Friday’s Fun: The Torturous History of the Treadmill
This 4-minute lesson tells you the dark and twisted past of the treadmill.
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Thursday’s Inspiration: Can Plants Talk To Each Other?
How do plants communicate with each other?
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Happy Book Creator Christmas!
With Christmas looming, a literacy coordinator at a school where we deliver regular training emailed me asking if we could help them do something a little bit different this year to spice up the usual age old offering ...
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Wednesday’s Art: Sharks’ Teeth – Lost In The Cosmos
Animated powdered paint interacts with photos and memories.
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Tuesday’s Skill: Smoke
A chef showcases his latest inspiration & flavors using unique smoking techniques.
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Monday’s Location: A Drone Through Africa
Africa from the air.
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Friday’s Fun: DAS HANDWERK
Learn the way of the blade... or scissors.
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Thursday’s Inspiration: Joe Lewis – Where is Storytelling Going...
Lewis’s latest challenge is to identify where storytelling is going next.
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Wednesday’s Art: Prophecy (4K)
A fractal prophecy from a long time ago...
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Tuesday’s Skill: Expressive Eyes
How to create a believable face.
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“Every lesson in Why I Play was planned meticulously and backed up with videos that had the children in stitches! The project stretched me as a teacher and allowed me to bring in my own interests for use of EdTech and filming within the curriculum.”
Richard Allen,
Copenhagen Primary School
The research behind LitFilmFest
In a four month research study supported by the UCL Institute of Education, we worked with 200 KS2 students across three schools to measure the efficacy of our approach.
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