Children are curious about other children in the world and want to know what they are doing.
– Ulla Hjorth - Nielson, The Danish Film Institute
Screen360.tv is easy to access, COVID safe and internet secure. We offer immersive cross-cultural opportunities to exercise empathy with international peers, near and far™.
Screen360.tv has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in the area of Learning and Cognitive Technology. Stanford Peace Innovation Institute recognizes Screen360.tv as a "Positive Peace Technology." We are collaborating with Cognativ, Inc. to realize the platform design and partnering with like-minded companies like Trubel&Co who assert constructive learning innovation for the 21st century.
What current research tells us about foreign films as cornerstone memories.
"The idea of cornerstone memories of films,
which influence the life course, is very intriguing and promising."
– David Pillemer, PhD, author of Momentous Events, Vivid Memories (Harvard Press, 2002)
Research has played a crucial role in the evolution of Screen36-0.tv as a distance-learning platform. Its approach and educational benefits have been studied in conjunction with the Berlin Film Festival, the Learning, Design and Technology program and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.School) at Stanford University.
Films provide Cognitive Impact
"Each of our perceptual, cognitive, and emotional capabilities is build upon the scaffolding provided by early life experiences."
– Fox, Levitt, Nelson; Child Development (2010)
Films support Memorable Learning
"Vivid memories of personal experiences provide models for present activities and contribute to successful problem solving and adaptation. The memories serve important directive functions: they inform, guide, motivate and inspire."
– David Pillemer, Directive functions of autobiographical memory: The guiding power of the specific episode, Memory, 11:2, 193 - 202 (2003)
Grounded in cognitive development research and interviews with leading researchers in the field,
The Finding Felix Project or The Impact of International Film on Childhood Autobiographical Memory, is Screen360.tv's partner project. The final interview from our research best illustrates the potential of this experience. Tested between the uS and EU, Screen360.tv's ecosystem serves:
The selected films follow the lead of the Berlin Film Festival program in providing insights to lives of peers in the world with films that have the capacity to leave a vivid, cornerstone memory which continues to contribute to the lives built upon them. Substantiating evidence from The Finding Felix Project reveals that early exposure to global stories images and exchanges can prepare a learner for greater comfort in unfamiliar cultures and situations, encourage second language acquisition, and lay groundwork for future collaborations, near and far.
"When my student spoke Farsi with the film's director, the entire class lit up! They were thrilled! The rest of the the morning was a lesson about Iran."
– Melissa Barry-Hansen, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District (US)
"The idea of cornerstone memories of films,
which influence the life course, is very intriguing and promising."
– David Pillemer, PhD, author of Momentous Events, Vivid Memories (Harvard Press, 2002)
Research has played a crucial role in the evolution of Screen36-0.tv as a distance-learning platform. Its approach and educational benefits have been studied in conjunction with the Berlin Film Festival, the Learning, Design and Technology program and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.School) at Stanford University.
Films provide Cognitive Impact
"Each of our perceptual, cognitive, and emotional capabilities is build upon the scaffolding provided by early life experiences."
– Fox, Levitt, Nelson; Child Development (2010)
Films support Memorable Learning
"Vivid memories of personal experiences provide models for present activities and contribute to successful problem solving and adaptation. The memories serve important directive functions: they inform, guide, motivate and inspire."
– David Pillemer, Directive functions of autobiographical memory: The guiding power of the specific episode, Memory, 11:2, 193 - 202 (2003)
Grounded in cognitive development research and interviews with leading researchers in the field,
The Finding Felix Project or The Impact of International Film on Childhood Autobiographical Memory, is Screen360.tv's partner project. The final interview from our research best illustrates the potential of this experience. Tested between the uS and EU, Screen360.tv's ecosystem serves:
- K -12 education
- Film education and development
The selected films follow the lead of the Berlin Film Festival program in providing insights to lives of peers in the world with films that have the capacity to leave a vivid, cornerstone memory which continues to contribute to the lives built upon them. Substantiating evidence from The Finding Felix Project reveals that early exposure to global stories images and exchanges can prepare a learner for greater comfort in unfamiliar cultures and situations, encourage second language acquisition, and lay groundwork for future collaborations, near and far.
"When my student spoke Farsi with the film's director, the entire class lit up! They were thrilled! The rest of the the morning was a lesson about Iran."
– Melissa Barry-Hansen, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District (US)
How do we choose our films?
Films are curated to serve school curricula (IB, AP, Common Core). Learning goals targeting Empathy, Language, Geography, Aesthetics and Discernment are addressed in discussion and post-film analysis. The post-film inquiry along with "The Recollector" further extend the vivid learning experience and provide data points for assessment along with further research.
Where do our films come from?
Founder Catherine (Katy) Kavanaugh is lead curator. She annually attends Generation, the revered and most replicated children & youth section of the Berlin International Film Festival. She served on its 2001 International Jury, and the award juries for several notable festivals globally., and has cultivated a strong collegial network through two seasons with the Berlinale Talent Campus. She fosterd five festival programs for young audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area and transformed the festival model into Screen360.tv at Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Hasso Plattner Insitute for Design, the d.School.
The entire Screen360.tv team contributes to the selection process, drawing upon our credentials as educators, filmmakers, scholars, and innovators. From our locations around the globe, we employ the curator's practice to find films capable of leaving constructive vivid memories to learn from over time. Together, we have more than fifty years cumulative experience in Education, Cinema, Business, Design and Technology.
