Teacher+Reflections

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=**Day 1 **=


 * What? **
 * t-shirts - students loved them
 * introduction with all students watch examples of movies
 * label making - team building (teams made names)
 * child explained rules in for the team building game & teachers played too
 * name building games was great for building sense of community
 * pre-planning of binary opposites was supportive before running workshops with students
 * great for teachers to work with different ages
 * mixed age groups we great - worked well together e.g. (Year 3-5)
 * mixed age groups reinforced empathy, team building, collaboration, leadership
 * all students enjoyed the practical sessions - using the digital cameras etc.
 * juniors often joined up, them split into smaller film teams - worked well
 * teachers have put in their own time to learn programmes, up-skilling themselves and using in the programmes
 * workshops took pressure off - e.g. only need to learn one thing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">groups of 5-6 students for film crews/teams worked well
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">junior students picked up angles and shots well - and were confident to experiment


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">So What? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">introduction too wordy for juniors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">team building game - explain in more detail
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">editing, cameras and sound was difficult in the time frame
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">spread the leadership role (introducing aspects of the day)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">communication channels - contribution to the Google Docs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">workshop then concept building - was that the right way round?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">equipment requirements need to be conveyed & confirmed before the film festival


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Now What? - Future Focused Ideas **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">teachers do either the film workshop or the emotive photography workshop - to avoid overloading teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">time frames were challenger - but the time constraints really focus the students and keeps them focused
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">break editing into different work shops e.g. sounds, split scenes etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">use movies made this year as examples for next year
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">junior teachers stay all day next year (although morning was enough for the students)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">contribute constructive dialogue to support next steps/solve problems - start dialogue with a solution not a problem
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">jigsaw - students explain the knowledge gained through their workshop before starting the project OR share on the job
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">concept building first then workshop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">ensure music used is created by students or royalty free to protect copyright

=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Day 2 **=
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">problem solving issues meant everyone involved -teachers and kids able to come up with alternatives
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">good coffee/biscuits/milo -yum
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">home made cake (for teachers) -kindness and appreciation of effort is gratefully received
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">collaboration with other teachers is great -feeding ideas off each other and recognising others strengths
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">breaks down barriers between schools for kids and teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">opens up the 'hauora' of the teachers involved allowing more open dialogue
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">breaks down our insular tendencies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">building connectedness and teamwork is fab (kids and teachers)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">genuine excitement and pride in the process outcomes (i.e in the small steps -individual photos, the construction of props etc before final product)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">huge learning curves in teacher professional learning in the connecting, facilitating, collaborating, leadershipping, creativity and making... a double edged knife
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">team building games to restart the day
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">sharing junior photos with seniors and seniors work with juniors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">celebrating documentary crews work
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">documentary crew providing great information and data on the process


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">So what? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">facilitation was difficult as pressure went on to get footage -became more teacher directed (first year issue?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">still potential for not enough support to teachers if the 'floating teachers' get tied up with issues
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">new technology causing some stressful issues due to taking on 'teachable moments'
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">storyboarding took longer than expected
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">professional learning on the go is stressful
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">we didn't forsee some issues
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">age/ability range of kids in the 3 year (e.g 0-2, 3-5, 6-8) groups was vast
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">some feelings of hopelessness -worried about completion, having to re-shoot, broken props, learning the ins and outs of some programmes (...more than we signed up for?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">some feelings of pride and natural competition having to be consciously dealt with
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">worried about outcomes -what will parents think if the projects don't come together?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">yesterday feels like it was easy now! (how will we feel at the end?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">how will we judge if the projects are only finished 1 hour before parents arrive?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Now what? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">more teachers may enable teachers to see what is going on in other groups e.g 2 teachers in each group-this would enable teachers to develop their 21st century teaching learning skills
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">if we had our original support: teacher ratio we would have 2 extra teachers available to problem solve
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">do we need to ensure there is time for practicing the skills so the creativity is not constrained (an extra day for 'training' before starting the creative process?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">do we need to be 'simpler'in our choice of tools/ in our choice of outcomes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">need a day between end of project and premiere for judging
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">is animation the right tool to include? iMovie 08 is easier for animation than 09
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">some teachers out of their teaching level found it more difficult to understand the level the kids are coming from
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">could we change yr groups to 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 as the age/ability range was vast
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">could we bring in yr8 students as group mentors?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">worried about the lack of de-briefing at end of day (only some teachers able to stay)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">need to ensure there is an expectation that teachers are available for an extra hour at end of days for de-brief.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">cost cutting meant we have not budgeted for a half day for all teachers on Friday (at end of project) to sit down together. This is a mistake, and needs to be budgeted for in the future
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I wonder if the creative process always calm - storm - calm?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">this is a 'work in progress' but will it be perceived like that? will the outcomes be judged too harshly?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">have we got the 'awards' right? Should we have included creativity of props, settings...

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Post Film Festival Reflection =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">post Film Festival survey now needs to be completed then to be analysed and added to the wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">pre survey now needs to be analysed and added to the wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">add rating system to student voice - voicethread comments was the genuine part - a rating would help analyse data - now need to send it out to those schools/students who were involved - survey monkey?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">tools issue - for tutorials - introduced screen shot to make tutorials (not enough known about it) so tutorials need to be worked on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">premiere to be slicker next year - the window for most people - bigger venue e.g. movie theatre
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">it was pressured trying to judge before the film premiere - premiere would probably be better the day after the Film Festival
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">communication - need regular stops to touch base with all the student teams and their teachers so that everyone is aware of deadlines or changes (did on everyday except the last - due to pressure of completing films
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">groups became insular - because of the dead line need to show work in progression - in a camp scenario we could share in the evening
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">collegiality amongst students & staff would be stronger in a camp scenario
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">good job of building the sense of 'team' through games, t-shirts, group names etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">group names - should have been used more rather e.g. Karilyn's Team
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">team building afternoon for the kids pre festival
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">wiki space for the documentary - next year use the blog for more students involved - plenty of computers around for students to blog at any point during the festival
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">expert and non-expert teacher for each group in order to provided more support and professional development for teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">students are still the focus of the film festival
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">expert teachers need to be available to support classroom teachers but when not needed there are other tasks e.g. tutorials, supporting the documentary team
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">expert and non-expert teacher to work with the documentary team (so expert teacher is free to support others too)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">great to have Zac supporting teachers e.g. helping with technical issues and making the odd cup of tea - teacher's appreciated the support & Karilyn's cake/shared lunch - big thanks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">morning tea for Tahunanui Teachers for using the school and it's facilities - was apprciated