Marktplatz für digitale Bildungsmedien
Chiron wächst in den 1980er Jahren in dem Teil von Miami auf, der nichts mit Glamour zu tun hat. Es wird gezeigt, wie er von seiner Kindheit an und bis ins Erwachsenenalter sich selbst kennenlernt, seinen Platz in der Welt sucht und vor allem auch seine erste große Liebe findet und wieder verliert.
Greta Schiller und Andrea Weiss zeichnen die Geschichte des Sichtbarwerdens von Schwulen und Lesben in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft auf - ein lebendiges Dokument mit Filmausschnitten und Anekdoten einer verborgenen Geschichte, voller Witz und Ironie und manchmal auch Traurigkeit.
There are many great examples for glaciated landscapes in the UK. This medium shows footage from Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Snowdonia. The explanations and illustrations of the landforms are rich in detail and make it easy to understand the processes of erosion, deposition and transportation.
Moonee ist sechs Jahre alt und damit jung um zu verstehen, dass sie unterhalb der Armutsgrenze lebt. Ihre Mom Halley hat zwar ihren Job verloren, versucht aber dennoch, eine gute Mutter zu sein. Und für Moonee ist das heruntergekommene Motel, in dem sie lebt, sowieso ein "Magic Castle" voller Abenteuer.
Die Film Flat bietet über 8.000 rechtssichere Unterrichtsfilme für alle Schulformen, Fächer und Altersklassen. Das Angebot umfasst Lehrfilme, Dokumentationen und Spielfilme. Lehrkräfte können die Videos streamen, herunterladen und mit ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern teilen.
India's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. The people who live here struggle on a daily base with poverty: There is not enough living space, the Slum lacks clean water and sanitation as well as electricity. There are too less healthcare and educational institutes and jobs for all the residents.
Etwa 100.000 Homosexuelle sind während der NS-Herrschaft in Deutschland inhaftiert und gefoltert worden. Zu Tausenden wurden Schwule und Lesben in deutschen KZ ermordet. Rob Epstein und Jeffrey Friedman zeichnen das Schicksal der Homosexuellen im Dritten Reich nach.
There are a lot of strategies that can be used to create comedy. This medium shows how comedy characters are developed, how timing, rhythm and surprises are used, how one works with crossed objectives and double acts and how ideas can be tested. It uses footage from workshops, performances and interviews.
Die Online-Welt funktioniert nach ihren eigenen Regeln. Oft kann sie aber auf das reale Leben fatale Auswirkungen haben. Die drei Filme thematisieren die Themen Cybermobbing, Datenklau und Ausbeutung und zeigen, wie schnell sich eigentlich ganz alltägliche Situationen der Kontrolle entziehen können.
Der 22-jährige Oscar Grant fasst einen Vorsatz: Er möchte ein besserer Mensch, Sohn, Mann und Vater werden. Trotz einiger Widerstände hält Oscar an seinen Zielen fest - vergeblich, denn nach einem Streit auf einer Zugfahrt wird er in der U-Bahn-Station Fruitvale von einem weißen Polizisten erschossen.
Immer mehr Menschen entscheiden sich für eine vegetarische oder vegane Ernährung. Der Film lässt sechs von ihnen zu Wort kommen: Sie erklären ihre Motive, verweisen auf ethische Bedenken, Zivilisationskrankheiten, den Klimawandel und Lebensmittelskandale und berichten, wie ihr Leben sich verändert hat.
This medium explains how energy from gas, coal and uranium is used to generate electricity. It gives an overview over the particular pros and cons and touches the topic of nuclear safety. Carbon capture and storage as well as fracking are discussed to give a complete insight into the current energy debates.
There are several ways to generate electricity from renewables: This medium explains how solar, tidal, wind, biomass HEP and geothermal power are used and which are the pros and cons of each of these sources. It is shown which framework conditions have to be in place and what kind of oppositions exist.
Bangladesh's mangroves are a home to the endangered tigers and also a fascinating tourist attraction. But the mangrove forests are endangered themselves: The impacts of climate change as well as the ones of shrimp farming reduces them. The government tries to control resource exploitation in the area.
The global textile industry has a huge impact on the environment. The medium shows how UK's companies use water recycling plants and also more of their waste streams. In the meantime poor people living in Bangladesh shortly downstream from the textile factories are adversely affected by the pollution.
There are many techniques and systems for mass production of textiles. This medium includes footage of pattern laying by hand or digitized, cutting and marking up, hot drill, computerized laser cutting and cutting with a straight or a rotating blade. It also shows how the quality control systems work.
The audience is introduced to Yahya who's nomadic family had to leave her land in the peripheral region of the Sahara: Desertification forced the people to find a new home. This medium shows the causes for this development and proposes different ways to meet this challenge environmentally acceptable.
The Sahara is one of the most inhospitable areas of the world: The lack of water, the extreme temperatures and the inaccessibility make it hostile for humans. But there are chances to take. This medium shows different interesting ways the desert can be used if people eventually overcome its challenges.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
The eco-friendly surf-wear brand Finisterre explains its business philosophy: The goal is to reduce both the ethical and the environmental impact of their clothes everywhere the work is done. The HQ lies in Cornwall, suppliers sit in Japan and the manufacturing of the clothes takes place in Portugal.
Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) changes the whole process of textiles being manufactured. For this medium many designers and manufacturers from different textile industries explain how they use CAD/CAM, how it changes the everyday work and how their business benefits from it.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
The fashion and textile industry is globally revolutionized by ICT, CAD and CAM. This medium shows footage from one of the top international design houses in which these new technologies and 3D body scanner are used. They are indispensable for research, design, production and intercontinental communication.
This medium contains a guide made by designers for the development of a new product. It starts with the client's briefing, explains how research and prototyping are done, shows how you make moulds for mass production, touches branding and other points and ends with the product – all while working to a budget.
There are many tests textiles have to undergo before they reach the shelves in the stores. This medium shows many of them, including flammability, colour-fastness, shrinkage, tear and tensile strength, pilling, drape and burst. Is the textile resistant to wind and water, is it insulating and breathable?