FAME3 - Film and Media for Education

13.15 - 14.45 Workshops. The workshops are held either in Estonian or in English (no translation), basic language skills are sufficient.

Workshop 1 
Pocket Film 
Martin Spenner, Denmark 
Lommefilm (pocket film) is a danish company dedicated to teaching children how to create films on their own devices such as phones and iPads. 
At the workshop you will produce your own film from idea to finished product. Subsequently you will be able to use the same learning process in your classroom with your own students.
Information: workshop is held in English, the activities of the workshop are particularly designed for middle school teachers.

Workshop 2
Cut-Out workshop
Anna-Karin Holtz and Frida Lindberg Pożar (Sweden)
Anna-Karin Holtz and Frida Lindberg Pożar are the founders  and teachers from Den Pedagogiska Designbyrån,  which unites a group of art teachers who work for schools, museums, galleries, kindergartens, hospitals, companies etc. A big part of what they do concentrates around animating films together with children.
Anna-Karin and Frida invite to participate in a practical workshop and discussions on the subject integration of film and media in school activities and curriculas. As colleagues we can all contribute with different  perspectives. They share their experiences from Sweden and would like to hear about your insight on the subject matter. 
Information: workshop is held in English.

Workshop 3
Media in nature subjects
Cristina Kaska (Estonia)
Cristina Kaska is a natural sciences teacher and educational technologist at Aruküla Middle School who shares knowledge of media competences mainly in informal study groups and integrates it gradually into natural subjects in her classes. 
Cristina speaks about the ways she combines media competence and natural subjects. She also talks about her logic in creating media tasks and gives examples of tools and educational materials he has created.
Information: workshop is held in Estonian.
 
Workshop 4
Film keys – A model for film literacy teaching
Marjo Kovanen, (Finland)
Marjo Kovanen works as a senior specialist at Koulukino and is one of the authors of the Film Keys. Koulukino – Finnish School Cinema Association is a film education organization with 20 years of experience on the field. 
Film Keys is a simple film literacy model which can be applied in film education for different age groups. 
In the workshop Marjo introduces the Film Keys booklet and the participants get to test it in practice by watching a short film and using the model in analyzing it.
Information: workshop is held in English.
 
Workshop  5
Practical Media Education in Kindergarten on the Example of the Film Trammivasikas.
Elyna Heinmäe (Estonia)
Elyna Heinmäe is an informatics teacher and education technologist at Varbola Kindergarten- Primary School. 
Elyna will introduce in the workshop the CINEMINI project educational materials prepared on the example of the film "Tram calf" created in Estonia and various activities that can be carried out in order to develop the media literacy and film literacy of children.
Information: workshop is held in Estonian. The workshop is primarily intended for kindergarten teachers, but its content also supports learning in primary school. 

Coffee break

15.15 - 16.45 Workshops. The workshops are held either in Estonian or in English (no translation), basic language skills are sufficient.

Workshop 1 - The workshop is full, please do not register!
Piximakey -  Hands-on Animation in the Classroom
Amanda Natalie Rasmussen (Denmark) 
In this workshop Amanda Rasmussen shares her tips for working with animation, design-thinking and play as tools for learning and practicing 21st century learning skills. Using Piximakey – a plug’n’play animation studio for tablets and smartphones – you will get hands-on experience making your own animated films, using materials you already have in the classroom. During the workshop, the participants will animate a short film, add a soundtrack and export the finished video. 
Information: workshop is held in English.

Workshop 2
Children film their city
Per Dahlbeck (Sweden)
Per Dalbeck is specialized in educational science at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö University and works at Pedagogisk Inspiration Malmö, a department within the city of Malmö that works for school development and school research in all forms of school.
The Convention on the  Rights of the Child became a law in Sweden in 2020, which raised an important question: How can our youngest citizens make their voices heard? In Malmö, one way has been to let preschool children use film cameras to tell about what it is like to live in their city.
Information: workshop is held in English.

Workshop 3
Media Literacy in Kindergarten
Katrin Sigijane (Estonia) 
Katrin Sigijane works at BFM as a guest lecturer, trainer and training manager. Her passion is to develop learning motivation-enhancing processes and environments by combining the current and acquired skills of the participants in a method of discovery learning, through hidden task-solving, storytelling and influence psychology into creative self-expression. 
In the workshop, we experiment with practical media learning and activities supporting general competences, using photo, audio and video. Playful exercises that develop children's expressive, creative and analytical skills.
Information: workshop is held in Estonian.

Workshop 4
Practical Media Education in Kindergarten on the Example of the Film “My Happy End” 
Triinu Orumaa (Estonia)
Triinu Orumaa works at BFM as a training specialist. She has worked as a social pedagogue, trainer, schools and kindergartens teacher.
In the workshop she introduces the CINEMIN project through practical activities on the example of the film “My Happy End” Participants will be introduced with learning materials and develop new solutions for using the film in studies with preschool children. 
Information: workshop is held in Estonian. Although the activities of the workshop are particularly designed for preschool children, they are also suitable for use in primary school.
 

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12.00 - 13.30 Workshops. The workshops are held either in Estonian or in English (no translation), basic language skills are sufficient.

Workshop 1
Piximakey -  Game-Based Learning and Digital Creativity
Amanda Natalie Rasmussen (Denmark)
In this workshop Amanda Rasmussen leads the workshop and shares her tips for working with animation, design-thinking, and play as tools for learning. We are using stop motion animation as a framework for practicing 21st century learning skills. Using Piximakey – a plug’n’play animation studio for tablets and smartphones – you will get hands-on experience making your own animated films, using materials you already have in the classroom. The free Piximakey app makes it fast and easy to get started, no matter if you are working on a tablet or smartphone. During the workshop, you will animate a short film, add a soundtrack and export the finished video.
Information: workshop is held in English.

Workshop 2 
The Importance of Presenting a Great Variety of Films for Children 
Daniel Lundquist, (Rootsi)
Daniel Lundquist is the Head of programming at BUFF Malmö Film Festival. BUFF is an international film festival for children and young people. The aim of the festival  is to screen good films for children and young people as well as for adults which let us meet different cultures, gain new experiences and get  the opportunity to identify ourselves with other children and young people in the world. 
Daniel invites to think and discuss the ways the choice of films improves children and young people’s understanding  of themselves and the world they live in and how important it is that they are reached by a variety of films that contain a great diversity when it comes to genres, stories and characters. 
Information: workshop is held in English.
 
Workshop 3
Cinema for Student Visual Literacy Promotion
Diāna Lielmane, Latvia
Diāna Lielmane works as a curator of education at the Riga Film Museum of the Latvian Academy of Culture. Having a background in cultural studies, visual arts and educational sciences, Diāna`s current duty is to teach about Latvian cinema heritage and film literacy to kids of different ages. 
Participants of the workshop will learn practical tips for a structured approach to integrating cinema into the educational process, focusing on the principles of visual literacy and emphasizing the educational significance of cinema.
Information: workshop is held in English.

Workshop 4
Practical Media Education in Kindergarten on the Example of the Film “Ostorozhno, dveri otkryvayutsya” 
Triinu Orumaa, Estonia
Triinu Orumaa works at BFM as a training specialist. She has worked as a social pedagogue, trainer, schools and kindergartens teacher.
In the workshop she introduces the CINEMIN project through practical activities on the example of the film “ Ostorozhno, dveri otkryvayutsya” Participants will be introduced with learning materials and develop new solutions for using the film in studies with preschool children. 
Information: workshop is held in Estonian. Although the activities of the workshop are particularly designed for preschool children, they are also suitable for use in primary school.
 
Workshop 5
Media Literacy and Active Learning
Reesi Kuslap (Estonia)
Reesi Kuslap is a teacher of history and social studies at Viimsi Gymnasium and a subject-didactics of history in the Youth to School programme. Reesi organizes training in active learning methods and develops her brand Räpping teacher Reesi.
This year, Reesi participated in media literacy training in the United States with the Fulbright Scholarship and now shares the best practices with you.
Information: workshop is held in Estonian.

Workshop 6
Prototypes of learning games
Katrin Sigijane and gymnasists
Katrin Sigijane works at BFM as a guest lecturer, trainer and training manager. Her passion is to develop learning motivation-enhancing processes and environments by combining the current and acquired skills of the participants in a method of discovery learning, through hidden task-solving, storytelling and influence psychology into creative self-expression. 
In this workshop you can get acquainted with and test prototypes of learning games created by high school students. The initial prototypes of the games are part of the Tallinn Science and Creative School and the project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Research. Information: workshop is held in Estonian.

Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Screening of the documentary "Summertime" (dir Marje Tõemäe) in the BFM cinema hall. 

Karit, Doris, Joonas and Fred are ordinary Estonian young people. They are graduating from 12th grade and taking steps toward independence. There are many options and it's quite difficult to make choices. This is the story of one generation, a film about growing up in today's Estonia. The film is a continuation of the documentary "Time Is Here" made 12 years ago, in which we watched the first school year of these same kids.
Information: The film is in Estonian with English subtitles. The film is for participants, no separate registration is required.

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