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Digital Storytelling and JFK's School/Community Garden

Digital Storytelling and JFK's School/Community Garden. Jacob Burns Film Center. To promote 21 st century visual literacy Teach teachers to integrate technology into curriculum Increase participation in a global culture Present the best independent, documentary, and world cinema.

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Digital Storytelling and JFK's School/Community Garden

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  1. Digital Storytelling and JFK's School/Community Garden

  2. Jacob Burns Film Center • To promote 21st century visual literacy • Teach teachers to integrate technology into curriculum • Increase participation in a global culture • Present the best independent, documentary, and world cinema

  3. Cultivating Minds • To increase students’ power of careful observation • To practice 21st century communication skills • To promote problem solving and empathy through collaboration • To empower students to make informed decisions about their eating habits • To enhance students’ work ethic through tasks oriented at increasing their sense of responsibility • To personally connect students with the food production process

  4. The Peas and Carrots • We meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 4:15 • Tuesdays will be garden days • Thursdays are Jacob Burns days • Homework is done at home

  5. The Meat and Potatoes • Students will learn how to: • Plan, plant, and harvest vegetables • Research a topic in order to teach others • Use images, text, and video to record information • Create informational pieces • Prepare healthy meals • Compost

  6. Planting the Seeds • Trips to Stone Barns Center for Agriculture • Trips to local Whole Foods Market • Interviews with industry professionals • Library-based research • Web-based research • Non-fiction film production • Hands-on experiences

  7. Portrait of a Place • We had already made two hands-on projects • Sequential planning • Practice using different shots- close-ups, medium, long shots • Production crew roles • Practiced editing • Communication- what is your message? • Sounds- ambient sounds and sound effects to assist in communication • Fiction versus non-fiction pieces • Our Portraits of a Place

  8. Animation • Select and research topics • Understand the purpose is to teach others about their learning • Collect information • Collaborate with others to plan storyboard • Write, plan and produce story using math, art, language, and science • Use stop motion animation to show things that can’t be seen in the real world • Our first animation experience

  9. Hopes and Dreams • We are gardeners, filmmakers, animators, chefs, nutritionists, authors, compost enthusiasts, bloggers, photographers, harvesters, healthy eaters, and great kids!

  10. Contact Information • Aaron Mace: amace@burnsfilmcenter.org • Jenn Curti: jcurti@portchesterschools.org • Kate Albero: kalbero@portchesterschools.org

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