Integrating Screen with the Curriculum: LIGHT, CAMERA, EDUCATION!

Being an educator, one of the big questions I always encounter is, how can I differentiate my lessons for the diverse range of learners in the class? For this, I am realizing that by incorporating video at times, one can reach the wide variety of learners.  Integrating visual medium in the lessons is a great way to engage students in the learning process. While searching across the internet on how to integrate or make videos for my lessons, I came across AFI Screen Education Center.  

 The American Film Institute Screen Education Centre helps to provide K-12 teachers the information and resources to incorporate filmmaking in their classrooms. The AFI Screen Education process is proven to help kids master core curriculum subjects, excel in 21st-century skills and to help how to learn effectively.

 Since five years its launch, it is providing teachers with hands-on experience in script writing, story boarding, shooting and editing, which they bring back to their students, guiding them through making films based on the subjects they are studying in school. The program is being successfully used for K-12 subjects, including Mathematics, Science, English, Social studies, and history. It is also proven to be well-suited for Special Needs, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement and English as a Second Language students. 

 In partnership with the Discovery education, The American Film Institute (AFI) has also brought out ‘LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION!’ an online application of AFI K-12 Screen Education’s face-to-face workshop series that provides teachers with the tools and skills to incorporate filmmaking into their curriculum. It is a video-based module that profiles actual teachers and students as they incorporate the techniques and collaborative process of filmmaking into the study of traditional academic subjects. Please refer to the attached brochure for more information. 
PROTOCOL AND MATERIALS GUIDE TO THE SCREEN EDUCATION PROCESS
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/42845/D2B15956-1279-3B00-CD01B9EA8FD93498.pdf
Kudos way to go technology!!!

 http://www.afi.com/education/silvereducation/silvereducation.aspx

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