YI LU / PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
I bring a newsroom's attention to evidence, a teacher's understanding of learners and a builder's experience turning ideas into working storytelling tools.
WHERE I CAN CONTRIBUTE
01 / SCHOOLS & LEARNING
IB Film and English-language teaching, student filmmaking mentorship and AI storytelling practice.
02 / EDTECH & CREATIVE AI
Firsthand platform-building experience informed by classroom needs and autobiographical storytelling.
03 / MEDIA & COMMUNICATION
Journalism and production experience across Chinese and English media environments.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE & PROJECT EVIDENCE
Context: Reporting and production experience, including CBS News and Voice of America.
Transferable contribution: Developing a clear story from complex material while attending to sources, audience and production constraints.
Detailed roles and employment history are available in my CV.
My contribution: Platform concept, design and development for individual creation and co-creation through stories, AI images and video; ongoing development of teacher agents for creative guidance and interaction.
Evidence: A working prototype and product demonstration. Educational effectiveness remains a research question, not a claimed outcome.
Watch the demonstration →My contribution: Independent design and development of a voice-first autobiography mini app: companion-like conversations help people share memories in short moments and gradually build a life story, with related photo and film workflows.
Transferable contribution: Making a complex creative workflow understandable while keeping source material and synthetic additions distinct.
Explore the project ↗Context: IB Film, English-language learning and student filmmaking mentorship.
Transferable contribution: Helping learners articulate ideas, make creative choices and reflect on their work. Student authorship remains credited to students.
Read my approach ↓TEACHING APPROACH
I approach media education through decisions: what to include, how to frame a scene, which source to trust, and when an AI-generated detail changes the meaning of a story.
My aim is to connect making with explanation and revision. A finished film is an artifact to discuss—not a substitute for understanding the choices that produced it.
Student and collaborative work should be credited accurately. Personal stories, faces and voices require permission, and synthetic material should not be presented as an unaltered record.
RELATED TEACHING MATERIAL
Existing course material, not a measured-impact claim.
For a role-specific conversation, I can discuss how these practices translate to a teaching unit, creator-learning experience or editorial workflow.
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