Sharice K. Lane, Ed.D., CCC-SLP’s Post

Bring civics lessons alive for your students with hit Steven Spielberg movie BRIDGE OF SPIES. Our free discussion guide for this Oscar-winning film explores foreign assets operating in the US in the Cold War & the implications for today. https://lnkd.in/gXkAucJX #USHistory #History #Education #Teachers #Curriculum

The journal dossier I co-edited with some of my coolest collaborators is out! In this dossier, we discuss the significance of “Middling Cities” and make a case for the importance of looking beyond global metropolitan centres and media capitals. This will be of particular interest to film and cinema scholars. Read the full dossier by following the link: https://lnkd.in/dgs-SpxQ

Find out how you can create an effective timetable with Alex Fairlamb. In this short film, Alex Fairlamb assistant principal from King’s Priory School in North Shields discusses how you can create an effective timetable in your first year to ensure you stay on top of both your teaching commitments, your commitment to subject CPD and mentoring and the demands of the ECF. Watch the full video here: https://buff.ly/3yMrQdb #HistoricalAssociation #HAvideos #TeachingHistory #SecondaryHistory

I was encouraged to hear the Scottish Government budget announcement yesterday outlining plans to increase culture funding by 34million in 2025/26, after so many years of stagnating or reduced funding. This week we also announced the programme for Manipulate Festival in 2025 and I could not be prouder of all the artists, companies and partners we're collaborating with to bring you this brilliant festival edition. There's a feast of delights to get your teeth into and so please do check out the programme. I do think though, that it's really important to acknowledge that our festival programme for 2025 is about a quarter of the size of the 2024 programme (although interestingly for just over half the usual cost, because festival overheads are significant). This is because, after 12 years of standstill core funding, a real-terms 40% cut, we just can't afford to put on an international festival every year. Great arts and culture doesn't happen without effective resourcing. This is even more true if we want to do things properly, ensuring that wellbeing, fair pay, sustainable thinking and great access provision are at the heart of our work. In response to the ongoing Scottish arts funding crisis this year, which has hit the freelance creative workforce the hardest, we have responded by taking money allocated for international flights and freight at our festival and re-investing it into the Scottish creative community. We'll be paying for research and development into new creative projects for artists at a critical juncture in their practice, and then bringing them together with audiences in open studio sessions, to make transparent what it really takes to develop a creative work for the stage. It's a tough decision as a festival director to say no to some of the incredible and boundary-pushing international work I've seen on stages around the world, which undoubtedly would thrill and delight audiences. But I believe that we're in danger of losing so many brilliant freelance creatives from the Scottish sector and the truth is that our work makes absolutely no sense without them. Our festivals are often spoken about solely in terms of their economic, tourism and international exchange benefits, but to truly thrive they must also be fuelled by grassroots creativity which is created, trained and developed in Scotland, and offer a vital platform for Scottish work on the international stage. We will be grappling with these ideas through discussions at the festival in February, exploring what truly sustainable Scottish festivals which properly serve their artistic and geographic communities could look like with proper resourcing. We'll also have two world premieres of fantastic new Scottish work, over 30 animated films, three shortform performance evenings of innovative new work and a whole host of other workshops, screenings and events to explore. I really hope to see you there.

The Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP) has had a profound impact on the state, both economically and culturally. See the facts in this article on the economic and cultural impact of the film industry on Texas, past, current, and what can be. https://lnkd.in/gbdzVMrY

It’s difficult to overstate the significance of events like that of last night. Connections are the birthplace of opportunity — a fact that shouldn’t be lost on any of us in this industry. Many of us are where we are today because of a conversation, an introduction, or meeting the right person. But for countless Black individuals today, serendipity just isn’t a playable card. Walls of inaccessibility are mounted around entry points, and it is up to us to knock them down. Zara Naseer and I attended the screening of the 2024 ‘Black Out’ film, which documents the journey of over 70 Black individuals who attended last year's Cannes Lions festival. The film from The Black Network, founded by Cephas Williams, was followed by a trio of panel discussions where Cephas spoke with Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity CEO Simon Cook, CEO of The Fade Agency's Fadé Ogunro, actor and filmmaker Femi Oyeniran, senior art director on the Oatly x @Giggs collaboration Lauren Harewood, and Oatly brand project manager Erica Lowe. The diversity conversation is falling off the very table it should have multiple seats at. If you're someone who cares about changing that, here are our seven key takeaways. https://lnkd.in/e7qwUBKE

I have been following MindUP | The Goldie Hawn Foundation for a few years and LOVE how they are leading proactive educational conversation about mental health and function as factors of BRAIN health and function. Understanding the relationship between... 🧠 the amygdala (the unconscious emotional driver of our nervous system --- that's fully developed at birth)... VS. 🧠 the prefrontal cortex (the conscious regulator of our nervous system that powers comprehension, critical thinking, impulse control, and emotional regulation --- that's not fully developed until our mid-20s)... Is KEY to proactively caring for our mental health, function, and development at every age and stage of life. 💯🧠💜🌈 How are YOU caring for your brain and nervous system? #neurodiversity

Kick off the year with a thought-provoking documentary. Check out Majority Rules, a powerful film that uncovers how our political system became dysfunctional—and introduces a practical, groundbreaking solution: open, all-candidate primaries. This isn’t just a documentary; it’s a call to action for a better future. Let’s make politics work for all Americans. 👉 Watch the film and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ecKXyHhx

Southern Documentary Fund is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $45,000. This grant will support Southern documentary makers through SDF’s Mentorship Program, film screenings, and the Annual Artists Convening. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eMrPFCpT