Recording Memory
Framework
The aim of the Programme Recording Memory – Documentary Production by Students is to engage the educational community into an experiential play of appropriating collective and individual memory through the audiovisual recording of personal experiences from the students’ intimate and broader environment in connection with the Programme’s thematics.
Each school unit participating in the implementation of the Programme is invited to incorporate digital technologies in the learning process by developing relevant actions towards the creation of a short documentary by students, and to also evaluate the materialisation of these actions.
The Programme emphasises the need to preserve the memory of collective identity but also to develop the competence of the new generation to draw knowledge and values from the past to create the future. At the same time, the Programme brings out the significance of multidimensional history by acknowledging the varied experiences of the individuals that make up a family, a society, a people; and also by implicitly engaging with the experiences of the previous generations in order to empower family relationships and foster historical and social cohesion.
During the current school year, participants in the Programme can choose one of the following themes: Sustainable Development – Environment,, Struggles for Liberation, Occupied Areas, Cultural Heritage. as well as any other theme that may interest and inspire the students. Students are invited to conduct research and interviews in order to record the experiences of previous generations vis-à-vis the abovementioned thematics and go on to make a short documentary.
The teachers participating in the Programme have access to auxiliary material and have the opportunity to train in the drafting of the learning design as well as in documentary production (research, scriptwriting, production management, filming, editing) with the support of the Educational Technology Department. Students and teachers participating in the Programme develop, among other things, the competence to collaborate, communicate, understand, analyse and combine content, to be creative, to apply critical thinking, to be empathetic, to improve their skills in digital and audiovisual literacy, in written and oral expression, scriptwriting, filming, sound recording, editing etc.
The schools, teachers and students who participate in the Programme and have successfully completed their obligations receive a certificate.
School obligations
The main obligations of schools and teachers implementing the Programme are as follows:
- Participation of the Programme coordinator(s) and teachers in introductory info session
- Participation of teachers in five (5) training sessions during the school year 2024-2025, themed around the process of production, scriptwriting, filming and editing
- Attending at least two meetings, either at school or online, with the PI’s Support Officer/Facilitator
- Drafting and implementing a learning design
- Writing a documentary script
- Documentary production
- 7. Uploading the documentary on the school’s website and disseminate, at least within the school unit, the experience that students and teachers derived from their participation in the Programme. Before the beginning of operations, the Programme coordinators must obtain a written consent by the parents/guardians of the students regarding their children’s active involvement in the making of a collective creative project within the school context for the Programme in question. The written consent documents must state that parents/guardians agree to the publication of the collective work made by the group of students.
- Evaluation of the Programme by the participating teachers and students with the use of online questionnaire
- Representation of the school at the Media Literacy One-Day-Event and at the Closing Event of the Educational Technology Department where the school will be invited to present its actions
- The school and teachers participating in the Programme are required to mention the full name of the Programme in any public, press or online reference, post, press release, news show etc. regarding the Programme. They must also mention that the Programme materialises on the basis of a programme of the Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth.
Participation
Up to ten (10) schools will be selected to participate in the Programme in the current school year. The Headmasters and Headmistresses of school units interested in participating in the Programme must express their interest online through the PI’s online registration setting at http://www.pi-eggrafes.ac.cyunder the category Programme – Recording Memoryuntil Monday, 30/09/2024..
Schools participating in the Programme will receive an amount of €250 to cover related expenses. The amount will be forwarded to the schools through the competent School Boards after they will have created the learning design.
Please note that participation in the Programme can be conducive to materialising the Professional Learning Action Plan for teachers within your school unit.
Access to school films
Important dates
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Monday, 30/09/2024 23:59 | Final deadline for submission of application |
| Wednesday, 09/10/2024, 09:30 - 11:00 | Introductory info session |
| Tuesday 15/10/24, Tuesday 22/10/24, Thursday 07/11/24, Tuesday 21/01/25, Tuesday 28/01/25, 16:00 - 17:30 | Five training sessions on the creation of learning design and documentary production (research, scriptwriting, production management, filming, editing) |
| Tuesday 05/11/2024 | Final deadline for submission of learning design and task schedule |
| Tuesday 21/01/2025 | Final deadline for submission of script structure |
| October 2024 - February 2025 | At least two meetings between officers at the Department of Technological Education and coordinating teachers or students too (the dates will be announced later) |
| Monday, 28/04/2025 | Final deadline for completion of documentary and submission of forms |
| It will be announced later | TED Programmes Closing Event |
Contact
Για τυχόν διευκρινίσεις, μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε με τους/τις λειτουργούς του ΤΕΤ Γιώργο Κολοκοτρώνη (τηλ.: 22402338, email: kolokotronis.g@cyearn.pi.ac.cy), Μαριάννα Ιωάννου (τηλ.: 22402338, email: ioannou.ma@cyearn.pi.ac.cyand Anna Tsiarta (tel.: 22402339, email: studio@cyearn.pi.ac.cy). studio@cyearn.pi.ac.cy).
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