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Foto Friendships supports students to become photojournalists. Through this activity, students will record one second of their day over four weeks to capture daily life, family, school, cultures and natural environment using the 1 Second Everyday free mobile phone App. Students will then compile their footage into a short video and share it with their peers. 

Telling your Story

“The universe is made of stories”, said the American poet, Muriel Rukeyser. Stories are everywhere. We, as humans, make sense of the world around us through telling and listening to stories. Stories can come in any form, whether they are told orally, in a book, in a film or on social media channels like YouTube and TikTok. As new technologies rapidly become more available, the way we tell our stories will also change. Many people now use their phones to record, edit and share their stories online. But you do not need fancy equipment to tell a story – all you need is your voice or a pen and paper to share your story with others.

The Storytelling (Tokim Stori) course is designed to help students tell stories in engaging ways across various media and platforms and to encourage them to experiment with different language techniques and narrative techniques in their own writing. The activities are aimed at fostering critical thinking, imagination, creativity and independent thought in order to enhance student's personal, social, intellectual and imaginative development. As students work through this course, they will acquire a practical understanding of how storytelling works by developing skills in critical reading and practical writing, as well as critically appraising and offering feedback on the work of their peers.

Through Student Reporters, students will gain an insight into the fundamentals of ‘the role of the reporter’ and how to create a short audio report inspired by local events, news and items of interest. Students will explore techniques for researching, preparing, presenting and recording reports. Trainers include young female PNG-Australian writers, journalists and communicators.

A Creative Response to COVID-19

Share a short creative response to the question: "How have you and/or your community reacted positively in the time of COVID-19?"

Submissions can be:

• a piece of art 

•  a piece of writing (poetry, short story, interviews)

• a song (this might be a choral song, a cover of a song or an original)

• a video (this could be a documentary style or artistic response. Your video must be no longer than 3 minutes)

We Change the World supports students to explore the power of art and design to inform positive change in the world. This project brings together STEM, the environment & global and local affairs. Students will contribute to a creative project inspired by what's happening in their own communities and the world more broadly through a poster design. 

We Change the World is designed and delivered in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). 

Share a glimpse into our lives and to allow us to better connect and understand each other. 

This is designed as an individual task, but you may wish to complete it in small groups. 

• Find a view (in school, at home, in the town or village) that you find interesting and representative of your place - think about movement, people, water, sunset, traffic...

• Set a phone/tablet/laptop up and film 2 minutes of video footage

• Feel free to add a written description or even a poem if you like to further enrich your video!

Sean Dorney got thrown out of PNG for his reporting, yet he received one of its top honours. He skippered its footy team and fell for a local girl. Now suffering motor neurone disease, he makes an emotional final visit in this ABC Foreign Correspondent episode. 

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A table with a range of student voice strategies provided by Pivot PL.

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