Online Workshop 1 – Introduction

Introduction to the Critical Connections Project

Workshop 1 – Introduction to CCDownload
Workshop 1 – Introduction to CCDownload

Background, rationale and context (slides 1 – 8)

  • research context and languages
  • sites of learning
  • connecting sites of learning (parental and community involvement)
  • multiple sites of learning
  • changing teaching and learning

Multilingual language learning and film (slides 9 – 14)

  • choice of texts and multimedia
  • current directions in language pedagogy and translanguaging
  • development of students’ language awareness
  • multilingual language learning

Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) (slides 15 – 21)

  • ten key features of project-based language learning
  • key stages in the filmmaking process
  • planning steps in the pre-production stage
  • planning approaches (overview, mapping and detailed)
  • timescale of the project

Design Principles for Multilingual Digital Storytelling (MDST) (slides 22 – 26)

  • eight design principles for MDST
  • origins of digital storytelling
  • social justice and intercultural citizenship
  • celebrating multilingualism
  • Critical Connections Project Team