esf cpd day 2010

Grow. Discover. Dream.

Using the Genre of Commoncraft in the Classroom

Damien Barry

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Andy Nightingale

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What is commoncraft?

http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies


Where does it fit in?

• Unit of Inquiry

• Language

• Explanation Texts

• Extension group/whole class activity

• Summative assessment

• Outlining a process and boiling it down to its main components/sequencing


Year Four

• Used as summative assessment in Field to Table Unit of Inquiry


Tuning In Activity

• Students watched two examples from

• http://www.commoncraft.com/

• Lightbulbs

http://www.commoncraft.com/

http://www.commoncraft.com/cfl-video


Tuning In Activity


Developing Criteria


Planning Phase/Pre-Production


Year Four Example


Where does it fit in?

• Any unit of work

• Stand alone subject or interdisciplinary

• MYP summative assessment task

• Whole-class task

• Groups chosen by teacher to ensure spread of abilities


Year Seven


Year Seven Example


Imovie


Garageband


Process


Workshop Task

• Groups of three

• One camera, one tripod, one A3 sheet

• Folder of basic props

• One to two minute presentation

• Digital Directors

• And your topic is …


Working for ESF –A Survival Toolkit


Acknowledging Sources

• Importance of acknowledging techniques and where we are getting them from

• Plagiarism

• commoncraft article

http://www.utechtips.com/2010/03/23/creating-common-craft-videos/

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