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Project form
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PROJECT
TITLE |
Film
Reading Education |
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Short
Summary |
The project
aims at developing critical skills in young people when they watch
films. We think that this kind of education is necessary because of
the large amount of time the young are “ TV Consumers”. Given this
situation it is better for students to get necessary tools and the
ability to read critically what they watch. Students are given the
possibility to watch films , either video cassettes or
traditional films. Then they are provided with grids and forms to
fill in which guide them to outline the historical background, the
characters, the story; They are also helped to find out the
differences between the written literary original text and the Film
version. They have produced some of the materials which are
published in the school web site:
www.polivalentenoto.it
. As the work is in progress the other part of the production will
be uploaded later |
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School:
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Primo
Istituto D’Istruzione Secondaria Superiore “M: RAELI” (High
Secondary School) |
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Country: |
Italy |
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Partner
schools: |
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Classes: |
V Classes |
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Project
team: |
Di Rosa
Michela, Giuseppina Spitaleri, Tringali Salvatore |
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Project
coordinator: |
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Contact
person (name, surname, e-mail address): |
Maria Rizza,
rowri@tin.it |
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Link to
the Project: |
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Collaborative work at school: |
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Technological tools: |
Video
cassettes, Video Camera |
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Socrates
Programme: |
YES NO
X |
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Distance
Collaboration (among Partners): |
YES NO
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RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
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Human |
1
35-40 Students from the upper classes of the secondary High school
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2 2
Permanent Teachers from the school ;
3 1
school technician; |
Cineclub “
La Lanterna Magica” |
1000 Euro (
For the external experts)
1432 Euro
( for 2 internal teachers )
1 196
euro for the school technician
Tot: 2628,00
Euro |
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Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Classes, TV
Room;
The school
Theatre |
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Equipment
(PC, videorecorder, cameras...) |
Films; Video
cassettes, Tape recorder, Television ; Video Camera, Computers,
Overhead projector, Photocopy machine; Satellite antennae |
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Funds |
1432 Euro |
1000 Euro |
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Other |
Paper, Pens
and other perishables |
50 Euro |
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Objectives |
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Overall
objectives |
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Increasing students ‘ ethical and aesthectical sense towards art
and in particular literature through the Video media;
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Enhancing
students knowledge on the cultural, Historical and social value
of Literature |
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Specific
objectives |
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Decoding
the “ grammar” of Videos; |
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Comparing
the literary version and the video version of Literature by
analysing the differences between verbal language and the
Imagery Language |
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Understanding the functional meaning of basic film conventions
and techniques: Shots, Position of camera , movement of the
camera, Zooming; |
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The meaning
of the soundtrack; the acting; |
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Study
skills |
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Getting and
organizing notes both in written form and in oral speech; |
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Preparing
Mind Maps, |
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Using power
point |
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Improving
the reporting skills both in oral and written form |
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Recording
interviews in MP3 files |
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Asking and
replying interviews; |
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Selecting
the main information from secondary one; |
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Expressing personal opinions |
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Social
skills |
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Developing
cooperative learning through group work; |
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heightening
students’ self confidence; |
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Improving
Communicative skills ; |
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Getting
the students use the write technique devices to communicate |
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Subjects
involved |
Italian;
History; ICT, English; Literature studies |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
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Duration: |
School
year: From: January To: March Tot: 60 hours |
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Children
worked on the Project |
3 hours a
week
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Teachers
worked on the Project |
3 hours a
week
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Work has
been done
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Work has been
done in class in extracurricular time
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Short
description of how the Project has been carried out |
I Stage:
The teacher holds a lecture about the film which is introduced
by the help of transparencies (which are published in our site).
They are meant to show the several shooting angles as well as
all the technical device used such as flashbacks,
position of
the camera and the different kind of its movements.
II STAGE:
this is the moment when the students watch the film. .The students
have the text or have read it before. If the film is about a classic
and very well known novel , they just watch the film.
III STAGE:
the students, who had read the written version of the film ahead,
now they compare both forms: the book and its film. In order to
help the students carrying out this task they are given some
guidelines in the form of forms and grids.
IV Stage:
Presentation of the film story by each group, This is the moment
when different interpretations of the film come out; for this
reason a debate follows . Each group has to give reasons for their
choices and have to act as a critical reviewer in order to
convince the other groups to support their thesis.
V Stage:
they write an article to be published in the school newspaper and
make a video recorder of their documentary film. They also digit
all the material produced |
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USE OF
TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short description of how technological tools have been used |
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Technological tools
(videocamera/camera/digital
camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer) |
Videocamera,
digital camera, computer, scanner, printer
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
The ICT
have been used by everyone although at a different rate. There has
been a cooperation between students, teachers and technician each of
them has shared his knowledge and skills with the group; |
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Where
(at home/at school): |
All the work
of the project has been carried out at school in the classes ,
at school Video room and in the ICT laboratory. |
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How |
The students
have been guided to type what they have produced , to digit
pictures, to scan them, to use the videocamera and take into
account all the different types of shots which are possible to
produce, when they have to produce their own product. It is usual
a documentary short video. |
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WORKPLAN |
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Activity |
Responsible |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Presentation of the transparencies showing the pictures and
images showing all the technical device used by the cameraman to
make the film
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Prof.
Spiateleri Giuseppina,
Prof. Michela
Di Rosa;
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Getting the
students know the techniques used in film , and helping himn to “
Decode” the grammar of Images. |
The
material of this section was produced in Jenuary 2000. The project
is going to be improved during this school year.2003/2004 |
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Watching the
film and comparing it to the written texts |
Prof.
Spitaleri Giuseppina,
Prof, Michela
Di Rosa;
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Applying
the learned techniques to the specific film in order to
understand and interpret critically the film watched; Detecting
the differences between the two version trough the use of the forms
and grids. which are going to be published on the school web site. |
End of
Jenuary- start of February 2004 |
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Debate among
the students divided into several groups |
Prof.
Spitaleri Giuseppina,
Prof, Michela
Di Rosa;
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Finding out
the meanings and the reasons of the differences between the
book and its film version;
Producing a
summary of the story , above all critical reviews from the
various groups of students |
February
2004 |
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Using ICT
to Produce their version of the films |
Prof.
Spitaleri Giuseppina,
Prof, Michela
Di Rosa;
Prof Tringali
Salvatore
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The students
use the Word to write their articles; They use Internet too;
They also
shoot their documentary film by using the videocamera with all the
experience acquired related to the “ narrative techniques” They
also exploit the tools to reproduce sounds : MP3 files, and ATI to
insert the filmed part of their work. |
March 2004.
The work is still in progress , so the part of production of this
work will be published on our web site
www.polivalentenoto.it
within March
2004 |
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PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Difficulties
to have some films in the original version
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WAYS TO
OVERCOME PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
The teachers
involved in this project have been able to get in touch with a
local Association Cineclub “ La Lanterna magica”, which helped
to provide original films from the National film library. This
Association aims at promoting the most learned and critical way
to watch films. |
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EVALUATION |
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Evaluation
worksheets of operative objectives |
Yes |
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Feedback
from students |
Yes |
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Feedback
from parents |
No |
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Feedback
from teachers |
No |
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Other |
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OUTCOME
DISSEMINATION |
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Wall-charts |
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Article on
school/local/district magazine |
Yes |
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Brochure |
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Multimedia
products |
Yes |
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Exhibition |
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Website |
www.polivalentenoto.it
Everything
about this project can be found here.
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Seminar/Panel session |
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Other |
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I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website (www.ecolenet.nl)
: YES X NO |
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