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Recent topics and workshops

Fake news and media awareness

How to prepare students of all ages to critically assess media manipulation.

Presented at ECIS Conference (Dusseldorf ), International Visual Literacy Association conference (Finland ) and America School of Paris.

Learning to see: visual intelligence (all educators)

Hands-on Visual Teaching Strategies (VTS) we can use to teach students of all grade levels how to look, pay attention and become active viewers.

Presented at EARCOS Bangkok, PAIS Bangkok and Concordia Shanghai.

Using documentary films (for MS and HS teachers)

Do documentaries tell the truth? Mixing propaganda, entertainment and persuasion.

Presented in Bucharest, Bangkok, Beijing & Shanghai.

Visual literacy for DP English teachers

Analyzing film language in preparation for the Visual Literacy comparative task in DP Language and Literature. The workshops include teaching tips, materials and exemplars. Presented online in 2021.

creating a documentary (for teachers and HS students)

A hands-on workshop on how to make an impressive documentary using a phone. Simple and successful techniques that students can use.

Presented at Vienna 2021 (online) and PAIS Bangkok 2018.

Scheduled for CEESA Conference, Helsinki 2020 ( event cancelled).

documentary filmmaking as a CAS option

A hands-on workshop aimed at students in schools where DP Film is not available. The workshop teaches simple but effective techniques to create a documentary film, either as a DP CAS project or as a cross-curricular retreat option for HS students.

Presented at Vienna 2021 (online).

Points of view: connecting film, music, art and literature

A cross-curricular look at how different disciplines portray points of view by connecting visual arts, film, literature and music.

Presented at ARARTE Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.