Session A: Storytelling and Early Literacy Instruction
Session B: Reading the Screen
How do the techniques of storytelling differ in
film and literature? Through viewing, critical analysis, and activities,
participants will learn new language and tools for the ELA classroom. Participants
will explore literary elements such as characterization, motif, mood, and plot
in visual and written texts and understand how developing students’ critical
viewing can enhance their literary analysis. Models of effective adaptations
and companion pieces will be provided as well. This workshop will present new
and different materials and texts than were used in the 2013 Institute. Repeat
attendees are welcome and encouraged. Recommended for educators grades 5-12.
Presenter: Sean Weiner
Session C: Fact, Fiction, and the Space Between; The Art of the Real
Throughout the history of documentary
filmmaking, there has often been a conflict between telling truths and making
art. This has escalated in recent years as filmmakers employ increasingly
iconoclastic and creative ways to present nonfiction. In this engaging
workshop, participants will view and discuss classic and contemporary
documentaries and consider the tensions that exist between reality, truth,
fairness and compelling storytelling. Participants will expand their lexicon
for discussing and integrating visual and information-based texts in the
classroom. Recommended for educators grades 5-12. Presenter: Theresa Dawson
Session D: The Joy of Writing: See Hear Feel
Film
This interactive workshop will help third
grade teachers develop students’ writing, listening, observation, collaboration,
and presentation skills. The experience is ideal for teachers who have been
using See Hear Feel Film for years and want to be refreshed and go deeper, as
well as for new users of the curriculum, who are ready to learn the tools
filmmakers use to tell a story and spark students’ writing skills. Explore how
viewing, writing, and storyboarding provide inspiration and motivation for
young communicators. Come be inspired by
thirteen years of implementation of this groundbreaking curriculum throughout
Westchester County and around the country. Recommended for educators in Grade
3. Presenter: Anne Marie Santoro
Session E: Image, Sound, and Story
We are inviting a select group of
educators to be part of a pilot professional development experience to
implement a prototype of JBFC’s newly developed Pre-K - 12 curriculum,
Image, Sound and Story: Literacy for a Visual Culture. This new curriculum
develops learners who are literate and fluent in visual storytelling. Image,
Sound, and Story is a series of developmentally appropriate hands-on
Projects that emphasize process, challenge-based learning, collaboration, and
reflection. Our new curriculum provides a scaffolded progression to support
learners as they develop their visual and aural communication skills and
enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking. The first three Projects are focused on
developing fluency with the basics of image, sound, and story, and are
essential building blocks to practice new terms, technology, and techniques.
The next seven Projects will build on these skills, with a particular focus on
developing the literacy concepts of character, setting, structure, mood, point
of view, theme, and style. This curriculum will be made available through a new
website dedicated to JBFC’s education programs, which will launch as a beta
site during the 2014 Summer Teachers Institute.
During the 2014-2015 school year,
participating teachers will integrate the curriculum into their classrooms, and
meet monthly with JBFC faculty to discuss their progress, receive support, and
provide feedback. There is no cost to participate in the professional
development, nor to access the curriculum. Additional grade levels of the
curriculum will become available in the coming year. Registration is for ELA
educators in grades 7 and 8. Presenter: Brady Shoemaker. Location: Classroom 1B, Media Arts Lab
*This strand is by invitation only
Session F: From Viewing to Doing, Reel Change
This hands-on course is for educators
who are eager to integrate media projects into their classroom. The Reel Change
curriculum integrates literacy skills of persuasion, rhetoric, and research into
the production of social issue-based films. Teachers will learn practical
technical tools, experience the step-by-step process of creating a persuasive
media project, and leave prepared to implement this innovative approach to
argument and non-fiction texts with their students. The workshop will include a
range of technology platforms, including Macs, PC’s and tablets. Recommended
for educators in all grades. Presenter:
Aaron Mace*This strand is by invitation only
Session F: From Viewing to Doing, Reel Change
Thursday & Friday Sessions:
Session G: Focus on Nature
This workshop is the exciting intersection of science, media, and storytelling. From biology, to environmental science and chemistry, narrative storytelling, visual documentation, close observation, and critical thinking are essential skills. This workshop will provide hands-on practice with cameras and video editing software and support for standards-based curriculum integration. Participants will also be inspired by classroom case studies and resources to integrate media into their science curriculum using stop-motion animation, vlogs, time lapse photography, visual timelines and critter cams. Recommended for educators grades K-5. Presenter: Thomas Frankie
Session G: Focus on Nature
This workshop is the exciting intersection of science, media, and storytelling. From biology, to environmental science and chemistry, narrative storytelling, visual documentation, close observation, and critical thinking are essential skills. This workshop will provide hands-on practice with cameras and video editing software and support for standards-based curriculum integration. Participants will also be inspired by classroom case studies and resources to integrate media into their science curriculum using stop-motion animation, vlogs, time lapse photography, visual timelines and critter cams. Recommended for educators grades K-5. Presenter: Thomas Frankie
Session H: Short Form Viewing and Writing
Short films are a fantastic resource for
teaching students skills of critical analysis and creative writing. Learn how
to use narrative and documentary shorts as prompts and texts to enrich your ELA
instruction. Viewing, hands-on writing exercises, discussion, and critique will
model how to use films and scripts in a dynamic way. The theme and content will
focus on coming-of-age stories. This workshop will present new and different
materials and texts than were used in the 2013 Institute. Repeat attendees are
welcome and encouraged. Recommended for educators grades 6-12. Presenter: Rob Morton.
Session
I: Choosing Ourselves; The Roles We Play - presented in collaboration with
“Facing History and Ourselves”
How
is history shaped by hatred, indifference, and denial, as well as by caring,
compassion, and responsibility? This workshop will use seminal titles from
FHO’s and JBFC’s nonfiction film collection as companion pieces for exploring
the role of upstanders, bystanders, allies, and perpetrators. Through screening
excerpts from film and television, reading texts, activities, and discussion,
educators will learn strategies to help combat bigotry and to cultivate a
school culture of compassion. This workshop is a FHO qualifying workshop and
will give participants full and free access to the video lending library, and
resources. Recommended for educators grades 6-12. Presenter: Peter Nelson
Session J: From Viewing to Doing: Stop Motion
Animation
Production and content converge in this playful, informative, hands-on session. Experience first-hand the creativity and joy of creating a stop motion animated film, and explore the myriad applications across content area. Learn the step-by-step process of story development, pre-production, animation, and basic editing that draw on years of implementation of JBFC’s fourth grade program, Minds in Motion. The technology platform you’ll learn on are iMacs and iPads. Recommended for educators grades Pre-K - 12. Presenter: Joseph Summerhays
Production and content converge in this playful, informative, hands-on session. Experience first-hand the creativity and joy of creating a stop motion animated film, and explore the myriad applications across content area. Learn the step-by-step process of story development, pre-production, animation, and basic editing that draw on years of implementation of JBFC’s fourth grade program, Minds in Motion. The technology platform you’ll learn on are iMacs and iPads. Recommended for educators grades Pre-K - 12. Presenter: Joseph Summerhays
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