Filmmaking - the ultimate project-based learning

We need filmmaking in our classrooms, not to graduate filmmakers, but to graduate problem -solvers, critical thinkers and passionate people who can work with others to make that which does not yet exist, real.        Nikos Theodosadis, The Director in the Classroom

There are almost - seemingly - an infinite number of ways to design and implement amazing learning experiences for your students via project-based learning.  Our model of project-based learning at 21st Century Schools is PBL21 - "the next step in the evolution of project-based learning!"
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While the climate in education for the past 15 years or so has been steeped in standardized testing, there have been, thankfully, some schools who forge ahead with meaningful, real world, exciting learning experiences for their students.  They know that if students have these opportunities they will actually learn more and perform better on their standardized tests.
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One of the most powerful forms of PBL21 is videography, or filmmaking.  This experience provides students with an opportunity to engage with the curriculum at very high levels, enables students to develop critical 21st century skills and multiple literacies for the 21st century.

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