Video Technology in Middle and High Schools

A middle school science teacher who has used different forms of video production for several years in science classes as well as the end-point of an interdisciplinary Science - English- History (for grade 6) project, I am interested in what others may be doing in this field. Especially, of interest, are ways to do it successfully without a high end production capability and long blocks of time.

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Permalink Reply by Kate Fanelli on September 12, 2008 at 2:47pm

I do an annual video assessment project. Every year my high school special education students do a "Junkyard War" project where, inspired by the TV show, they make a machine out of junk. Before building, they do research, labs, math related handouts, etc. Then they build and test. Then they compete to see who made the best machine. One of our favorite machines to build are catapults, but we do elevators, boats, and ramps. Anyway, throughout the project students are required to take digital still and video photography because after the junkyard war is done, they make a documentary film of their experience, process and mathematical learning in iMovie. I have pretty specific requirements for what information is in the film as well as what types of clips they make (video v. still clips, math content, handouts/photos, etc.). I allow about 3 weeks for the completion of the movie. The kids will take as long as you give them. From the beginning of downloading raw footage and photos to the burning the finished DVD it takes about an hour per minute of movie, depending on how much stuff they have to do. They like the project and they especially like to watch each other's movies.

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