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Using Film to Teach Literacy Online and in the Classroom 

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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

1,814

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Using Film to Teach Literacy Online and in the Classroom
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 2 hours
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Using Film to Teach Literacy Online and in the Classroom
 at 
FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • On this online course, you'll identify how you can use film as a key tool to deliver blended learning literacy lessons with your pupils during the current coronavirus pandemic.
  • Recent research has shown film can be a powerful tool to help improve children's reading and writing.
  • It can also be used to develop a range of abilities 'decoding, inference and analysis' as well as expanding creativity and improving vocabulary.
  • Film education experts at the British Film Institute (BFI) and film education charity Into Film will help you discover what makes film so useful for students learning both online and in the classroom.
  • 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.
  • 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, perfect for these times of online teaching and disrupted resources. You'll come away able to create literacy lessons that will engage all.
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Using Film to Teach Literacy Online and in the Classroom
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introducing the 3Cs & 3Ss

Welcome to the course

Film as a tool for literacy

Reading film - character

Reading film - camera

End of section

Reading Film

Welcome back

Reading film - colour

Reading film - setting

Reading film - sound

Reading film - story

End of course

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