Frank Guttler Speech Topics
Keynotes & Short Sessions
Lights, Camera, Learn!: Basic Visual Literacy and Filmmaking in the Classroom In this fast paced session, participants will explore aligning basic concepts of screen language to written grammar with model lessons for classroom film/video projects using commercially available DVDs and web 2.0...
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" Hollywood in the Classroom" using film/video/digital storytelling techniques in support of Common Core Standards.
Digital Media literacy advocate, educator and Premier Speaker Frank Guttler was the guest on Digital Storytelling guru Bernajean Porter's Campfire Chat podcast recently where he spoke about using film/video production to achieve Common Core Standards & 21st Century Literacy in core subject...
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Common Core Standards: Visual Storytelling & Media Literacy for 21st Century Learning
Critical thinking, technology, interpersonal skills, time & resource management, problem solving and imagination are all basic survival skills in the 21st century. Every one of those skills is tested when you make a movie and they are prized outcomes of the new Common Core Standards. This session...
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Lights, Camera, Learn!: 10 Lessons for Better Video in the Classroom
This session explores the stages of video production and offers specific skill-building exercises for teachers and students to learn and teach with video. Lessons presented can be replicated in most middle and high school classes.
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Lights, Camera, Learn!: Cinematic Storytelling with Still Images and Good Editing
This hands-on workshop explores concepts of fundamental screen grammar in visual storytelling and how choices in the editing process can enhance or distract from a story. This lesson can be adapted when teaching a digital video or photography class, or as part of a unit across the curriculum and...
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Hands-On Workshops • 1 day & 2 day versions available
Lights, Camera, Learn!: Opening the Door to Video in the Classroom In this hands-on workshop, teachers and administrators of all grade levels and subjects will learn how to use filmmaking as a tool to engage student learning. Through a process developed specifically for educators by the American...
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Lights, Camera, Learn!: Flip Cams and iPhones and iPads. Oh My!
Mobile Devices, Video & Visual Literacy in the Classroom In this hands-on workshop learn how to create compelling media using the mobile devices all around you! In this hands-on session participants will learn basic project workflow and the latest features of iMovie '09 with an emphasis on proper...
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Lights, Camera, Learn!: There is no "I" in CREW
This hands-on project-based workshop promotes the acquisition of key team-building and media literacy skills vital to any thriving corporate, institutional or educational environment. Critical thinking, technology, interpersonal skills, time & resource management, problem solving and imagination...
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