JBFC's Visual Literacy Platform
       
     
Hompage
       
     
View Now Do Nows
       
     
Visual Glossary
       
     
Course listings, registration, and payment
       
     
The Education Blog
       
     
Blog posts and Curricula
       
     
The JBFC Learning Framework
       
     
JBFC's Visual Literacy Platform
       
     
JBFC's Visual Literacy Platform

Project Manager
Pleasantville, NY, 2014

The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a non-profit education and film presentation center in Westchester NY, commissioned a new platform for the teaching and learning of Visual Literacy.  This website was designed and produced by S+7, in collaboration with a small team from JBFC. 

burnsfilmcenter.org/education

Photo: Daniel Liss

Hompage
       
     
Hompage

The JBFC Education homepage is designed to reach the organization's broad audience of teachers, parents, and both youth and adult students, while communicating the playful and visually-driven power of the JBFC program.

View Now Do Nows
       
     
View Now Do Nows

View Now Do Nows are a new feature for the JBFC Education Department. These quick project prompts get visitors into a creative mood with little to no-tech. The website features a new VNDN each week, and highlights submitted responses and a growing archive of projects. 

Visual Glossary
       
     
Visual Glossary

JBFC's Visual Glossary clearly defines key film terminology, and shows  how some of the worlds best filmmakers use these techniques and concepts to create iconic imagery, memorable characters, and powerful stories.

Course listings, registration, and payment
       
     
Course listings, registration, and payment

Course listings feature sample student-created projects, and are sortable by age and semester. Streamlined registration and payment system, integrating smoothly with the organizations existing membership database.

The Education Blog
       
     
The Education Blog

As featured on the homepage, the Blog highlights news from across the Jacob Burns Film Center campus, with an Education slant. 

Blog posts and Curricula
       
     
Blog posts and Curricula

The platform features a public blog, as well as a private and secure blogging system for each class. Faculty and public school teachers using JBFC curriculum can create their own class blogs, which function as interactive syllabi and archive for each student. Curriculum that includes viewing resources and professional development is also accessed through private sections of the site.

The JBFC Learning Framework
       
     
The JBFC Learning Framework

The Learning Framework provides the foundation for JBFC's Education program. This tool allows educators and administrators to easily and graphically comprehend the benchmarks of visual literacy.