http://mabryonline.org/Tim Tyson is principal at Mabry Middle School. For the past six years, the school has had a Film Festival engaging students in their learning.
Highlights from his presentation include the amazing videos created by his students. He mad them a promise that if they created perfect work and meaningful to the world, he would make sure it was published internationally. They met the challenge with excellence. He also made sure that what they created
"Making a movie is like learning on steroids." - Mabry Student
"We need to shorten the distance between children and reality" - Tim Tyson.
"We have an untapped wealth of ability"- Tim Tyson.
I was impressed by all the videos that were created by Mabry students. Some of the selected ones I highly recommend include:
-Organ transplant
-Genetically Modified Foods
-Storms on the ivory coast
-Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
They are all either Best Picture or Best Documentary form 2006 or 2007. Here are the direct links to these areas:
http://www.cobbk12.org/~mabry/movie_html/2007BestPicture/index.html
http://www.cobbk12.org/~mabry/Movies/2006FilmFestival/2006-Best-Picture.mov
http://www.cobbk12.org/~mabry/movie_html/2007BestDocumentary/index.html
In closing, this session was incredible demonstration of what these students were able to produce for real audiences and meaningful topics. I think too often we underestimate to power of a curious student.
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