Using Film to Teach Literacy Online and in the Classroom

Posted 2 years ago by Into Film

Study Method : Online
Duration : 2 weeks
Subject : Media
Overview
Explore the inspiring ways in which film can be used to deliver literacy learning for school students.
Course Description

Discover how to improve literacy using film

On this online course, you’ll identify how you can use film as a key tool to deliver literacy lessons, whether online or in the classroom, with your pupils.

Enhance your pupils’ literacy learning with film

Recent research has shown film can be a powerful tool to help improve children’s reading and writing.

It can be used to develop a range of abilities – decoding, inference and analysis – as well as expanding creativity and improving vocabulary.

Explore how film is the perfect resource for blended learning

Teachers and film education experts at film education charity Into Film will help you discover what makes film so useful for learning, wherever it is taking place.

You’ll examine how to use visual storytelling to aid students’ analytical abilities and apply an understanding of sound to help pupils’ visual literacy and interpretation skills.

Create lessons that engage and excite

Discovering an array of inspiring activities and teaching frameworks, you’ll learn how to create lessons from your own homes or the classroom.

Film is a resource that’s easy to use and access, and that can hold students’ attention. You’ll come away able to create literacy lessons that will engage all.

The course is aimed at educators who are teaching their pupils either in the classroom or from home during this difficult period and are looking for engaging, relevant, and easy to use resources.

Requirements

The course is aimed at educators who are teaching their pupils either in the classroom or from home during this difficult period and are looking for engaging, relevant, and easy to use resources.

Career Path
  • Apply knowledge of visual storytelling to develop pupils’ analytical skills
  • Apply knowledge of sound to aid learners' visualisation and interpretation skills
  • Apply knowledge of frame composition, such as camera shots, angles and movement, to create extended writing
  • Demonstrate how other creative approaches can be used to engage and encourage pupils