Week #10

Well the video project is complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay1KdZfAjwE - I was allowed to do this project with my students in the classroom a chose the concept of 'Horseplay' as main topic. I have actually experience this on a day to day basis with some of my students. Maybe when you watched the video one might think it is a little harsh. I can assure that no one was injured during the making of this video. I used the storybook template with the students and we spent a period one day orchestrating what we would do and how we were going to film everything. We shot the footage the very next day and even how time to do the sound. I use a 'Safety' ring binder in the classroom and that is where we found a website that had a lot of statistics on teenage workplace injuries - http://www.careersafeonline.com/demo/demo.html - Those statistics were very powerful so the students wanted that to come across in the video. Together we had a lot of fun making the video and the kids love the fact that some of them are on YouTube. Of course all the proper permission forms were filled out and signed first by the parents and the students after I obtain verbal permission from the administration to do this project. Since 'Safety' is such a hot button topic in schools, I plan on building a video collection by choosing a different safety topic every year.Hope everyone enjoyed the video!!!!

Week #8

Well we are getting ready to make a video in class. It is supposed to be a short video, 30 to 90 seconds long and have a public service announcement message to it. Taking a look back, I guess there would have been many reasons to use video in my previous projects. Just the fact that when you use that kind of technology over and over again you will get more proficient. It doesn't have to be a long video either. As an Automotive Technology Instructor, I had to learn how to take what I have mastered and break it down into very small chunks. Some of those 'chunks' could be taught with the help of video taping. I find myself thinking about using diigo. I could use that technology to create a page that would contain some video links to YouTube. Classroom teaching, homework, and make-up work would good examples of how 'video taping' could be incorporated into my program.