Film as a Form of Learning Expression:
Check out this student created video compilation project that incorporated students' growing understanding of U.S. Government and Civil Rights.

 
Movie Making as Teaching and Learning Tool:

 
     Every man, every woman, every child is a unique individual with a worldview and creative understanding unlike any other. Knowing this, it makes sense...no!...it becomes  IMPERATIVE that we allow students to be creative in both the way they learn and in their expression. In education, we call this differentiation, and one tool that technology affords us for this purpose is video. It is now easier than ever to create and share an idea or perspective through digital media.  






Site for Introducing Film Into Your Classroom

How-to site for educators: http://kidsvid.altec.org/

Awsome! Student made video explaining how they have learned and used movie making (great for prepping your students):
http://www.brainpop.com/video_tutorials/making_our_own_movies/

Listed below are a few links to research supporting the use of digital media in the classroom.  Links for film in school:

http://www.edutopia.org/students-find-their-voices-through-multimedia

http://www.theyouthfilmproject.org/films.htm

http://www.moviemaker.com/education/article/idyllwild_arts_academy_high_school_moviemakers_20080304/

http://wondertime.go.com/create-and-play/article/kid-movie-making.html


How to make a movie:
http://kidsvid.altec.org/making.html

Curricular Justification

  Students can use video as a form of narrative expression, understanding plot and sequence, and as a culminative activity to any lesson (among many other curricular ties). Movies also provide one form of practical application and provide students with a purpose for their learning.

Teachernet podcasting.

My Video Project:       

   The following iMovie is the first video I've made and can happily report that it took less than 40 minutes from conception to completion. It was made with slides, not video, and may seem racy (it is really about dogs playing at the park):

 

Podcasting in the Classroom:

    Click HERE for an example of an amazing student Podcast by students. 

       Podcasting offers yet another way for students to display their creativity while learning or demonstrating their understanding.My non-technical definition: A Podcast is an audio file that sometimes includes video and can be downloaded and played on a portable music/video player or on the web.  It is a bit like listening to a prerecorded radio show. Podcasting requires little programming and takes up less space on a hard drive than other file formats. Learn about it here.

GarageBand for Macs is an example of PodCasting Software. I don't own a Mac, so I used this site to download free Podcasting software that is compatable with PCs: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

This sit provides links to all questions about podcasting for educators:http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/cil/lead/readwrite/podcasting.html

Find more student created Podcasts at  http://epnweb.org/index.php?openpod=16#16 links to the podcasts are listed in the left column.