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Welcome to the Triple A Learning blog for DP Theatre. The most recent blog posts are listed below and you can access the blog archive by following the appropriate link in the panel on the left.
January 20, 2012
January 17, 2012
Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops
There is still time to take advantage of Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops. Over the last three years we have trained over 4000 IB teachers on our IB authorised workshops, at both category 1 and category 3.
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November 24, 2011
Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause
Here at Triple A Learning, we’ve always supported the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) cause. With a mission to “empower the world’s poorest children through education“, who could fail to be moved by its ideals.
What OLPC believes
October 18, 2011
Directing taster
In my IB class this week we looked at ways to approach directing. The class was quite new to communicating a vision, so I combined the work with ways to pictorially present their work. The focus was on how to accurately communicate an idea, so that your actors can create your vision on stage. At various times I have made link to the core syllabus, the assessment tasks and the IB Learner Profile:
The Directing Workshop
October 12, 2011
‘Short+Sweet’ – India notebook #2
The other day one of my students invited me to attend the ‘Short+Sweet’ Theatre festival she was participating in. I went along to the NCPA (National Centre for Performing Arts) at Nariman Point, Mumbai, to be introduced to a whole new world of plays.
The ‘Short+Sweet’ festivals have been running for about the last ten years. They started in Melbourne, Australia, with some new plays and inexperienced performers, putting 10 minute plays on stage. This idea, to introduce new writing, and showcase young performers, spread quickly, and now there are festivals all over the world, including: Sydney, Newcastle, Delhi and Singapore.
October 7, 2011
Is it Theatre? – India notebook #1
I am sorry that my blog has been a bit quiet for the last few months, but I have been moving to India and starting a new job. Working now as HS teacher at the American School of Bombay, I am able to really live as an international person and experience first-hand the amazing richness of Indian culture.
Since I have been here there have been several festivals, all of which I will blog about at some stage, but this time I wanted to share with you the Ganesha festival. Before sharing some photos I took of the immersions of Ganesha, let me share with you some of the background:
June 26, 2011
Any strings attached?
G. Venu with Hanuman Pavakathakali puppet
Have you ever heard of Pavakathakali? It is the traditional glove-puppet play of Kerala, Southern India. The practice is restricted to several families around the remote village of Paruthippully, who have been the custodians and practitioners of this tradition for several centuries. When I was in India in 2009 I was lucky enough to meet G. Venu and he showed me several of the puppets. In the picture you can see G. Venu and Hanuman.
May 23, 2011
Theatre Practitioners
In a speech by Brecht to Danish working class actors on the ‘Art of Observation’ he said:
‘In order to observe
May 9, 2011
Applied and Critiqued
When I was talking to my students last week about their work in IB Theatre one thing became apparent: They were not really aware when they were putting theory into practice. They knew they were learning things and that were were always doing things in class that were connected with TIM, TIW or TIP, but I realised that they were unclear about when they were ‘applying research’.
We then talked about all areas of the course in preparation for their TPPP and I asked them to identify in all their areas of TIM (for example: making a mask; performing a Greek monologue; designing a set for ‘Come and Go’ etc) some theory they had applied. To go deeper we then talked about how they had acquired this knowledge, and quickly they started to get the idea of a variety of sources. They realised they had gleaned information from a DVD we had watched, some they had read, some they had found out from blocking notes, others had been researched by other students and shared with them.
April 4, 2011
IB student and teacher resources – Triple A Learning BACCpacks
Triple A Learning is delighted to announce the publication of the first batch of its student and teacher BACCpacks.
BACCpacks are cutting-edge downloadable e-learning resources.
