Goal of this Class: Participating
fully in the class will help you to be a more effective communicator by
using multimedia (video, audio, animation) to tell a story, convey a
message, document an event, or present and support an opinion.
Procedures and Policies:
Procedures and Policies:
- Be a positive contributor to all aspects of the class.
- Do your best
work for yourself and for your group.
- Share your skills with others and
listen to and learn from them as well.
- Be responsible for yourself as well as responsible to your group and me.
- Try to solve technical issues (and explore new possibilities) by using a variety of resources.
- Washington DC: Nina, Abby, Ciara
- Camera Perspectives: Christian, Cameron, Alex
- 8th Graders in Their Natural Habitat: Erin, Jana, Samir, Ted
- The Elementary Animal: Kevin, Justin, Danny, Tomer, Prashanth
Improvements for Next Year's News Segment Production
- due dates for segment-production milestones
- project management
- menu of choice of topics
- freelance projects require proof of competency
- list of students who have certain technical strengths
- column A is "what you want to show" and column B is "how are you going to show that (reporter, montage, voice over, graphics, etc)
- script writing and approval before filming
- electronic storyboard
- get more machines that can run iMovie
- daily director
- planning time for first five and recap time for last five
Daily Class Schedules: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1. My uneven distribution of time and resources 2. Daily accomplishment charts 3. Izzy Video tutorials Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Three options for today: 1. Segment description 2. Learn things from KidsVids 3. Learn how to chroma-key Friday, April 22, 2011 -decide on topics and form groups http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/index.shtml Tuesday, December 7, 2010 The next two projects... a little one and a big one. 1. Year-in-Review Greeting Card (Animoto, SmileBox, other) 2. DCS News Story (in groups of 3) - group and topic choice - write a "treatment" - sketch of a storyboard (with detailed to-do list) - script, film, import, edit, etc How to document a video segment... Tuesday, November 16, 2010A storyboard by working backwards Three rows: Video -- Audio -- Notes My example Pair up and make one about a local news segment This is a pull-together day. If you have a lot done (most/all of your column is filled), then please pair up with someone that needs to get theirs filled. Before we start the next project, I want to get the class clumped together a bit more. Tuesday, November 2, 2010 1. What videos have been turned in so far vs. what I have Friday, October 22, 20102. Next assignment: a a/v slideshow that tells a story or makes a point, or has a theme. 3. Downloading and installing PhotoStory 3 on the pc's 1. What videos have been turned in so far 2. What to do about file format technical issues 3. YouTube tutorials
1. Work day... find out where you are in projects page 2. Move forward 3. Ask ahead and offer behind Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Sample Student-Created Videos
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