Collection Production: Student Projects
Video projects are
a great way to motivate students. Whether developing a music video,
re-enacting a historical events, or taping a cooking show, students
love the challenge of planning and producing their own projects. Along
with having lots of fun, teachers can also address standards across
the curriculum. Students must write scripts, understand the content,
and collaborate with their peers.
Watch videos from the DigiTales project.
Both 30-second video clips and 20 minute documentaries can be effective learning experiences. When designing assignments for students, start with the specific learning outcome rather than the video product itself.
Read the off-site
article I
Read, I Learn, iMovie: Strategies for Developing Literacy in
the Context of Inquiry-based Science Instruction by Randy
Yerrick and Donna Ross from Reading Online.
Read the off-site
article, Using
Digital Video to Enhance Learning at BBC News. Explore
the student projects.
Audio and Video Projects
There are many ways to develop and share projects with audio and visual elements. One approach is to take traditional projects and add multimedia elements. Another idea is to adapt lessons and webQuests you find on the Internet. Do a Google search for video webquest, music video webquest, news video webquest, fitness video webquest or any other topic for lots of examples.
Project Ideas
The following projects could have exciting audio and video elements. Explore Multimedia project ideas from Learn NC.
- A City Lost and Found from The New York Times Learning Network
- Learning About Immigration Through Oral History from Library of Congress
- Make a Music Video from Education World
- Marketing Song of Roland - the Movie - students create a movie
Audio Products
Combine the old with the new. Create digital booktalks, book trailers, podcast book reviews, and other high tech ways of sharing books. Check out some examples (from Teachlibrarianwiki). Do a YouTube search for "book trailer" and you'll find lots of examples.
Video Products
The following webQuests are examples of inquiry-based projects that ask students to create a video as a final product.
- Learning About Tolerance through Folktales by Nancy Gorman, Community Consolidated School District 146, Tinley Park, IL
- Solar System: Mining Asteroids WebQuest
The following lessons ask students to create a video as a final product.
- Lesson One: Creating Great Audio for Video from PBS
- Understanding Television from Discovery Channel
Video Project Evaluation
Checklists, rubrics,
and other assessment tools can be used to evaluate student projects.
Be sure to think about both the process and product. If students are
working in groups, consider both individual and group assessments.
School
and Class Television Programs
Library media specialists are increasingly involved with school-wide video programs. From local cable stations to webcasting there are many ways for students to share their productions with others.
Many schools are developing their own streaming video webcasts. The best example is CHSTV.