Day 1

• 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
• groups of 5-6 students for film crews/teams worked well
• junior students picked up angles and shots well - and were confident to experiment

• introduction too wordy for juniors
• team building game - explain in more detail
• editing, cameras and sound was difficult in the time frame
• spread the leadership role (introducing aspects of the day)
• communication channels - contribution to the Google Docs
• workshop then concept building - was that the right way round?
• equipment requirements need to be conveyed & confirmed before the film festival

• teachers do either the film workshop or the emotive photography workshop - to avoid overloading teachers
• time frames were challenger - but the time constraints really focus the students and keeps them focused
• break editing into different work shops e.g. sounds, split scenes etc.
• use movies made this year as examples for next year
• junior teachers stay all day next year (although morning was enough for the students)
• contribute constructive dialogue to support next steps/solve problems - start dialogue with a solution not a problem
• jigsaw - students explain the knowledge gained through their workshop before starting the project OR share on the job
• concept building first then workshop
• ensure music used is created by students or royalty free to protect copyright

Day 2

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

• facilitation was difficult as pressure went on to get footage -became more teacher directed (first year issue?)
• still potential for not enough support to teachers if the 'floating teachers' get tied up with issues
• new technology causing some stressful issues due to taking on 'teachable moments'
• storyboarding took longer than expected
• professional learning on the go is stressful
• we didn't forsee some issues
• age/ability range of kids in the 3 year (e.g 0-2, 3-5, 6-8) groups was vast
• 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?)
• some feelings of pride and natural competition having to be consciously dealt with
• worried about outcomes -what will parents think if the projects don't come together?
• yesterday feels like it was easy now! (how will we feel at the end?)
• how will we judge if the projects are only finished 1 hour before parents arrive?

• 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
• if we had our original support: teacher ratio we would have 2 extra teachers available to problem solve
• 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?)
• do we need to be 'simpler'in our choice of tools/ in our choice of outcomes?
• need a day between end of project and premiere for judging
• is animation the right tool to include? iMovie 08 is easier for animation than 09
• some teachers out of their teaching level found it more difficult to understand the level the kids are coming from
• could we change yr groups to 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 as the age/ability range was vast
• could we bring in yr8 students as group mentors?
• worried about the lack of de-briefing at end of day (only some teachers able to stay)
• need to ensure there is an expectation that teachers are available for an extra hour at end of days for de-brief.
• 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
• I wonder if the creative process always calm - storm - calm?
• this is a 'work in progress' but will it be perceived like that? will the outcomes be judged too harshly?
• have we got the 'awards' right? Should we have included creativity of props, settings...

Post Film Festival Reflection

• post Film Festival survey now needs to be completed then to be analysed and added to the wiki
• pre survey now needs to be analysed and added to the wiki
• 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?
• tools issue - for tutorials - introduced screen shot to make tutorials (not enough known about it) so tutorials need to be worked on
• premiere to be slicker next year - the window for most people - bigger venue e.g. movie theatre
• it was pressured trying to judge before the film premiere - premiere would probably be better the day after the Film Festival
• 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
• groups became insular - because of the dead line need to show work in progression - in a camp scenario we could share in the evening
• collegiality amongst students & staff would be stronger in a camp scenario
• good job of building the sense of 'team' through games, t-shirts, group names etc.
• group names - should have been used more rather e.g. Karilyn's Team
• team building afternoon for the kids pre festival
• 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
• expert and non-expert teacher for each group in order to provided more support and professional development for teachers
• students are still the focus of the film festival
• 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
• expert and non-expert teacher to work with the documentary team (so expert teacher is free to support others too)
• 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
• morning tea for Tahunanui Teachers for using the school and it's facilities - was apprciated