Videoconferencing
The Paley Center offers remote classes via videoconferencing on a wide variety of topics that have been developed and are conducted by the Paley Center's education staff. Classes include clips from the Paley Archive that provide information, stimulate conversation, and encourage active viewing and critical thinking. Pre- and post-visit educational materials provide additional thematically relevant information and extend the learning experience. To determine which class fits your needs, please read through the description, pre- and post-visit activities, and scheduling information.
Schedule a Remote Class
Classes are sixty minutes in length and cost $125. Platforms Available: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams. For more information or to schedule a class, email eduny@paleycenter.org
Think Green
As students watch a selection of short programs about the environment, they will be asked to think about ways to nurture and protect the world that surrounds them.
Fractured Fairy Tales
What happens when you take a classic fairy tale, mix up the storytelling elements, and throw in a little imagination and creativity? Students will review the basic elements of storytelling.
Around the World
Explore the ways people live, work, and play around the world. By viewing and discussing international programs, students will compare their own lives to those of children elsewhere and consider how the natural environment and local customs shape and influence people's lives.
Tooned In to Animation
Experience the magic of animation and learn about the process behind one of television's most creative forms. Students will watch a series of clips and have the chance to create their own flip books.
The Fine Art of Persuasion: Television and Advertising
Through careful analysis, students will discover the persuasive techniques developed to capture a viewer's attention in order to promote a product or idea.
Hitchcock: Master of Suspense
Students will analyze director Alfred Hitchcock's use of the ordinary to create exciting, even frightening, television drama.
The Thirty-Second Candidate: Political Advertising on Television
View political advertisements from the past fifty years. Students will focus on techniques of political advertising, target audience and demographics, how advertising conveys leadership, and the role of policy in campaign ads.
Red Scare: The Cold War & Television
During the 1950s, America was gripped with fear and anxiety about the possibilities of war and nuclear threat, and television reflected this paranoia. This class investigates the ways that television reflected and perpetuated fear and hysteria during the Cold War period.
Staff Development Workshops
This professional training workshop explores how to use television to enrich classroom curricula and stresses the importance of focused viewing and discussion when using audio/visual media as a teaching tool.
Pinnacle Award
Congratulations to The Paley Center for Media's Education department for earning the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration's Pinnacle Award in recognition of outstanding videoconference programs. This award, presented annually, is based on teacher evaluations submitted through the CILC website, and recognizes outstanding performance by a content provider.