International School Drama
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What Can AI Do in the Drama Classroom? Part 1: Interpreting Character.
AI: It Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does I experimented with AI when it was in its awkward adolescent years, made all the mistakes that everyone else made, decided it was a waste of time and moved on. What did I try? The same as you did. The miraculous time-saving things we were told…
Cognitive Load and Drama
I’ve just downloaded the second edition of Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t Children Like School? to Kindle, and after a busy couple of months feel like I should deal with something that’s been on my mind for a while: cognitive load theory. A little while ago I attended an online presentation by Guy Claxton, promoting his…
Solo Performances
The Four-Worlds Approach. The monologue section of exam coursework was always my least favourite. Logistically, it’s always difficult to find enough appropriate speeches that meet the length restrictions set by the exam boards, and that are suitable for the students in the class, particularly if you have a large group, and then to ensure that…
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