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Summer Series for Teachers (graduate-level courses)
June 20-24 Media and the Moving Image 1
July 5-9 Media and the Moving Image 2
Screen Media Boot Camp (for students ages 13-17)
July 12-16
As we continue to develop our mission framework, we work to incorporate current research, media trends, and especially the voice of teachers and students. We continually invite feedback and discussion to align ourselves with timely educational issues and needs.
As a K-5 music educator, many of my students gravitate towards amateur filmmaking as a hobby, using iMovie and Flip cameras to create projects for fun. The "fun" part is already there, and the very idea of moviemaking, learning the language, and getting behind a camera to direct has a certain "cool" factor, but these home film projects often tend to lack focus, direction, and pacing. If instead we give students the power to understand the creative process before, during, and after turning on the camera, we can harness an effective, pervasive medium of film for dynamic learning in the classroom as well as teach students to think critically as both consumers and creators of media. No one really questions the value of this medium of communication, but the vast majority of educators and students were never trained how to communicate this way.
And it isn't just video - now not only can anyone make a movie with a cell phone, but anyone with computer access can create a website. Instead of simply creating a blog or wiki or website because we can, Rosebud Institute students learn to create, develop, and share work via an ePortfolio website that creates a vibrant, comprehensive online presence to showcase work, progress, and interests. Simple design concepts, narrative writing skills, and effective incorporation of digital media allow students to create a personalized, professional website with clear direction and focus.
Screen-based media is everywhere, more today even than pencil and paper. The Rosebud Institute seeks to continually teach, learn, and spread the word that learning to communicate in the language of screen-based media is important and vital to our understanding of the world around us.
