Teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Through Filmmaking
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Description
This professional development opportunity is structured as a model class: educators will experience the same exercises as their students. Participants will learn to use the art of filmmaking in a holistic approach to teaching critical thinking skills. Filmmaking is a rich, flexible, inspiring educational medium that has a natural appeal to students and sparks an authentic motive to learn.
Participants will collaborate in all stages of making a short film, including:
- choosing a problem or issue that is personally meaningful
- researching and analyzing possible causes
- brainstorming ways of solving it and ways of preventing it from multiple perspectives
- writing a script
- creating the film
- issuing a call to action to other students or the community
Audience and Grade Level
Teachers, Grades 2 - 12.
Credits
24 PDPs will be awarded to participants upon the completion of these three days of training, in addition to outside assignments (as per ESE regulations).
Availability
Future training dates will be announced here. If you have questions or are interested in offering this training on-site, please contact us.
Registration
A maximum class size is set for each course and registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If the number of registrations for a course exceeds the maximum seats available or is too low to be able to conduct a quality learning experience, the Collaborative will inform you of available options.
Course Cancellation
If you wish to cancel your registration, please submit a request in writing (via mail, email or fax) no later than 5 business days before the workshop’s start date. After that, there are no refunds or billing adjustments.
In the event that a course is cancelled by the Collaborative for Educational Services, we will notify you as soon as possible. Please be sure to provide your best email address and phone number so we can contact you. Although every effort is made to avoid last minute cancellations, if an emergency arises, we will do our best to reach you at the phone number and email address you provide.
Inclement Weather
Any delays or cancellations are posted online at collaborative.org. You may also call 413.588.5979 after 6:30am for information about classes that day.
