Share Paper: Don't Just Watch: Transformative Learning by Making Digital Films

  1. Paul Chilsen, Rosebud Institute, Carthage College, United States
Tuesday, June 25 2:10-2:30 PM Oak Bay 1

Abstract: We are immersed in a culture of spoken media, written media, and now, screen media. Just as writing and speaking skills are keys to functioning in society, we must consider that the culture demands proficiency in mediating as well. And in a world dominated by screens, the best way learn screen media is to create screen media. By offering instruction in what screen media is, how to create it, how it relates to other literacies, and how this informs everyday teaching and learning, the Rosebud Institute seeks to make screen media literacy more broadly understood and accessible. This dynamic program ...