Creating A Cinematic Classroom

Lisa Rubenstein, Ph.D.Ball State University

Indiana Association for the Gifted ConferenceDecember 14, 2015

Think about your favorite movie.

What makes a movie successful?

What about your least favorite

Movie?

Good Movies

• Promote intrigue.• Connect with audience.• Unfold carefully.• Tell a universal truth in unique ways.

Can we replicate that in the classroom?

Good Movies

• Promote intrigue.• Connect with audience.• Unfold carefully.• Tell a universal truth in unique ways.

3 Act Lessons

Spoiler Alert

3 Act Lesson Plan

• Introduce the central conflict, clearly, viscerally, visually, and in as few words as possible.

• The protagonist overcomes obstacles, looks for resources, and develops tools.

• Resolve the conflict and set up the extension or sequel.

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Need Ideas? 101 questions or Dan Meyer Blog

HOW WAS ____ DISCOVERED/DEVELOPED?

CAN WE REPLICATE IN THE CLASSROOM?

WHAT CAN BE DEBATED?

Was this a good idea?

Good Movies

• Promote intrigue.• Connect with audience.• Unfold carefully.• Tell a universal truth in unique ways.

3 Act Lessons

Storyboarding

Would you rather...

OR

Would you rather...

OR

Examples

“Whether you are retelling a fairy tale or telling a complex plot from a novel, simple often turns out better.”

Good Movies

• Promote intrigue.• Connect with audience.• Unfold carefully.• Tell a universal truth in unique ways.

3 Act Lessons

Storyboarding

SCAMPER

Strategy for Promoting Unique-ness

• Substitute• Combine• Adapt•Minimize/Maximize• Put to another use• Eliminate• Rearrange/Reverse

SCAMPER

Re-imagine a fairy tale.

SubstituteWhat can be substituted? Who else? What else?Can the rules be changed?Are there other ingredients? Other materials?Other processes? procedures?Other power? places? approaches?What else instead?

CombineWhat ideas can be combined?Can we combine purposes?How about an assortment?How about a blend? an alloy? an ensemble?Combine units?What other article could be merged with this?How could we package a combination?

AdaptWhat else is like this? outside my field?What other idea does this suggest?Does the past offer a parallel?What could I copy? in different contexts?Whom could I emulate?What idea could I incorporate?What other process could be adapted?

Magnify

What can be made larger? Exagerated?What can be added? More time? Stronger?Extra features? Greater frequency?What can be duplicated?How could I carry it to a dramatic extreme?

Minimize weakness.Maximize strength.

ModifyHow could this be altered for the better?What can be modified?Is there a new twist?Change meaning, color, motion, sound, odor, form, shape?Change name? plans? process? marketing? package?

Put to other uses...What else can this be used for?Are there new ways to use it as is?Other uses to modify?What else can be made from this?Other extensions? Markets?

EliminateWhat if this were smaller?What should I eliminate? omit?Should I divide it? split it up? separate it?Understate? streamline? make miniature? condense? compact?Subtract? Delete?

RearrangeWhat other arrangements might be better?Interchange components?Other patterns? layouts? sequences? orders?Transpose cause and effect? Change pace? schedule?

Using SCAMPER...

• Creative Writing• Critical and Creative Thinking Question

Development• What would happen if...

• Problem Solving• Lab Development

Good Movies

• Promote intrigue.• Connect with audience.• Unfold carefully.• Tell a universal truth in unique ways.

3 Act Lessons

Storyboarding

SCAMPER

Questions?

lmrubenstein@bsu.edu