CuriousWorks’ specialty is empowering your students to make their own films and sharing that online. But we can do a diverse array of arts and digital media projects, tailored to your school.

CuriousWorks has developed an education model for delivering in-school digital media training that leaves a sustainable legacy of new media skills and activities for both students and teachers. The length, frequency, content and technology level are tailored to each school’s needs; we maintain best practice student engagement and skills development while being flexible enough to suit timetable scheduling and curriculum outcomes.

Essentially, CuriousWorks makes understanding the digital technology at your school simple, and gives you fun, innovative and useful ways to keep using it forever!

Contact our Head Educator, Elias to discuss your idea further with us: elias@curiousworks.com.au or (02) 9281 2570.

Feedback from previous projects:

One of the unexpected outcomes this project had was on me personally …The project has allowed me to see many different sides to my students and appreciate the abundance of skills they have. This had allowed my classes with them to be more innovative and creative as we have a closer connection and I have a better appreciation of them. And vice versa.

Many of the students who were involved in the project have had behavioural issues in their school careers. However, since being involved in the project many have had a dramatic reduction in RISC (a computer program that monitors incidents) reports. 3 students who have had over 20 RISC entries this year have had zero entered for this term.
Rebecca Franklin, Teacher, Holroyd High School

Thanks for the video, it looks fantastic…great work!.... it has been “most excellent” working with CuriousWorks. Your professionalism and engagement with the students was brilliant they are and were enthusiastic about working on the video and with you! The students enjoyed the process and the final video, we viewed it yesterday on the smart board. I think we might get a few film makers out of them for their HSC.
Paul McClaughlin, James Busby High School

Case Study: Refill at Miller Technology High School, Western Sydney
For two years, CuriousWorks empowered students at risk of leaving the school to re-engage and build trust again in the school system. These students have not only remained at school but have also become engaged, skilled media makers – some of them are now also young, creative leaders. The Refill kids also made a fantastic online comedy series.
Learn more about the project here: http://curiousworks.com.au/projects/refill

Case Study: Newman Senior High, Newman Primary and South Newman Primary
As part of our long-term project in Newman, we worked in these three schools in a capacity building framework. Through ongoing collaboration and professional development with the appropriate teachers, new media has been embedded into the school curriculum and students are taught to create local media stories in their own way. The schools have seen their students faces light up as a result and engage heavily, which has resulted in successful lobbying for new media labs in all the schools.

The schools now put on an annual film festival for the students and the community. Professional development continues between older students and younger ones – and between students and teachers, in some cases with students just nine years old passing on new media skills to their teachers.
Learn more about the project here: http://curiousworks.com.au/projects/newman-stories/