Five Octobers ago, I gave a Saturday workshop for our Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium (SECC) on A Case for Filmmaking in the Classroom. On October 20, I’ll join SECC videographer Doug Ni...Read More
“To fulfill the promise of digital citizenship, Americans must acquire multimedia communication skills that include the ability to compose messages using language, graphic design, images, and so...Read More
I was there – at the Sacramento Board of Directors – on Wednesday, joining other concerned educators and citizens in a last minute effort to save one of Sacramento’s primo science pr...Read More
One year later, I have another argument to add to my July 2009 Case for Filmmaking in the Classroom post: Filmmaking empowers students. In May I watched a team of Lesley McKillop’s students ...Read More
How do we bring administrators on board with 21st century possibilities for teaching and learning? This question has been on my mind since Wednesday, when a colleague shared with me that her principal...Read More
I walked away from media teacher Vernon Bisho’s Thursday night SEVA session Understand > Care > Feel > Learn with a whole new understanding of the art of creative non-fiction writing ...Read More
One of the best things about heading into 2010 is the opportunity to follow Rudy Alfonso and his 5th graders as they continue their journey into the art and process of filmmaking. If you haven’t...Read More
The single most important part of telling a good story is asking throughout the entire process: ‘What is the story all about?’” Bryan Shadden, KVIE I look forward to our regional (Sacr...Read More
This year I’ve decided to add Photo Story 3 to my workshop offerings. I don’t know why I’ve waited so long to introduce teachers and students to this extremely user-friendly progra...Read More
I’ve known Glen Bledsoe for about eight years, through our mutual association with the National Writing Project. Whenever I have the opportunity to participate in one of his workshops, poster se...Read More