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Bring The Immersive Storytelling Workshop to Your School

The Workshop is a 2-hour facilitated experience for grades 8-12 that combines immersive storytelling, VR, guided reflection, and group discussion to strengthen empathy, communication and social-emotional skills

At a Glance

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Workshop can be single session or split across two class days

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20 students per session. 4–5 staff required to assist during VR experience

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We facilitate and provide all VR headsets, workbooks and printed materials, student pre-survey and follow-up integration guide

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Delivered in a traditional classroom plus hallway or conference room for supervised VR experience

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Teacher orientation via Zoom, optional teacher VR experience

* Accessibility: Students who are unable to use VR can participate fully in the reflection and classroom portions of the workshop.

Hear from Participants

"Thank you for delivering such an outstanding experience for our students. I heard so much about the students' level of engagement and involvement. We definitely want you to come back and do this again next year."

Principal, Motion Picture Technical High School, Queens NY

"It was very eye-opening. The workshop helped me learn more about myself and others."

Student, Motion Picture Technical High School

"The students were deeply engaged and they are still talking about it."

Teacher, Motion Picture Technical High School

Student experiencing VR in school hallway

Workshop facilitator leading group discussion

Students completing reflection worksheets

Learning Outcomes

What students walk away with

Grounded in emotional and social intelligence (E/SI), the Workshop aligns with school curriculum in Health, Leadership, Mentoring, Communication and Community Building. The VR immersive experience is combined with structured classroom learning, so students leave inspired and prepared to use practical skills right away.

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Self-Awareness

Recognize their own emotions in real time and understand how those emotions influence their actions and decisions.

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Self-Management

Develop strategies to regulate emotions, manage stress, and make thoughtful choices even in challenging situations.

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Social Awareness

Build the capacity to understand and empathize with others, including people who are very different from themselves.

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Relationship Skills

Practice the communication tools needed to build and maintain healthy, respectful relationships across differences.

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Responsible Decision-Making

Learn to weigh consequences, consider others' perspectives, and take constructive action in complex social situations.

How it Works

Three phases building transformation and understanding

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The VR Experience

Students step into Eddie and I, embodying Eddie, a friendly monster, as they help 10-year-old Ron, who is deaf, navigate his world. Students learn 5 sign language prompts to foster communication and trust.

VR creates something traditional learning can't: the feeling of having been there. Experiences felt in the first person build the capacity for deeper empathy and are retained longer.

Immersive Technology

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Group Discussion & Reflection

After the headsets come off, students capture their immediate reactions, then move into facilitated group discussions and breakout scenario analysis, connecting what they experienced to emotional and social intelligence competencies in their own lives. The classroom portion is highly participatory, giving students space to reflect, collaborate and apply what they are learning in real time.

Social-Emotional Learning

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Self-Assessment & Action Plan

Students complete an emotional/social intelligence self assessment and draft a personal action plan, identifying their strengths, growth areas and concrete steps to build stronger relationships. The school can receive a follow up integration guide for weaving these skills into other lessons.

Personal Growth

Eddie and I — an award-winning immersive VR experience

The VR experience at the heart of this workshop has screened at:

The Heart of the Workshop

An award-winning VR experience about empathy and connection.

Participants embody Eddie, a friendly monster, and help Ron, a deaf boy, navigate a dreamlike forest. Ron cannot hear, and you don't know sign language. Through hand-tracking technology and simple ASL gestures, you slowly learn to communicate, build trust, and connect across difference.

The experience premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Immersive competition, and has since traveled the world, screening at festivals across the globe and winning awards along the way.

Duration

22 Minutes

Hardware

Meta Quest 2, 3 & Pro

Languages

English · ASL · French · German · Mandarin · Hebrew

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Get in Touch

Let's talk about bringing the workshop to your school

Whether you're a teacher, administrator, or program director, we'd love to talk about bringing this experience to your students.

Facilitated by

Maya Shekel, Founder of Moosh Studio and director of Eddie and I
Dale Hisiger, Executive Director, Matthew S. Hisiger Film Foundation, a Westchester-based 501(c)3 teaching high school students about film since 1999

Email maya@moosh-studio.com mshff12@gmail.com