Just as students have traditionally learned how to compose effective short written essays to explain and convince( the '5-paragraph essay'), so must students of the 21st century learn to plan, film, and edit effective short videos. Just as expertise in Rhetoric was essential for full participation in intellectual and political life in earlier times, so is video in the 21st century.
Examples:
A-Roll and B-Roll: A Makerspace by Students, for Students https://youtu.be/Ec4_s24u1ro
No Words: NuVu 2014 https://vimeo.com/112508556
Designing and Testing Straw Bridges: https://youtu.be/C7wlQG0-3vw
Art Project: https://youtu.be/X529_oSysDA
Drawing for Understanding https://youtu.be/MbF_pKxvBXI
MIT Launch Video Application: https://youtu.be/s6w0vmP2LZw
Resources for Background Music:
FreeSound : You’ll find a lot of atmospheric music in FreeSound that would work well as a film score. They also have a large amount of sound effects if you’re looking for those.
CCMixter : This is a pretty awesome resource for Creative Commons songs.
Pond5 Public Domain Project : Pond5 has collected nearly 3,000 public domain audio tracks to explore.
OpSound : OpSound is another nice little resource for some Creative Commons tracks.
Incompetech : All of the songs in Incompetech are composed by one guy, span a multitude of genres, and are released under a Creative Commons license.
BenSound : BenSound is yet another great Creative Commons resource.
YouTube Audio Library : Did you know that YouTube has a massive library of free tracks and sound effects? True story.
Edutopia: A 5-step Guide to Making your Own Instructional Videos
https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-step-guide-making-your-own-instructional-videos
Website: https://www.wevideo.com/
WeVideo for Schools: https://www.wevideo.com/education
WeVideo is a browser-based video full-featured video editor which can be used with Chromebooks, with tight integration with Google Drive and Google Classroom.
There is a free version with limited capabilities, plus a variety of paid versions with different features-
See https://www.wevideo.com/sign-up
Creating an account: https://www.wevideo.com/
Tutorials:
WeVideo Academy: https://www.wevideo.com/academy
How do I get started? https://wevideo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207987837-How-do-I-get-started-
In a typical workflow, video clips, images, and Google Slides are uploaded to Google Drive, then imported from Google Drive into WeVideo:
Both Screencastify and WeVideo can be used to create slideshow videos with Google Slides
(2) Part II of the lesson is to make clear the expectations for the final product, through text or storyboard.
Example 1: Guide to Making a Video about a Grade 7 robotics project- Margaret Burns, Weston Middle School:
VIDEO 1: SILLY WALKER
Video checklist:
Title your Movie: "Silly Walker" by_________________________________(names)
Challenge: Build a robot that walks without wheels:
Iteration1 Show First design and the problem(s) encountered.
Iteration 2: Show second design and tell the problem(s) encountered. If you did more, go on to
Iteration 3: Our Final Design Our Program Include picture of EV3 program. You might want to have a final video of your robot walking off screen.
VIDEO 2: BATTLE BOT
Video Checklist:
Names:_________________________
Opening :
_____Name: "Battle Bot" ______By: ____________(Your Name)
1. Challenge 1 - Program the Bot to move about the battle ring with a winning strategy.
____ State the above challenge in your video.
_____Show your Program including Ranges: Darks, Lights, Threshold.
_____Explain what the threshold means (The threshold is a reflected light reading by the color sensor, half way between the dark and light readings above which, the bot is triggered to change its behavior.)
_____Show your Bot traversing the ring.
2. Challenge 2 - Build the Weapon
_____State the above challenge.
_____Show the steps in building your weapon.
_____Show "Gear train" moving with generator.
_____Show attaching weapon to bot
_____Show the Program with the weapon code added.
_____Show testing Bot in ring.
3. Challenge 3- Fight!
_____State the above challenge
_____Show actual battle footage
_____Tell about problems you solved and how you solved them
_____Show any modifications to your design
4. Challenge 4 - Reflection on what I Learned
_____ State the above challenge.
_____By working with gears, I learned about MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE. "Gears provide Mechanical Advantage." With gears, you must make a choice: SPEED OR POWER. (You can't have both!)
I chose ____(Speeding Up = Gearing Up. Slowing Down = Gearing Down, but with more power. Use these definitions in your video.)
____What I learned about being a problem-solver.- Probably that it takes many versions of a design to get the best one. This is the "Engineering Model." Also, was gearing the weapon worth it? Maybe - maybe not. (It depends on your design.)
_____What else is worth telling? Was it hard but still fun? (This is up to you.)
PLEASE KEEP THIS VIDEO AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!! EDIT YOUR WORK DOWN SO THAT IT SAYS JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT INTERESTING!!!!!!!