Planning for an Online Author Visit

I am really excited planning this Author Visit of Ms. Natasha Vizcarra. I am sharing some parts of my plan and the poster which our Communications Associate made for this event. Here is the link to a blog post I wrote a few years back on how to plan and organize an Author Visit.

Author Visit: Writing About Science During COVID Times with Natasha Vizcarra

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE:

This Author Visit is contextualized around research and its value to meaning making, to the responsible communication of facts and information and in the creation of knowledge for readers, young and old. Ms. Natasha Vizcarra, a seasoned writer and editor, has been researching and writing about Science even before the dawn of the COVID age. The kind of writing she does, apparently, takes on greater relevance when Ilaw ng Tahanan published her book, Spikeys, Prickles & Prongies: A Coronavirus Discovery Story (2021), a children’s book about the coronavirus.

 In this visit, we are curious to find out from Ms. Vizcara how a topic as lethal as the coronavirus can be written creatively for children. With the proliferation of fake news, misinformation and disinformation, we are eager to know how she  approaches the selection and curation of information, especially topics concerning Science when preparing for a writing task or project. As a learning community, we are interested to listen to her sharing of experiences as a Science writer in an age of unprecedented change.

TARGETED CORE VALUES:

Adaptation

●      By understanding the story of a science writer creating a book about the coronavirus, we are able to gain confidence in braving the pandemic as individuals and as a community.

Bayanihan

●       The Author Visit has a book donation drive for students of our partner public school in coordination with CAS Coor, BASC and UPServe (?) A minimum of 30 copies shall be bought for book donation to public school students.

●      The Author Visit is open to the BA Community and teachers from our partner public schools will be invited to attend.

Connection

●      Concepts about the creative process and skills on research shared by the guest speaker connect to tasks and projects in the subject areas.

●      This event may inspire more students to begin CAS projects related to the Sciences and consider pursuing a career integrating the humanities to the sciences.