Professional Development Courses for Educators
Educators participating in professional development courses learn methods for implementing 21st Century Learning Skills in their classrooms. They learn to help their students create digital media and receive tips for integrating those skills into existing curricula and project-based learning approaches. Course are approved for Pennsylvania Act 48 credit. WHYY will also provide documentation for Delaware and New Jersey educators. Participants may be teachers of any content area looking for a new outlet for student expression and education. Classroom video and audio production projects are designed to be student centered. As such, participating teachers will learn to guide their students through hands on lessons while students develop their voices as multimedia storytellers. Questions? Please contact Craig Santoro at 215-351-3318
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E102 — Visual Storytelling Basics for the Classroom
This six-hour session trains teachers to help their students tell compelling visual stories using equipment readily available in most classrooms using dynamic, trouble-free digital storytelling techniques. Shooting is done with simple video cameras, smart phones, and still cameras. Editing is taught using iMovie and other free or readily available software. This is a hands-on course in which teachers will be recording and editing media. Teachers will receive lesson ideas for audio slideshows, 30-second stories, video scavenger hunts and other low-tech, but effective, techniques.
Member course fee: $85
Non-member course fee: $145
Course fee includes lunch
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Saturday, November 17, 2012 — 10:00AM-4:00PME201 — Teaching Documentary Production
In this two-session course, teachers learn to guide students through the basic skills necessary for creating great student documentaries. The two days will cover planning projects, shooting and editing on Final Cut Pro. This is a hands-on course in which teachers will be recording and editing media. Teachers will receive WHYY's complete Documentary Workshop Curriculum for students grades 6-12. The curriculum guides students through the full documentary process. 10 hours of Act 48 Credit for PA educators. WHYY will also provide documentation for DE and NJ educators.
Member course fee: $170
Non-member course fee: $230
Course fee includes lunch
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Saturdays: February 16 and 23, 2013 — 10:00AM-4:00PM »E202 — Teaching News Literacy
Teachers will learn to incorporate the core concepts of media literacy into their lesson planning through a close reading of newspapers, broadcast news and web-based resources. By exploring the techniques used in the production and distribution of content, teachers will learn to lead discussions on such topics as fact versus opinion, representation and stereotypes in the media and ethics in journalism. This is a discussion-based experience and not a hands-on media production course. 10 hours of Act 48 Credit for PA educators. WHYY will also provide documentation for DE and NJ educators.
Member course fee: $85
Non-member course fee: $145
Course fee includes lunch
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 — 10:00AM-4:00PM »E301 — Teaching Multimedia Journalism
With the shift of news media to the web and mobile platforms, increasing emphasis has been placed on multimedia content. Young journalists entering the field are often expected to shoot and edit video and audio while continuing to write great articles. This two-day course helps journalism teachers, English teachers, social studies teachers and school newspaper advisors prepare students for this new multimedia world. This is a hands-on course in which teachers will be recording and editing media. 10 hours of Act 48 Credit for PA educators. WHYY will also provide documentation for DE and NJ educators.
Member course fee: $170
Non-member course fee: $230
Course fee includes lunch
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Saturdays: April 13 and 20, 2013 — 10:00AM-4:00PM »
