Obviously I went right for this chapter of the book Teaching with Digital Video, edited by G. Bull and L. Bell. I appreciate the idea the authors present of three different activities to do with digital video: watching, analyzing, and creating. Analyzing and creating are particular easy and seamless in a Language Arts classroom- and videos are usually just used for watching after the class has finished reading its corresponding work of text- but I never really applied that thinking to videos....a communication genre that truly is a part of the language world.
Like I mentioned, watching videos is the easiest to do, but should not be taken for granted. Part of our discussion on Monday mentioned how all teachers hold differing levels of ability with technology. One of the seventh grade teachers at my base placement asked me if I could help her make a video full screen.......I just dragged the corner of the window until it was the right size. So, even people more comfortable with technology still need to be conscious of other teachers wanting to start into the realm of digital media- literally from the ground, up.
I love the lesson shared in this chapter for Analyzing digital video, because it involves the students interacting directly with the technology as well as presenting something of themselves that they created. This "Performance Poetry" lesson includes teacher and student collaborative feedback, creative writing, poetry, self-expression, student presentation, with a great list of suggested resources....all wins...So I will definitely keep note of this lesson plan.
You can't get any more student involvement than you get from students creating their own product. I love the book trailer idea shared in this chapter (another one I plan to use one day), because the students have to completely absorb the text and present its parts that held most meaning for them. This is also a great opportunity for a middle school teacher to scaffold student understanding of copyright and appropriate media use, while the students sift through potentially mass amounts of helpful content online. I think the students would love it, but still display an endless amount of standards mastery!
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