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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.
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E201 — Teaching Documentary Production
In this session, teachers learn to guide students through the basic skills necessary for creating great student documentaries. The day 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.
5 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
Includes Lunch
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 — 10:00AM-4:00PM
Penn GSE and WHYY present Learning Media Production Certificate Course
Earn a certificate from Penn GSE and 24 ACT 48 credits. WHYY will also provide documentation for DE and NJ educators.
Learn to create compelling educational media. Over-four sessions, this hands-on, project based course will give you the basic skills necessary to create videos that enrich and energize your classroom, training center, informal learning environment, or online course. Designed for educators of all stripes: teachers, pre-service teachers, corporate trainers, and after-school program staff.
This course is taught by Penn's Amit Das, Director of GSE Films, and Craig Santoro, Director of Media Instruction at WHYY.
WHYY Member/Penn Student or Faculty course fee: $700
General course fee: $750
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Saturdays, 10AM-5PM. March 3, 10, 17, and 31, 2012.
Who should take this course?
- Teachers, instructors and professors who want to use video as an instructional and storytelling tool.
- Not-for-profit organizations interested in using video to communicate, inform and educate.
- Representatives of businesses and corporations interested in using in-house, low-cost but well-designed video at work and on the web.
- Business owners who need or want to use video to inform and educate potential customers
- Students who wish to use video into their school and research work
- Anyone who would want a certificate from WHYY and PennGSE in Video Production.
What Will Happen in the Course?
- Saturday sessions take place in the WHYY 's Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons. WHYY provides the equipment
- You will be introduced to affordable video production technology, as you work with a team to write, storyboard, film and edit in class. You can also schedule edit time during the week to work on projects
- You will be introduced to the formal concepts of both fiction and documentary film: how to prepare, how to shoot, how to edit and complete a video with cinematic quality.
- Faculty and students will discuss how video can be effectively adapted to suit the video learning and communication needs of students.
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 vs. 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.
5 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
Includes Lunch
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 — 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
Includes Lunch
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Saturdays, April 14 and 21, 2012 — 10:00AM-4:00PM
DCIU: Video Production in the Classroom
This two-day course is offered in partnership between WHYY and The Delaware County Intermediate Unit. This course targets middle and high school teachers with the purpose of teaching them how to integrate digital media production capabilities and skills, 21st Century Learning Skills, and critical media literacy skills into their classrooms. The course takes a project based learning approach to model the approaches teachers will take with their students when they implement a digital storytelling project. Teachers will become familiar with equipment for digital storytelling projects, story planning, interviewing skills, editing, and post-production activities.
Credits: One (1) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) graduate credit, 30 Act 48 Hours. May count towards Level II Certification and Master's Equivalency.
Registration Fee: $280.00 if registered prior to 1 week before start of course, $305.00 if registering between 7 days and start of course
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June 2 and 9, 2012 — 9:00AM-4:00PM
"American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen" Scholarship Opportunity
The teacher scholarship application is open to teachers of at-risk students in grades 9-12 in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The scholarship represents a value of close to $150 per person. There are two available dates for the teacher scholarship courses in spring 2012 - Saturday April 28 from 9 AM to 3 PM and/or May 5, 2012 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the WHYY Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons. Each date has space for 32 educators to work with WHYY instructors across two classrooms. Teachers should come with a project in mind of how they will integrate a digital storytelling assignment into their plans to keep students engaged in their content areas. Please see attached proposed project form to be filled out along with the teacher scholarship application.
Details and registration for American Graduate Scholarship »