Factory International - Build a world in your classroom (Activity for Academies & Schools)

Whether you’re into music, dance, performance, theatre, exhibitions or gaming, there is something for you. But don’t expect your run-of-the-mill programme – Factory International pride themselves on bringing different artists and types of art together. This is Manchester, after all – a city with a history of innovation that's hard to beat.

With our vision to invent tomorrow together, we’ve always got an eye on the future. We’re all about new ways of creating and collaborating to bring you unforgettable art and experiences. At our new home Aviva Studios, you’ll find a year-round programme that does just that.

Every two years we run Manchester International Festival (MIF) – the festival of brand new artistic work known world-over, that’s animated and captivated our city since 2007. We’re also training the creative workforce of the future through the Factory Academy, supporting artists to realise their potential, and working with local communities to build our programme.

And we don’t stop at Manchester – we take our work to partner venues and festivals all around the world and create extraordinary digital experiences – inviting everyone to play in our virtual world.

Supporting the next generation

With roots firmly in our city, we invite communities from Greater Manchester and beyond to meet, exchange ideas, learn new skills and have their say — supporting future artists, makers, doers and thinkers to reach their full potential.

-On our free Factory Academy programme, you can train to become one of tomorrow’s technicians, producers and educators.

-If you're an emerging artist, you can develop your practice with one of our Artist Development programmes.

-For those who want to want to work on large-scale interdisciplinary events across the world, you can sign up for our International Training.

-We believe there is creativity in everyone, at any age, and our Learning Programmes work with people from early years and schools to later life.

-Through Co-curation, our Forums and Community Partnerships, you can shape the work we do across Manchester.

We’re an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which means funding thanks to taxpayers plays a huge part in supporting our work. And as a registered charity, we also rely on the kindness of supporters to deliver our programmes in Manchester.

Immersive Learning CPD | Build a world in your classroom

https://factoryinternational.org/learning-programmes/immersive-learning-cpd-build-a-world-in-your-classroom/

This learning resource, designed and tested with 4 STEM teachers from across Greater Manchester, has been created to support educators to use immersive narrative to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

This resource contains everything you need to think, plan and deliver lessons by using an immersive narrative. Within these pages, you will find:

• Guides and tips on how to world build and prepare a thematic learning project.
• The experience of four teachers who have gone through a similar project.
• All of the assets these teachers created during their lessons for inspiration.

This resource will be useful to educators looking for new ways to deliver the National Curriculum, boost student engagement, dig deeper into complex concepts or moral questions, and create learning experiences that are more collaborative and empowering.

Photo Credit

– JCF0696 – Joel Chester Fildes (Immersive Learning CPD)
- Image: Chris Payne / BBC

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