Nikos Theodosakis
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Nikos Theodosakis is an advocate for meaningful education. Founder of the OliveUs Education Society, he is the architect of the InStill Life, Preserving Your Culture and The Director in the Classroom projects. His book "The Director in the Classroom: How Filmmaking Inspires Learning" examines connected learning through digital media production in the classroom, is used as a resource for teacher training around the world and has been championed by the Centre for Media Literacy as “The best production handbook for teachers that we’ve seen!” He also co- authored “iLife in The Classroom by Peach Pit Press and wrote the forward to “Lights! Camera! Action and the Brain: The Use of Film in Education”- a collection of international essays on the use of film in Education.
His “Mattering” presentations and workshops examine the role of connection, meaning and purpose in the design of project based learning experiences. In sharing stories of his own projects in classrooms and in his work with educators, Nikos invites audiences to consider how to expand their classroom projects beyond the classroom walls and into the community and the rest of the world, and then provides tools and techniques on where and how to begin.
Blending his background in filmmaking with his passion for education, he produced an interactive, story based drug and alcohol awareness project for the R.C.M.P. titled MikeandVicki.ca which is a resource for grades 8-12 across Canada. Through his work integrating business, community, education and the arts, Nikos received the Financial Post Business and Arts Partnership award for best business and arts partnership in Canada and in 2012, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for service and contribution to Canada.
He works with schools and organizations to help grow meaningful learning projects that connect and matter to students, teachers and communities.
His “Mattering” presentations and workshops examine the role of connection, meaning and purpose in the design of project based learning experiences. In sharing stories of his own projects in classrooms and in his work with educators, Nikos invites audiences to consider how to expand their classroom projects beyond the classroom walls and into the community and the rest of the world, and then provides tools and techniques on where and how to begin.
Blending his background in filmmaking with his passion for education, he produced an interactive, story based drug and alcohol awareness project for the R.C.M.P. titled MikeandVicki.ca which is a resource for grades 8-12 across Canada. Through his work integrating business, community, education and the arts, Nikos received the Financial Post Business and Arts Partnership award for best business and arts partnership in Canada and in 2012, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for service and contribution to Canada.
He works with schools and organizations to help grow meaningful learning projects that connect and matter to students, teachers and communities.
