Join us for an exciting year of hands-on learning in media arts! This series of Professional Learning opportunities is open to moving image, general education, special education and other arts teachers. Each Professional Learning program will highlight a different cultural destination and feature a unique media arts experience, offering skills and resources for teachers to bring back into their classrooms.
Blueprint: Moving Image Professional Development workshops offer CTLE credit and will take place on the following Citywide Professional Learning days:
Session 1: Tuesday November 5th, 2024
International Center for Photography, 8:30-2:30 pm
We Are Here: Scenes from the Street*
Session 2: Monday January 27th, 2025
Whitney Museum, 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Edges of Ailey: Dance and Video
Session 3: Thursday June 5th, 2025
TBD
*Virtual option link available after registration
For more information, contact Kathy Perrine kp@magicboxproductions.org or Jennifer Herbert JHerbert@schools.nyc.gov
Students will uncover the unknown story of WWII code-breaker Elizabeth Smith Friedman, and examine the changing rights and roles of women in American history.
Through viewing, analyzing, and responding to the photographs, films and words of pioneering Black American artist Gordon Parks, as well as works that incited or inspired him, students will do a deep dive into the process of creating artwork through the lens of social justice.
Through viewing and analyzing the award-winning animated short mockumentary “Welcome to My Life,” and participating in discussions inspired by the New York International Children’s film Festival, students will examine bullying, stereotyping, and bias from all angles, and create a personal digital photo collage.
Welcome to My Life (2017,8:37) New York International Children's Film Festival
Using online reference resources, students will deepen their understanding of comics and graphic novels as a tool to tell stories. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the power of graphic novels and comics to spark social and personal change.
Using NPR and Storycorps audio interviews as exemplars, students will learn the importance of formulating effective questions and ‘active listening’ before conducting an interview of their own using the StoryCorps App.
In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), these three guides for Searching for Bobby Fisher (1993), Mad Hot Ballroom (2005), and Finding Forrester (2000) align with the strands of the Moving Image Blueprint and also connect to an examination of New York City culture, stories, and neighborhoods. The three guides align with elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.