Storytelling, Moviemaking, and an Engaged Classroom with Jessica Pack
Today we are joined by Jessica Pack. She has taught middle school for 18 years. She was the 2014 California Teacher of the Year. She has continually worked to redefine what learning looks like in her classroom. She is an author of the book Moviemaking in the Classroom. She is an advocate for student voice and choice. She is also a co-host on the podcasts Storytelling Saves the World, and the ISTE Edge.
Topics discussed:
1. Movie making is powerful because that is the zone where a lot of kids live now.
2. Movie making is a great way to shift students from consumers to producers
3. Students learn about the emotion that movie making creates in others and how to put their emotions into it as well.
4. Storytelling helps create sticky learning.
5. Don’t let the barriers of time, technology, and truth hold you back from being a digital storyteller.
6. Lesson frames and scripts should be used in the beginning.
7. The more you make movies the more efficient students get at it.
8. There’s nothing our kids can’t do if we scaffold it correctly and make it part of the learning routine.
9. Pick a piece of instruction that you want to formatively assess.
10. Start with something that you understand well that you can translate into a story.
11. You have to be willing to fail forward.
12. Embrace the fact that often the students are better on technology than we are.
13. In movie your script is key.
14. The “Golden Share”. Share some of your own writing and storytelling before you ask kids to share theirs.
15. Be vulnerable with your students and that will open doors for them to share.
16. Students want to share they just have to feel safe enough and valued enough to share.
17. It’s valuable, transformative, and necessary to get to know our kids on a human level.
18. Movie making gives students who might be quieter the opportunity to share a lot of themselves.
19. Be brave. Admit that you aren’t an expert and that’s ok. Dive in. Don’t look back.
20. ISTE - Global community
21. Here’s an idea I have, how could you make this better.
22. Book recommendation - Drive by Daniel Pink, EDU Protocals books
23: Podcast: Shakeup Learning - Casey Bell, Protcals - by Rebel Teacher Alliance
24. Recognize and value that every kid has a story to share.
Bio:
Jessica is a middle school teacher for 18 years and a California Teacher of the Year (2014), Jessica has continually worked to redefine what learning looks like in her classroom. An ISTE author, Jessica's book, Moviemaking in the Classroom, was released in October 2021. She is an advocate for student choice and voice, as demonstrated by the original content her students regularly publish for a global audience. She also spent over a decade as a professional development instructor and Consulting Teacher for a digital storytelling non-profit organization called DIGICOM Learning, aimed at promoting moviemaking in southern California classrooms. Jessica co-hosts two podcasts, Storytelling Saves the World, and the ISTE Edge, an ISTE Community Leader podcast
Book: Moviemaking In the Classroom
https://www.amazon.com/Moviemaking-Classroom-Lifting-Student-Storytelling/dp/1564849287/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LDN40K4994P4&keywords=Moviemaking+in+the+classroom&qid=1687142830&sprefix=moviemaking+in+the+classroom%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1
Website:
http://www.jessicapack.com