Language A - Film Study and Production
Tiles on the webmix below include technology sites and content resources that may be useful in developing curriculum for this course. If there is a site that would be useful to colleagues that is not on the webmix, or a link that doesn't work or isn't functional and should be removed, please email that request.
Beneath this webmix is a list of each of the tiles and the sites to which they're linked. Sites pertinent to the course are listed first - the gray and white tiled sites (that are common to all webmixes in all content areas) are listed after
Red Sites - Lesson PlansLooksharp - Media Literacy teaching information
Teachers' Guide Series - From oscars.com, this series provides detailed lessons plans and activities for several units that cover many aspects of film history This Day in Film History - Each day, this site gives info on a significiant film history even that happened on that date Teach with Movies - Lesson plans for using movies in content area classes Lesson Planet: Film History - Links to several film history lesson plans Film School, Lesson One: Detailed introductory lesson plan/unit Yellow Sites - ScreenwritingScreenwriting Infos - Resources and links on screenwriting
John August Blog - screenwriter blog/podcast with information and link Green Sites - Making VideoAnimoto - Use images and text to very easily create videos/trailers
WeVideo - Online video creation tools ThingLink - Add anchors to images or video linking to other sites/resources Gray SitesTop Row:
CPP Mail - Access the district email system CPP Website - The CPP school district site CPP Curriculum - This is the link to the Curriculum Office site Staff Handbook - This is the Staff Handbook Weebly CPP Instructional Technology - Help in teaching with technology Second Row: The Matrix - Click this tile to access the Curriculum Matrix Unit Planner - Click here to access the Unit Planner IB OCC - This tile leads to the IB Online Curriculum Centre Teachscape - Use this link to access the teacher evaluation tool PDP Timekeeper - Check on your professional development hours |
Purple - Video/Media SitesScreenJunkies/Cinefix/The Motion of Pictures: YouTube channels on cinema that contain short, engaging videos on different aspects of film history
Filmmaker IQ - Site with many interesting resources and videos that detail different aspects of film Lantern - Vintage articles/images/media resources related to different eras in film Orange - Reference SitesAFI 100 Years Lists - The American Film Academy's "!00 Best..." lists (more resources on site)
FilmSite: History - History of cinema by decade in articles/timelines Film English - Blog on teaching with film 50 Greatest Last Shot - Film.com video on last shots (site has additional resources) EarlyCinema.com - Timeline/glossary/technology information on the early days of cinema Women in Film - National Women's History Museum resources on women in film The Guardian: Reel History - Humorous site reviewing different aspects of films and film production SparkNotes: Film Studies - Spark Notes site with info/resources on film production White SitesTop Row:
CPP Edmodo - Access the CPP Sub-domain of Edmodo CPP Library - Access the school library webpage (databases!) CastleLearning - Electronic assessment - all CPP students and teachers have accounts Glogster - Presentation tool with student/teacher accounts Sign-Up Genius - Simplify meetings, conferences and more Second Row: Planbook - Plan electronically with Planbook.com EasyBib - Create works cited pages, outlines and research - make accounts at school for premium subscriptions TurnItIn - Check for plagarism, grade essays online VoiceThread - Presentation tool, student accounts Remind101 - Communicate with parents/students via text without exchanging phone numbers |