UPCOMING EVENTS
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FETC Workshop - Exploring Careers in Elementary and Middle School
Our Creativity to Careers programs are designed to engage students in creative career explorations from elementary school through middle school level to increase high school graduation rates and jobs. Attendees will get hands-on during this elementary/middle school workshop. Research shows that developing your story is key to personal success, so attendees will experience tools to support this in the classroom. Attendees will have an opportunity to explore Future Quest Island, a game-based exploration of careers for elementary students. Finally, attendees will explore middle school CTE programs in animation and engineering. With stories from professionals - engineers connected to the National Academy of Engineering and Animators with backgrounds that include Nickelodeon and Disney - students discover the different aspects of these fields as they tackle projects. Attendees will assume the role of an animator or engineer, as they explore. Both courses are approved Florida’s Department of Education Digital Tools.
PETE&C: Animated Art - Robotics and Paper Prototyping
Create 2-D and 3-D designs with FabMaker Studio then bring your art to life programming lights, motors, and sensors with Birdbrain Technologies Hummingbird robotics. Experience how easy it is to incorporate art, computer science and engineering into your elementary or middle school classroom.
Speaker(s): Lorraine Shaffer (Kid's Innovation Playground), Andrea Calvin (Vice President, FableVision Learning)
View full PETE&C Program here.
What: Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference 2024
When: February 6, 2024 3:10 - 4:00PM EDT
Where: Tea House, Hershey Hotel 100 Hotel Rd, Hershey, PA 17033
NSEA U 2023: Workshop: Be You!: Discover the Value of Being You
NSEA Workshop: Be You!: Discover the Value of Being You
During the Nebraska State Education Association University session “Discover the Value of Being You”, you will use FableVision Learning’s Start with A Story Program and read Be You! by Peter H Reynolds to discover a joyful reminder of the ways that every child is unique and special. After reading the story, you will have the opportunity to participate in a series of activities including journaling and animating.
Start with A Story is a classroom series that ties the works of New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, founder of FableVision, to hands-on and technology-based activities/projects for SEL, journaling, storytelling, team-building, as well as engineering and animation.
Please bring your own internet-connected device to participate in the fun, but not required.
Presenter: Jane Reynolds
Date: Monday July 17 at 3-4 pm CST
DIA + FableVision Learning Educator Workshop with Peter H. Reynolds
Peter H. Reynolds is back in Michigan for an exciting workshop at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Educators are invited to join us on Friday, Nov. 18, for a workshop featuring a series of sessions focused on creativity, technology, and digital fabrication! Participants will meet best-selling author Peter H. Reynolds and discover new strategies for creatively engaging students.
The day will include multiple sessions from which participants will build their own agenda. Options will include research-based principles of creativity inspired by the work of Vincent van Gogh, web-based animation, digital fabrication inspired by van Gogh, and more. Registrants will be contacted after securing their spot to schedule their day in full.
Free with DIA Educator Pass
What: DIA workshop with FableVision Learning and Peter H. Reynolds
When: Friday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202
PETE & C: Creativity to Careers: Hands-on Exploration of Engineering & Animation
Join Paul Reynolds and Andrea Calvin from FableVision for a hands-on engineering and animation workshop at PETE & C on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 from 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Details:
FableVision Learning's Creativity to Careers programs are designed to engage students in creative career explorations at the middle school level to increase high school graduation rates and most importantly, jobs. With stories from professionals - engineers connected to the National Academy of Engineering and Animators with backgrounds that include Nickelodeon and Disney - students discover the different aspects of these fields as they tackle projects.
During the workshop, attendees will assume the role of an animator or engineer, work on a project, and share with the class. All workshops are BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Participants are responsible for bringing a wifi-enabled device.
About
Date: Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: Garden Terrace East , Hotel Hershey
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3Hg7kB0
Meet FableVision Learning at the Virtual Forefront 2021 Conference
FableVision Learning is a proud sponsor of Forefront 2021, virtual event created specifically for administrators, educators and stakeholders in Catholic education who want to be innovators and change makers. Over the three day event (March 4-6), we are excited to connect with educators during our sessions, in our virtual booth and in the lounge. Here’s just a few ways to connect the dots
Thursday, March 4, 2021
4 p.m.: Social-Emotional Learning with Children’s Books
Teachers and students are struggling with the changes in our world during the pandemic. Before a child can learn or a teacher teaches, each individual must feel safe and centered. But how can teachers make space for this in the classroom and feel comfortable in delivering social and emotional learning (SEL) experiences? FableVision Learning has developed a unique approach by aligning FableVision founder Peter H Reynolds’s books with CASEL’s framework. Peter’s books speak to the hearts of educators around the world and provide a comforting in-road to engaging with important SEL topics in the classroom. This SEL session will help you activate student understanding of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. You will learn which books can help you discuss which SEL topics and leave with some practical activities to take into the classroom. And don’t miss Peter’s keynote on Saturday!
Friday, March 5, 2021
4 p.m.: Paper Prototyping Bootcamp for STEAM-Powered Learning
Have you wondered about how to embed engineering design with younger students and with limited time and money? Join us for a STEAM-Powered session focused on engineering and paper-prototyping. During this session discover how schools, libraries, and programs across the country have used FabMaker Studio, a web-based design and engineering tool, to create practical, affordable maker-spaces and inspire creativity. Participants will leave with ideas for their schools and inspiration for beyond the classroom.
Saturday, March 6, 2021
11 a.m.: Keynote from Peter H. Reynolds Recharging Your Spirit: How Creativity Can Inspire Breakthrough Leadership and Learning
New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds (Judy Moody, The Dot, I Am Peace, The North Star) is looking forward to “connecting the dots” with attendees of the Forefront 2021 conference to share his journey as a Catholic committed to discerning his God-given gifts, talents and strengths to move the world to a better place. Peter hopes that his stories, art, animated films and books about activating one’s creativity and true potential will leave his fellow kindred spirits inspired and recharged - especially during this challenging time.
Noon: Digital Storytelling through Animation
Have you ever thought of expanding the power of story using another medium other than writing? Digital animation is an exquisite tool for students to express themselves, feel the excitement of seeing their stories come to life and learn a discrete communication tool. At the session, you will have the opportunity to use a storyboard template and actually animate a message yourself using Animation-ish software, designed by Peter H. Reynolds (see his keynote presentation on Saturday morning). During this time of pandemic, you can discover how animation can be a powerful remote tool for students to share how they feel as well.
2:30 p.m.: What is Computational Thinking and Why Does Every Teacher Need It?
Do I really need to understand computational thinking? Do my students? If you agree that problem solving is a key skill, then “Yes!” Coding and computer teachers have long understood the need for computational thinking. But it really goes across the curriculum. The best computational thinking learning experiences helps students learn and practice these strategies while building creative skills like persistence, embracing ambiguity, and curiosity. In this session, you will learn what computational thinking is, why it is important and see one research based remote tool that will have students flying.
Now/Next in Learning Conference
Now/Next in Learning Conference celebrates how far learning has come and explore where it’s headed next. Expect to be inspired through compelling stories and examples of collaboration in education that have driven progress in learning to new heights.
FableVision Learning will be leading the discussion on Why Engage Students in Career Programs in Middle School? They will share their animation career journey and the results that it is already showing.
FACTE Session: Creativity to Careers - Middle School Animation CTE as a Model
Join FableVision Learning's Jane Reynolds and Dr. Denine Jimmerson at the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education on July 16-18, 2018, at the Champions Gate Resort.
On Tuesday, July 17, they will hold a session titled: Creativity to Careers: Middle School Animation CTE as a Model.
The session will introduce school districts to our new model to which creates a continuum from middle school to high school and beyond, progressing from Animation-ish to Toon Boom software and gaining experience and certification on the journey.
While some schools are using animation in middle school for content and creativity, middle school teachers can be outside of their comfort zone in approaching CTE. We can provide unique scaffolding for both teachers and students with our Creativity to Careers program.
We have developed the fundamental elements to expand the uptake of animation as a bona fide CTE program in middle school. While teachers can continue to use our animation software as they do now, we will add the curriculum, training and professional development to link the program to a career path. Our own FableVision professional animation studio in Boston MA is our model for students, and they can have virtual access to the studio for tours and mentoring. We have linked with Summit Global to provide the middle school certification. We have applied for listing as on Florida Digital Tools.
The goal of our Creativity to Careers program is to ensure a good take up of animation CTE in high school by starting in middle school, giving students the opportunity to test out careers before committing to a 2 year program. While learning animation, students will also be developing core work skills in communication and collaboration, as well as a host of inherent skills within an animation studio.