Schooldocs Agenda 2011
SCHOOLDOCS
Presented by: AFI SILVER Screen Education
All 2011 SchoolDocs sessions take place at the Silver Spring Civic Building (around the corner from the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center). Your starting point should be the registration desk located in the lobby. Questions? Ask at the Conference Desk.
Thursday, June 23
8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. - Silver Spring Civic Building, Atrium
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Gallery & Courtyard
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Spring Room
WELCOME AND REMARKS
Ray Barry, director, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Matt Boratenski, producer, Schooldocs
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Spring Room
SUCCESS FOR EVERY CURRICULUM: Case Studies in Blending Media into Extant Curriculum
Does current curriculum have to be sacrificed to add media study and filmmaking? How does student performance improve and how can the blended curriculum support testing? Local educators will share their stories of student success and engagement when they blended media into the curriculum. Represented are high school ESL, middle school reform programs, English and GT programs from Montgomery and Howard counties.
MODERATOR
Michele Forman, co-director, University of Alabama, Birmingham Digital Community Studies Program
PANELISTS
Ellen Daniels, ESOL teacher, Einstein High School
Arla Bowers, instructional specialist, Montgomery County Public Schools
Betsy Adelman, GT resource teacher, Ellicott Mills Middle School, Howard County
James Fliakas, English language arts supervisor
George Mayo, English teacher, Silver Spring International Baccalaureate Middle School
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Spring Room
UNTANGLING THE WEB FOR CLASSROOM USE
Our students now have access to the greatest tool ever invented for expanding human thought. While the spread of broadband aims to make this access ubiquitous, our students sit in buildings designed for face-to-face teaching and they receive instruction based on the assumption that information is scarce. What is the best use of the World Wide Web in higher education? What can those committed to teaching and learning do to promote the cultivation of curiosity and creativity in the face of information overload? Richard E. Miller and Paul Hammond will discuss the paradigm shift in literacy set in motion by the advent of Web 2.0 and the game-changing consequences this shift has for formal education. Their multi-media presentation will showcase examples of how moving student writing and thinking into the public sphere can create unique opportunities for reimagining what teaching in the twenty-first century requires.
PRESENTERS
Drs. Richard Miller and Paul Hammond, Rutgers University
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Spring Room
DIGITAL STORYTELLING THROUGH INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: A project of VSA and the Victor Pineda Foundation
Members of the project team will demonstrate how this course increased communication skills, self-confidence, critical thinking, comprehension and literacy with an inclusive group of high school students. Employment opportunities in careers as diversified as screenwriting, television and film production, and social media marketing are increasing for students with disabilities. The NMA pilot curriculum was designed and implemented to meet California Education Standards and carries a strong framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Participants will see the results of student-produced digital stories and experience the lessons learned from implementing UDL, storytelling, and media production in a standard's based curriculum will be shared. Some questions that will be explored will include: How can UDL be applied to digital storytelling? What should instructors know when teaching digital storytelling and media production skills to young people with a variety of disabilities? How can educators use digital literacy training to enable success and employment-based outcomes for students with and without disabilities?
PRESENTERS
Scott Cooper, director, Our Story Project
David Radcliffe, co-founder, NimbleTrek
Victor Santiago-Pineda, founder, Pineda foundation and World Enabled Global Initiative
Jonathan Yorde, developer of media education for underserved populations
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Spring Room
HOW CAN DOCUMENTARIES IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING? WATCH!
This hands-on workshop will take participants step by step through the process of developing a specific item of curriculum into a story ready to create as a classroom film by making connections to reading and writing skills. Brainstorming strategies and organizational tools will be presented, as well as fundamental classroom filmmaking tips that will aid participants in efficiently producing their own student-driven media/texts.
PRESENTER
John Golden curriculum specialist for high school language arts in Portland, Oregon, and the author of Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom (NCTE, 2001) and Reading in the Reel World: Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts (NCTE, 2006). John has delivered presentations and led workshops around the country in order to help teachers use film actively in the classroom as a way for students to improve their reading, analytical and critical thinking skills.
4:15 p.m. -5:45 p.m., Spring Room
USING DOCUMENTARIES IN THE CLASSROOM TO ENGAGE STUDENT SUCCESS
Looking for compelling resources? Interested in new ways to promote literacy and encourage critical thinking? Want to share your own experiences using documentary in the classroom? Then this workshop is for you. Employing an integrated, cross-curricular approach, we’ll delve hands-on into form and content, explore a range of comprehension strategies, and “deconstruct” several exemplary docs. We’ll highlight activities and assignments that are grade-appropriate and practical - no technology required - and provide examples created by youth and for youth. Using docs in your teaching is a great way to encourage the development of reading, writing, research, and media literacy skills, and involve students in creative projects.
PRESENTERS
Lalita Krishna, producer, In Sync Video and Breakout from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ian Esquivel, English teacher, Western Technical and Commercial School, Toronto, Canada
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. - Gallery & Courtyard
MIX AND MINGLE HAPPY HOUR
Hosted by International Documentary Association (IDA)
Take advantage of the opportunity to network and relax at this daily social gathering.
Friday, June 24
8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. - Silver Spring Civic Building, Atrium
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Gallery & Courtyard
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Spring Room
HOW to begin using filmmaking in the classroom: Adobe elements 9 for beginners
Part of the challenge to teachers who desire to use new media is techno-phobia.
Now available for Windows and Mac OS, Adobe Premiere Elements 9 helps teachers bring subjects to life through digital video projects for history, language arts, science, and more. In this workshop we will explore the software’s basic to advanced features in the context of building a marine conservation documentary.
PRESENTER
Patrick Koster, Adobe, education solution consultant
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Spring Room
ADVANCED FILMMAKING TOOLS: Using Adobe Production Premium featuring Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Make your classroom productions or professional productions do more both efficiently and creatively, In this workshop participants will learn what’s new in Production Premium CS5.5. Productivity enhancements include powerful new audio editing capabilities, workflow improvements, and advanced compositing effects.
PRESENTER
Sebastian Distefano, Education Solution Consultant, Adobe Systems
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Spring Room
Technology of the Future in Education: MAKING CONNECTIONS
A distinguished panel of education experts will highlight many of the challenges that face the 21st-century educator who is confronted by so much technology potential for the classroom. What’s working to enable success? What changes are on the way?
MODERATOR
Laura Devaney, managing editor, eSchoolNews
PRESENTERS
Lalita Krishna, founder, Breakout Media
Greg Walsh, adjunct instructor in e-learning University of Maryland, Baltimore
Vincent Buscemi, vp client service Mindgrub Technologies
Sebastian Distefano, Education Solution Consultant, Adobe Systems
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Spring Room
Where to Get Web Content Fast and Ready for Your Lessons
There has never been more award-winning and innovative content on the Web available for use in the classroom. How does a teacher wade through the sites for the best materials? Representatives from an array of content and teacher resource providers will guide teachers through the latest innovations their websites have to offer.
MODERATOR
Kelly Denson, director of STEM outreach & education policy, Discovery Education
PRESENTERS
Liana Vitali, program coordinator, Wildscreen, USA
Carol Wetzel, director of professional development, Discovery Education
Donelle Blubaugh, director of education, PBS
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Spring Room
Fair Use, Used WELL
Teachers and students may have the best intentions, but whose responsibility is it to teach about the rights to the music and film clips used in those projects? What are a teacher’s legal rights in using film and music clips to teach with? Can you put those clips online? What happens when students use film and music clips in their work? What is public domain? What’s your legal liability and responsibility if it’s your assignment? This panel is a “must-see” for every year of SchoolDocs that will also focus on the applications of Fair Use to the media specialist as well as the classroom teacher.
PRESENTERS
Pat Aufderheide, professor and director, Center for Social Media, American University, School of Communication
Paul Hammond, humanities professor, Rutgers University
Shay Taylor, teacher, Communication Arts Program, Montgomery Blair High School
Katie Bieze, graduate fellow, American University
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. - Silver Spring Civic Building, Gallery & Courtyard
MIX AND MINGLE HAPPY HOUR
Take advantage of the opportunity to network and relax at this daily social gathering.
Saturday, June 25
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Performing Arts Center Lobby
REGISTRATION OPEN
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Gallery & Courtyard
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Great Hall 1
Making a Smaller World: Youth Voices Speak Up
Young filmmakers representing the scope of film-oriented programs from all over the world will discuss their projects from inspiration to fulfillment—unfiltered by adults. At this panel they will screen their films and share their stories of how filmmaking has changed their lives and their communities.
MODERATOR
Laura Moya, Gandhi Brigade
PRESENTERS
Alan Higueros Marroquín, director, ILLEGAL DREAMS, Ghandi Brigade
Priti Balakrishnan, education media specialist, ARTPRIZE, Shorties Festival winner, Shortie Awards
Mohamed Sidibay, reporter, MyHero Project
Joyce Chopra, mentor FIRE IN OUR HEARTS (in editing), BYKids
Courtney Spence, founder and executive director, Students of the World
Forrest Penrod, Sitar Arts Center & Meridian Hill Pictures Student Film Project, Washington, D.C.
lessandra Sistrunk, TERROR IN THE GULF OF HOPE OR NO HOPE? Root Branch Productions, Baltimore
11:30 – 12:30, Great Hall 1
Youth Media Networking LuncheonGnosh and network! A chance for the group leaders and youth to share best practices and challenges to youth activism. Guided discussions of the issues facing youth activist filmmakers and their organizations.
12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Great Hall 1
Youth Master class --- It’s a Team Effort: Filmmaking in the 21st-Century Classroom
Using the vehicle of heroism, media arts educator Wendy Milette and MY HERO student reporter Slater Jewell Kemker will review the process of identifying heroes and creating a powerful hero story with digital media. In this workshop, participants will explore the elements of award-winning hero films, get hands-on experience with online production resources and discover exhibition opportunities for students’ works. Throughout the presentation, Wendy and Slater will demonstrate the powerful effect of producing hero-themed short films in enabling students to recognize the very character qualities they value and their own potential to overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams to make a difference in their school, community and the world. In addition, professional filmmakers will join the conversation and answer student questions about their profession and skills.
PRESENTERS
Slater Jewell-Kemker, student filmmaker, MyHero Project
Wendy Milette, media arts educator, MyHero Project
Joyce Chopra,Filmmaker BYkids
Eddie Martinez, director/producer, TO BE HEARD
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