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Film Making in the Primary Classroom
Tools for Building a Creative Curriculum
This course - currently being offered by Tim Brook of Magic Lantern : Learning through Film, in four venues - is a series of four 2-hour twilight sessions with at least fortnightly intervals to allow for classroom follow-up. It is intended for teachers working at beginner to intermediate levels.
Course members receive a free resource CD of Movie Kit materials and online support.
The cost is £100.00
To apply, please email magiclanternmail@aol.com with:
“Film CPD venue name” in the subject line, e.g: Film CPD St Felix.
Please include your:
Name/s:
School:
Personal email/s:
School contact details:
N.B:
Application will generate an invoice to your school once course
viability has been established.
For details of future venues, or to discuss organising the course in your area, please email.
My Aims:
To make each session fun, down-to-earth and useful so that you look forward to the next...
To help you move on from where you are now – be you a complete beginner or with some knowledge – to increase your confidence
To offer practical support for you to make and use film in your classroom...
Teaching approaches:
explanation, discussion, collaboration, demonstration, hands-on time, sharing expertise, watching film extracts.
OUTLINE
Week 1:
Introductions
– Benefits of Film Making – Film Making in the Curriculum
- Using the Course CD – CD Exploration - Equipment Advice -
Photo Story 3 Software Tuition – Hands-on Practice - Support Information – Classroom Practice/Ideas - Plenary
Week 2:
Sharing Classroom Experiences – Using Sound in Film Making –
Equipment Advice – Audacity Software Tuition – Hands-on Practice –
Classroom Practice/Ideas – Plenary
Week 3:
Sharing Classroom Experiences – Using Video – Equipment Advice –
Movie Maker Software Tuition – Hands-on Practice –
Classroom Practice/Ideas – Plenary
Week 4:
Sharing Classroom Experiences – Combining Stills, Video and Sound – Task Tuition – Hands-on Task – Classroom Practice – Using the Internet – Evaluation
Hardware
Each delegate should bring their teacher laptop (it must be running Windows XP or Vista). It will be helpful to have run Disk Defragmenter (Start/All programs/ Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmenter). Don't forget the power cable!
In Week 1 it will be useful (but not essential) to bring the best digital stills camera you have available for classroom use with connection cables etc. It will also be useful to have a microphone – either built-in or plug-in. I have a few I can loan if necessary.
In Week 2 it will be essential to have a computer microphone. Again I have a few for loan.
In Week 3 it will be useful to bring a camera capable of filming video clips and connection cables etc. If you are bringing a Digital Blue camera make sure you have the stand and the software installed on your laptop.
Software
The following may look complicated... DON'T PANIC
All the software we will use is free. It will be entirely possible to install the software during the course - but takes time we could be using for more interesting things! If you don't 'do' downloading speak nicely to your technician if you have one...
For Week 1 you will need Photo Story 3. Download Photo Story here
While you are installing Photo Story you may be told to update your Windows Media Player. You can download Media Player 10 here
You may also be told you need to update DirectX. Download a recent version here.
For Week 2 You will need Audacity. Click here. While you're on this page download the LAME MP3 Encoder too. I'll tell you why later...
For Week 3 you will need Movie Maker 2 or Movie Maker Vista. You will almost certainly have this already if your laptop is reasonably new – it may be hiding in Start/All Programs/Accessories somewhere. If not, click here to download.
For Week 4 you will only need the software mentioned above, but you may like to look at my links page – Pivot is highly recommended for example.
St. Felix CEVC Middle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7BE
Wednesdays: Jan. 23rd, Feb,6th and 27th, March 12th 2008
For a location map select and copy school postcode and click here to link to Google Map. Paste postcode into search box.