Anti-Bullying Campaign in French

The following film was made by year 12 students studying French at Fortimere School to highlight the effects of bullying and was influenced by the french style of film-making with melancholic scenes in soft focus and personal narratives:



Another interesting film was made by students at Stoke Newington High School (Media & Science specialisms) using an interesting combination of puppetry and play with depth of field:

Thomas Tallis School is a specialist Arts status college in Kidbrooke, South East London, and made the decision to set up YouTube throughout the school. They have set up a profile called Tallis Tube, where videos from all departments can be posted. I particularly like this video, which shows how mobiles might be used in lessons such as biology to explain processes - although this student needs to be taught how to hold the camera still...

It is inspiring to see a school prepared to adopt the use of web 2.0 applications so enthusiastically and, in particular at a Senior Management level. At Thomas Tallis college, Jon Nicholls, the Assistant Head who has been at the forefront of pushing the school towards the use of popular open-source applications such as Flickr and YouTube. Click here to visit his school blog. I would very much like to invite him over to discuss how he sees the role of learning communities support creativity.