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.
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.
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.
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.