Very early in my career I began thinking about the power of children’s voices. I remember standing in front of my Grade 6 class in a practicum sharing about Malala…
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After a few months of planning and production, the Nature Matters videos were ready for screening! Miss Aoki brought popcorn to help celebrate the achievement of finishing the videotaping, poetry…
Once the students finished writing their poems, they were ready for the next step of the project, which was to record themselves reciting their poetry. In preparation for this we…
Exploring Nature With Filmmaking and Poetry Naramata, BC, 2020 A new school year begins at Naramata Elementary and with it the launch of another Mattering project with Ashley Aokis’ grade...
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Exploring the Grammar of Filmmaking Naramata, BC, 2020 In preparation for the start of filming next week, today we explored the grammar of filmmaking. We looked at some of the...
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