The article “Splicing the Video into the Writing process was a concept that I had never thought of before. They decided to create a video production for the Civil War history Standard they were probably teaching to. I agree with the teachers who put these 21st century idea dealing with technology into place; it is important to realize that teaching communication no longer just incorporates writing and speaking. “Today’s student must be able to communicate with pictures, both moving and still; audio; and text.” It is impossible to get by in college now with out all of the communication areas. I really liked that the teachers stressed that the digital video processes was more about and concerned with the content rather than the production that way students will be spending more time and effort on the knowledge part of it. Students plan, write the script, film, edit the movie together while collaborating the entire time, it is a complete team effort and cannot be done without teamwork. The writing process parallels the digital video process according to the article and the chart is a nice way of seeing how that is so. After the students are done and have seen their work the class invites their parents to see their hard work and the students get to feel proud of what they have accomplished.
Using iMovie was an interesting experience. I wonder if I will be brave enough to use this in my classroom, but I can always do something similar to the teachers in the article and have a coworker help me. It seems like a lot of fun for the students and the teacher . I enjoyed the first part of creating our groups iMove it was nice to have four minds working together and I look forward to the editing process this Wednesday.
5 comments:
Hi Desiree, I also incorporated the thoought of changing the way our students communicate. No longer it is enough to only communicate through writing and speaking, but now students should be able to communicate via acting. The process of filming enhances their learning style as well as their critical thinking. I really look forward in using film in my classroom once I become a teacher.
Hi Desiree,
I also thought the Civil War video project was a great way to teach a topic to students. I think technology is becoming such an integral part of education that it is important to use it in a fun atmosphere.
Hi Desiree, I also agree that the article was a lot of fun. I think that it is really important for teachers to do what those teachers did with technology. I loved their ideas and look forward to implementing my own in my classroom.
Hi Desiree,
I really liked working with my team and creating an i-movie of such quality that I could never do on my own. Team synergy is so important. This video project definitely brought that idea to light!
I enjoyed the article, as well, but thought their i-movie a good idea implemented badly. The teachers should have broken the students into smaller groups, so that they learned more about i-movie making. Also each of these groups could have done a different content standard for their class and actually taught their class with their movies.
Tristen
I agree with you when you mention how collaboration is such as main part of creating a movie. Also it gives students the ability to play every role (actor as well as behind the scenes) instead of getting forced to play only one.
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