Using the iPad and the NFB’s PixStop app in your classroom
Edited on June 5, 2012 to add: The PixStop app works only with later versions of the iPad that include a camera. This is a guest post by Paul Carrière,...
Education
Our educational offerings are in the spotlight here. These posts highlight the educational potential of our film collection, as well as specific ways in which our films can be used in the classroom and beyond.
Ask your students: Can you see in the dark?
This is a guest post by Louise Bonneau, a teacher at École Jacques-Ouellette, which is dedicated to the needs of blind or visually impaired students between the ages of 4...
Inspire your class with the Harry Jerome Virtual Classroom
Imagine, a professional athlete in your classroom! What connects Canadian track hero Harry Jerome and professional football player Brian Nugent? Well, courage, passion and dedication are just a few of...
Meet our digital storytelling contest winners in Champion, AB!
This is a guest post written by Claudia Sicondolfo In the fall of 2011, NFB Education launched a national competition inviting teachers to enter and win an opportunity for their...
Out in Schools – Rise Against Homophobia Video Contest
This is a guest post written by Ross Johnstone, Director of Education for Out in Schools – Out On Screen ***** One of my happiest childhood memories is of the...
A cross-Canada adventure to showcase CAMPUS!
From January to March of this year, NFB National Workshop Facilitator Jessie Curell travelled across Canada, connecting with as many educators as possible, and telling them about the National Film...
NFB Digital Storytelling Workshop in Brazil
* This is a guest post by Lindsay Wright, Manager, National Education Programs Is it possible to fall in love with a city of 20 million people in 6 days?...
Staycation Education!
* This is a guest post by Lindsay Wright, Manager, National Education Programs School’s out but our films are still hard at work. The upcoming March break is the perfect...
Introducing the NFB’s CAMPUS – an innovative place to learn
The New Year is here and we are so excited to share some new resources with educators across Canada! To start the year off right, we’re launching CAMPUS—our latest online...
NFB’s PixStop app for the iPad 2 – Your classroom’s “mobile studio”
The following is a guest post by Kathy Sperberg. If you had told me when I was growing up that learning could happen with the touch of a finger instead...
Celebrating National Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week is especially relevant at the NFB because we have always believed (and our films will back this up) that thinking critically is crucial to making wise decisions and developing informed opinions.
War & Peace
Text written by Sam Allison, a retired history teacher who has taught in secondary schools and at McGill University. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Jeannie Johnston Educational Foundation....