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ello! I am excited to welcome you to this enriching publication,
for which I am happy to serve as a guest contributor. As a former
teacher, I understand the importance of engaging students in your
lessons and leading them down a path that will ultimately motivate
them to be inspired by what they’re learning in the classroom.
It is a difficult but rewarding task, and one I am very passionate
about. Without the guidance and encouragement I received from
my teachers as a boy I would never have discovered a creative
outlet for my energies, and for that I am grateful. In this magazine
you’ll find an article where I talk about the importance of research,
a component of study that can often seem tedious to students.
Through this article I explain just how important, and positively
thrilling, it can be to do research — to look at things on a deeper
level — and just how necessary it is to any field of study. As
someone who works in the creative realm, research has been crucial
to my success. I hope that by exploring this topic with me you’ll find
a few ways to convey the importance of truly immersing oneself
into a place, idea or subject. And hopefully your students will find it
every bit as thrilling as I do!
Joe
Joe Rohde
Senior Vice President and Creative Executive,
Walt Disney Imagineering
Guest Contributor
E
ducation is what made us who we are today. More than that, it
continues to define us every day as we learn, grow, change and
stretch. We are always in the process of learning. We are truly eternal
students. As an adjunct professor at Columbia University, education
is something I’m intensely passionate about. Teachers have been
some of the most influential people in my life. At a very young age I
developed a love for theatre and, today, I continue to see the impact
that theatre has on the lives of young people. This is why I developed
a licensing program with Music Theatre International to make select
Disney theatrical titles available for performance in schools and
amateur theatres throughout the world, and also why I continue to
mentor high school students through the Theatre Development Fund.
Regardless of what field of study a student pursues, or what industry
they want to enter, I believe that a good education is the key to
success. Education is what drives us forward, helps us to flourish and
ignites the desire to pursue our passions.
Thomas Schumacher
Producer and President,
Disney Theatrical Productions
Guest Contributor
Thomas
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Disney Extra Credit - Fall 2013
Disney Extra Credit - Fall 2013
Contents
Welcome
Walt Disney, Educator
Career Spotlight
A Touching Reunion
Engineering for Today
Career Spotlight
Research and Storytelling
Center Stage
Disney Dreamers Academy
The Path to Newsies
Creativity in the Classroom
Educational Field Trips
Inspiring Through Theatre
Festival Disney Turns 10
New Learning Opportunities
The Visual Musicians
Beyond the Bright Lights
Music Education Excellence
Focus on the Future
Poetic License
Spotlight On: The Disney Honors
Disney Performing Arts Alumni
Mickey’s Education Adventure
Disney Performing Arts Opportunities
Disney Youth Education Series Opportunities
Students Get the “Scoop”
The Fundamentals of Finance
Advertisers and Thank You
Travel Planner Honors
Mickey’s Mind Teasers
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