It was announced that The Thomas Hardye School has won a major award of funding from the National Endownment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) to make a series of short digital films.
Working with creative consultants and industry links, the project will take place over two weeks, when staff and students will trial a range of approaches to producing videos. This will be the start of an online collection for all schools to use – and contribute to.
Dissemination of the video-making process is a key goal of the project and that will be shared via a handbook, available online and on DVD, so that other schools can make similar learning videos themselves.
In Science, some processes are too big (and dangerous) to bring into class, and in Design & Technology, there are some techniques you have to see up close to learn, but are just too small and fiddly to show to a class of thirty. You could show a video, but you’ll spend the lesson fast-forwarding to the bit they need to see.
This project gives schools the ability to make their own custom videos. It will develop an easy process for teachers to make innovative curriculum-focused resources, and challenge students to make their own mini-videos that capture know-how and bring learning to life.
Throughout the two week project, a professional film crew will document and record the methods used to produce a documentary that will appear on the DVD.