educause.edu/NC07/Program/11482?Product_Code=NC07/SESS10

Amber Ridington, Doctoral Candidate in Memorial University's folklore program, and Kate Hennessy produced a new educational resource for "Dane Wajich- Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land" for the Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Danewajich

The on-line exhibit presents story and song traditions of the Doig River First Nation from northwestern Canada. The exhibit is aimed for all audiences, and the Teachers’ Resource section includes lesson plans for elementary and high school classes to help students engage with oral histories and learn about Aboriginal cultures:
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Danewajich/english/resources/teachers.php.

Dave Ruch announces that Lynn Arthur Koch's "Folk Songs of Upstate New York" is available for educators from his Web site. This 110-page collection of songs and resources provides activities and ideas for teachers and students about using these songs in the classroom. Koch is an experienced and dedicated music educator in New York's Cortland County, and this book is appropriate for elementary and middle school classrooms and music rooms. It can be ordered at http://www.daveruch.com/store.htm or by calling Ruch at (716) 884-6855.

Paddy's Bowman's "Folkstreams Educator’s Portal" is available at www.folkstreams.net.