Agendas
Mon-Tues 5/20-21
Agenda:
Finish Final Video Essays
Grade Check/Make up work?
How to do Exhibition Day?
what clips large room/small room?
clips on my thumbdrive
Final Letter--write it in class or email/share it
Week of 5/13
Exhibition Day Forms are due Wednesday. What do we want to do?
Klaire (and others?) do an intro with everyone in it.
Agenda:
Get going on Final Video Essays
Grade Check/Make up work?
Finish strong
Thurs 5/9
Agenda:
Stuff back grades
Bibliography and Intro?
Final Video Decisions
Schedule: for the remainder
R
MTRF
MT
Warm-up: Summer Hype Essay
Brainstorm some ideas for a video to show the school and send them off to summer.
Think about summer...
plans
best things
funny things
things we won't miss about school
Tues 5/7
Agenda:
Bibliography and Intro Due
Warm up: If you had the world's attention, what would you say?
Final Video Decisions
Schedule: for the remainder
TR
MTRF
MT
Warm-up: Summer Hype Essay
Brainstorm some ideas for a video to show the school and send them off to summer.
Think about summer...
plans
best things
funny things
things we won't miss about school
Fri-Mon 5/3-6
Agenda
Two movies to watch
Assignment handout
East Lab
Do some researching start writing an intro.
Check out Google Scholar
Do a Google search adding the words "bibliography" or "annotated bibliography"
Turn in your Norton Essay write ups as well as any missing warm ups
Tues:
Thurs 5/2
Agenda
Warm up:
Make a list under each heading:
Things that need to change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things that should not change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things you can’t decide whether or not you like:
Philosophical Notions that intrigue you:
Questions that puzzle you:
Things I believe but cannot prove
Have you read at least two Norton Essays from Essay Nominations?
Your warm ups ideas--which could involve some research?
Watch an example
Do some researching start writing an intro.
Assignment at end of class
Tue 4/30
Agenda
Talk about my essay
Your warm ups ideas--which could involve some research
Watch an example
Read at least two Essay Nominations
Mon 4/29
Agenda
Watch Movies
type yours into the form if you haven't (duh)
My Essay
Warm up:Things I want to know more about or think people should know about.
make a list and explain about each item
Storyboard an Essay
Read other people's nominations--at least two.
Thurs-Fri 4/24-5
Agenda
Put Movies in "Finished Movies Folder" on Desktop
Norton Search: Find a good essay.
create a preview and questions
Fri: watch our Video Essays and critique them
Read other people's essay choices
Mon-Tues 4/22-23
Agenda
IC/Posted Grades
Assignments Page
Edit Movie #2
Due tomorrow at end
Watch Thursday
Thurs: Norton Search--looking for interesting essays
Pfouts sits with individual groups makes sure they know iMovie
Export to finished Movies
Watch Movies #2 on Friday--Critiques
Research warm up: Puppet Pals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sQ3V1UV8g0
Super Size Me/Tessa's as examples...
Research might lead to final essay
Agenda
Thurs-Fri 4/11-12
Did you turn in your three recent warm ups? (see below in purple)
Finish Essay #2 on your own
Pick groups and essays for Video #2
Start filming/gathering resources
Have everything on computer at beginning of class Friday--start editing
Video #2 due Tues after Service Week.
Monday 4/22: Edit (Tues come in and finish during ACT?)
Research warm up: puppet pals.
Super size me as an example...
Research might lead to final essay
Mon-Tues 4/8-9
Did you turn in your three recent warm ups? (see below in purple)
Get the Second Essay Assignment from Walt
Start writing
If you finish a first draft, share it with Pfouts (andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org)
Start looking for images, video and audio for your Second Essay
Check Infinite Campus to see where you are
Thurs-Fri 4/4-5
Agenda:
Two Essay Warm ups:
Warm up #2.1 "The Three Things I could not Live Without"
Warm #2.2: "How to Waste Quality Class Time"
write them and storyboard them
turn in tomorrow for a grade
Friday: watch our videos (that were due Tuesday)
"How to Waste Class Time" Essay Contest
Warm #2.3: Compare & Contrast two things
Thurs-Fri 3/22-23 (Tues 4/2 too)
Content/Language Objective: Students will explore story boarding as a means to illustrate their video essays.
Agenda:
Storyboard your own
Peer Edit your Essays
groups of at least four
have others tell you what they visualize
Choose groups/Essays
Turn in First Essay
Thurs: Watch our work, Video To Do List/Debrief, Compare/Contrast Essay Warm ups
Tues 3/19
Content/Language Objective: Students will explore story boarding as a means to illustrate their video essays.
Agenda:
Show me what you brought
Storyboard/watch examples
Storyboard your own.
Peer Edit
Decide and compile resources. Start editing
Agenda:
Give me Friday's warm ups
Warm up
Cool Things
Three Total
Quick edit
Essay assignment: including find your links
Mini essay due tomorrow
Tues: Storyboard/watch examples
Storyboard your own
Decide and compile resources. Start editing
Thurs-Fri 3/14-15
Content/Language Objective: Students will get an introduction to the course and how to do some basic video work.
Agenda:
Info Sheet/Attendance
A warm up
#2:What does it take to get to the top?
Syllabus
Another warm up
#3: I’ve always wanted to go to ____________ because
Shot Types
iPad Intro
groups
tutorials
start filming
Homework: Read the Syllabus and the iPad Intro Video Assignment Handout
Check out Shot Types
Fri Agenda:
Warm up #1: Choose one
What Motivates You?
What drives us to keep going?
Syllabus Questions
Back to iPads
Film all the shots--all your classmates
Import to iMacs
Edit logically