Building an imaginative bridge between the work of art of film & television, and the work of art of teaching…

A filmmaker tells stories every day.  As an audience, if we are engaged and find the stories compelling, we pay attention; however, if not, we don‘t watch.  A teacher tells stories every day, and if she isn’t engaging or compelling, the students will tune her/him out. As was written in Storytelling: The film-maker as storyteller, as a conductor uses his power to make the orchestra powerful, a filmmaker’s job as a storyteller is to awake possibility in other people. Look at the eyes of people in the “orchestra” around you; if they are lit up, Great!  A teacher in the role as conductor uses her/his power to make the students more knowledgeable, awakening possibility in them.  A teacher must also pay attention to the look in the eyes of her/his students, be mindful of whether they are lit up… if they are, they are engaged and the lesson will more likely be heard and retained.