REEL to REAL (R2R)

Learning English and Developing 21st Century

Skills through Film-making in Key Stage 2

5 February 2021 NET Section, CDI, EDB

REEL to REAL (R2R)

Seed Project Code NT1021

Presentation Overview

Project Design

• Research Questions

• Project Objectives

School Commitments

Team Members

The R2R team are members of the

Advisory Teaching Team (ATT), NET Section, CDI

Dr Jerry Gray

Mr Jason Hemsted Mr Jeff Wall

Mr Sterling Wu

Key Question

How is film-making related to literacy instruction?

Film-making offers various opportunities to learn and practise using English. Films are multimodal texts that are listened to and viewed

simultaneously.

Aim

The Seed project, REEL to REAL (R2R): Learning English and Developing 21st Century Skills through Film-making in Key Stage 2, aims to explore ways to use film-making as a means of motivating and supporting primary students to learn English as a second language.

R2R Project Features and Connections to the ELE KLA CG 2017

• The proposed R2R film-making projects include most of the nine Integrated Generic Skills, the three Strands, and meet many of the learning objectives of the English Language Education (ELE) Key Learning Area (KLA) Curriculum Guide (CG) (2017).

• Lessons within the R2R project will combine instruction in English language (vocabulary, grammar structures, reading, writing, speaking and listening) and movie-making.

• Each project builds upon both prior and newly acquired knowledge, scaffolds skills in both English and cinematic techniques, and each unit would have its own culminating task and product created using technology and the four language skills.

Connections to the ELE KLA CG 2017 (KS2)

Listening:

• Identify and discriminate sounds, stress and intonation

• Listen for information, ideas, intended meanings, views, attitudes, and feelings in a variety of spoken texts

Speaking:

• Participate effectively in an oral interaction

• Present information, ideas, intended meanings, views,

attitudes and feelings clearly, coherently and appropriately in a variety of contexts

Reading:

• Understand the basic conventions of written English

• Construct meanings from texts

• Locate information and ideas Writing:

• Use the basic conventions of written English

• Present information, ideas and feelings clearly and coherently

What are 21

Century Skills?

The 6 Cs of Education

The 6 Cs of education are key 21^st century skills that need to be developed for both student and society well-being (Michael Fullan).

Research shows that the 6 Cs are equally important and need not be taught sequentially or in order of priority.

When learners are exposed to learning

environments and assigned collaborative tasks, their 6 Cs can develop and thrive.

What are the 6 Cs?

Objectives

• Design integrated learning activities which provide opportunities for students to

develop and apply a range of language, digital literacy and generic skills

• Create opportunities for students to be not only consumers, but also creators skilled in using art and technology, through the

learning and teaching of cinema to enhance and extend literacy skills

Objectives

• Facilitate the development of students’

generic skills and 21st century skills

• Promote effective use of assessment for learning, as learning and of learning,

among teachers

• Evaluate the impact of film-making on the learning, teaching and assessment of

English as a second language

Why Film-making?

Reel to Real (R2R) is designed to promote film-

making and integrate it into the English Language curriculum.

R2R adopts a project-based learning approach

(Willis, D., & Willis, J., 2007) through which to promote students’ use of the art and techniques of film-making and to facilitate the learning of English through

language arts and digital information technology.

Guiding Research Questions

1. What conditions need to be put in place so that film-making can be promoted to facilitate students' learning of English as a second language?

2. With use of technology, how have students become creators, rather than merely consumers, of information?

Guiding Research Questions

3. How has the teaching and learning of film- making supported the development of the students’ 21^st century skills?

4. To what extent has film-making helped second language students develop their language skills?

5. What changes are seen in the school-based assessment to include assessment for and as learning strategies?

Project Design

Inspire

Plan

Create

Reflect and Edit Share

Angie Simmons, 2018

Inspire

• Students need examples to understand the ingredients of a film (structure of a narrative, message, camera angles, voice, sound)

• What makes a film good? Students need to know the success criteria (rubric)

Click on the link below to view the film Country Park Fire

http://bit.ly/R2Rbriefing21

• Students need help finding inspiring ideas and starting their stories

• Teachers help students transform their stories into films

Plan

Create

Students and teachers need to decide what app to use:

• ^iMovie

• ^Clips

• Stop Motion

• Shadow Puppet

• Adobe Spark Video

Students:

• make choices and manage themselves

• are thinkers and organise their thoughts

• teach each other and work as a team

• create using appropriate multimedia and digital tools

Cinematic Techniques

Long Shot

Types of Shots: Distances and Angles

Close Up Medium Shot

• The shot type and shot composition will be some cinematic techniques learned and applied by the students

• The effect of sound (music and effects) on the film viewer, and the feelings and reactions it causes, is important to the students’ films

• The culminating task will be to make a short film that includes voice-over narration and English captions

Reflect and Edit

Students:

• can revise and edit their films

• conference with teachers

• use a rubric to guide and develop their films

• use self and peer assessment for feedback

Rubric for Teacher Feedback

Simmons, A. (2018). Digital Fluency: Storytelling in the Cloud.

Self and Peer Assessment

Share

Students and teachers need to decide how to share their films:

• ^Seesaw

• School Website

• ^YouTube

• ^{A Blog}

• Film Competition

• Film Festival

Sharing with an audience is part of the process that adds extra motivation and a sense of achievement for students

Click on the link below to view a completed student film:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZhgSkbrNs7taTiakO57sa2LuzRt8Qtu/view?usp=sharing

School Commitments: General

• Allocate regular co-planning time for the project

• Support the collection of data on the students and teachers taking part in the project

• Begin the tryout of the project

• Share with other schools their Seed project experience

• 3-year project starting in 2021/22

School Commitments: Teachers

• Involve EPC in the planning (minimum)

• Involve all local English teachers (LETs) of the specific level in the planning and implementation

• Preference given to schools which can involve the NET in R2R

References

• Fullan, M. & Langworthy, M. (2014) A Rich Seam: How New Pedagogies Find Deep Learning, London: Pearson.

• Simmons, A. 2018. Digital Fluency: Storytelling in the Cloud. UK. Essential Resources Publishers Ltd.

• Willis, J. 1996. A Framework for Task-based Learning.

Oxford, UK. London.

• Willis, D., & Willis, J., 2007. Doing Task-Based Teaching.

Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Acknowledgements

• The Handshake of Time - SKH Wei Lun Primary School

Details and Application to R2R

Further details:

1. ‘Seed’ Projects (General):

https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/major-level-of- edu/seed/whatsnew-2020-21/index.html

2. R2R ‘Seed’ Project:

https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/major-level-of- edu/seed/whatsnew-2021-22/NT1021_Project%20Description_Eng.pdf

3. How to Apply to Join R2R (See Appendix C of CM 4/2021):

Link to be updated after release

Deadline 10 March 2021

Further Information and Enquiries

General

Mr Edward LAI

(Life-wide Learning Section) Tel: 2892 5824

R2R Project Coordinator Dr Jerry GRAY

(NET Section) Tel: 3549 8334

jeremygray@edb.gov.hk

Advisory Teacher Mr Sterling WU (NET Section) Tel: 3549 8349

sterlingwu@edb.gov.hk

Advisory Teacher Mr Jason HEMSTED (NET Section)

Tel: 3549 8325

jshemsted@edb.gov.hk

Advisory Teacher Mr Jeff WALL (NET Section) Tel: 3549 8328 jwall@edb.gov.hk