Video Check of Weekly MAP Packet

I used this as a check for our weekly MAP practice packets.  Students graded their own
packet and scored it accordingly.

Gordon Video

I had the students write new lyrics to a song of their group's choice to go with the branches of government. Then, they performed them for the class and I took a video with my iPhone then uploaded them to youtube. I really liked the project and so did the students. I would definitely do this project again. The only challenge I had was the students having to take a couple "tries" to get it perfect and I would turn the music down a little to be able to hear the kids singing. The kids love being youtube stars and love to see how many "views" they have.

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My classes watched a video on fruit selection and storage, and one on decision-making.  I used Photostory to make a video that featured different fruit pizzas to provide the students with ideas for decorating their pizzas.

Schneider Videos

When talking about sound waves, vibration, frequency, and pitch, I showed the students a video of different pitches. We cannot hear a frequency above 20,000 hertz. The video plays a freqency up to 18,000 Hz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=fFmiLHaKXhI&NR=1

I created a video which shows two different types of electric circuits and how they are different. The students made these circuits in class: a series circuit and a parallel circuit. This is a great way to review and clearify what happens for those students who didn't get their circuits to work. Also, this is a great recap for the students who were absent the day we did this in class.

Video Consumption and Creation Project

This week I integrated several video clips about the solar system into my Earth, Sun, and Moon unit in third grade. To give my students a better format for consuming the videos, I saved the videos to my favorites list and had students access my You Tube channel. This went better than I expected, but I did have several students trying to click on the other suggested videos on the right hand side of the screen, and this was hard to manage at first. These video clips really got my kids interested and engaged, as well as thinking more critically about the information. Below is the link to my You Tube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ecraden23?feature=BF


A few months ago, I created an video slideshow on Animoto to enhance a unit on the Explorers. What I liked about Animoto was that it was very user friendly and straightforward. It is very simple to add music, change the background, and upload pictures to the show. One thing that I did not like, however, was that it limited you to so many words per slide. I did not want to overburden the slide with text, but I did want to add just one or two more words in some cases and I was unable to do so. Overall, my kids thought it was neat that I had made the video, and many of them asked if they could try making one. I think that sounds like a great idea, and at the end of our current science unit, I am going to allow them to make an Animoto slideshow. Below is the link to the slideshow I created for my Explorers unit. I apologize for not being able to embed the video.

http://animoto.com/play/eLC9DR4gF78UT0XMheZ1dQ

Solid Figures Around the Classroom - Kerri Ryan

My class looked around the classroom for objects that can represent solid figures.  They really enjoyed this activity because they had an opportunity to record their findings.  The students showed their findings using video or animoto. 

Make a video of your own at Animoto.

An example of consumption this past week is this great song I found on youtube.  The song is about the water cycle and my students have really enjoyed the effects in the video. 

Hausner Video Project

The students' video project went right along with their audio project. They had already recorded their voices and taken pictures for their virtual tour of the school that is on the blog,so I had some of them take video instead of pictures. The video recordings were added to their blog along with pictures and audio recordings. Click here to check out the blog. Once you get to the blog, the links to their individual schools are on the right.

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I used Animoto to create a video that I can show to my Clothing students at the beginning of the semester. I will be taking pictures throughout the remainder of the semester of students working in class and finished sewing projects. I found this site to be very easy to work with!
http://animoto.com/play/1V2bax6pmpAv0adHK6rrFg

Lyons Video

Reflect on the following questions:
Tell us about your video project. What was successful? Challenging?

For studying the 2 decades in between the World Wars, I assigned each kid with a specific country and they had to research its history more in depth.  The kids had to present their information to class using ANYTHING but power point.  I gave my kids the options of animoto, prezzi, movie maker, photo story, skit, or record a video.  

The kids had the opportunity to get creative and had several days to research and create it.  However, most kids chose the easiest options which was prezzi, but I did have a few groups use photo story. The challenging aspect was determining how to assess the project.  While all of the kids had the required amount of content, some put more effort into the presentation of the information.

Roegner's video assignment

I am going to post the assignment I gave my students, but I haven't received the results yet (those will start trickling in on Monday).  Instead of assigning the traditional journals for the independent 19th-century British novels my English II Honors students read, I gave them several options.  Two are video assignments.

 Independent Novel Assignments

For each third of your independent novel, you will have a choice of assignments to complete.  Choose ONE assignment for each of the three sections.  You must do a different assignment for each section.  Each assignment is worth 50 points.

Choice 1: Complete a journal in triple quotes format.  One column will be the quote, one column will be literary element identification and context, and one column will be analysis of the significance of the quote (just like your Jekyll and Hyde journals).  You will need a total of 15 quotes for the section.  There needs to be at least one quote per chapter unless your book has more than 15 chapters in the section.

Choice 2: Film yourself performing a scene from your book.  You may recruit other people to help you perform.  You may even do a puppet show or animation if you’re into that.  Your film must be at least 5 minutes long.  You are responsible for obtaining all film-making equipment and programs.  You will need to be able to submit your film to Moodle or Youtube.

Choice 3:  Use a program like Photo Story, Movie Maker, or iMovie to create a presentation over the characters in your book.  Pretend you are casting a film adaptation of the novel.  You must choose actors to portray at least 10 characters in the assigned reading.  Find a picture for each actor.  On the picture, write text that identifies the character and actor.  Also provide a description of the character. You will also need to include a song you feel would be good theme music for your book.  If your book already has a recent film adaptation, you must choose different actors.  You will need to be able to submit your presentation to Moodle or Youtube. 

Choice 4: Write a short story or script in which you rewrite a part of the book and place it in an alternate setting (for example, a modern-day or futuristic setting).  Or, you could write a short story or script that shows what would happen if a major event in the book occurred differently.  Your short story/script must be at least 1,500 words long.

Choice 5: Write diary entries about what is happening in your book from a prospective other than the protagonist’s.  Your entries must sound like they are written by someone from the 19^th century, and they must reflect the characterization of the character you choose.  Your diary entries need to be at least 1,500 words total.

Reading assignments:

	Due March 5th	Due March 15th	Due March 27th
Pride and Prejudice	Volume 1 (ch.1-23)	Volume 2 (ch. 24-42)	Volume 3 (ch. 43-60)
Frankenstein	Volume 1 (ch. 1-7)	Volume 2 (ch. 8-16)	Volume 3 (ch. 17-23)
A Tale of Two Cities	Book 1 (ch. 1-6)	Book 2 (ch. 7-31)	Book 3 (ch. 32-46)
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Preface-ch. 6	Ch. 7-13	Ch. 14-20
Wuthering Heights	Ch. 1-11 (Vo1. 1)	Ch. 12-22 (Vol. 2.8)	Ch. 23-34
Jane Eyre	Vo1ume 1 (ch. 1-15)	Volume 2 (ch. 16-26)	Volume 3 (ch. 27-38)

Video assignment

Here is a video I show for the stages of grief:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z3lmidmrY

I currently have a student teacher so I have not assigned a video assignment.  However, earlier in the year my kids created children's stories using storybook.

German listening activity

I wanted to make a video using clips the kids tookof themselves using irregular German verbs.  However, I did not get enough usable clips.  So I made this up on YouTube and am using it as a listening activity for my 7th graders' test this Thursday and Friday.  I have new clips of a German house that I would like to edit into a video for my 8th graders, and hopefully Colin will show me how to do that!

Flight

Students watch video of flight.


Kids are picking up a bobbin from circle #1 and moving it to circle #3 using a storing position.

Creation Video

MAP Concentration Words

My students created this video using MAP concentration vocabulay words. The students helped create the video, and they view it daily to help prepare them for the MAP test.

Diane Hoffman's Consumption Video

I used this video of Tim Tebow reading the book, Green Eggs & Ham, to students. I showed this video to my reading groups to let them see that not even famous people are comfortable with reading aloud. They found it fun to critique Tim Tebow's reading skills. Then the students discussed and compared their reading skills and attitudes to others.

 Green Eggs & Ham

Harlem Renaissance Video

Video Project Idea--Baumgartner

We will be starting our ecology unit in the next week.  There are several topics about water and how water becomes polluted.  We will do a powerpoint project about pollution and it's effects on the environment, especially water. The powerpoint will feature VOICEOVER, where the students record their voice, as well as, any audio they chose.  Music, sounds, etc.  This will give the students a chance to create a movie like project.  I am also looking at a way to incorporate one of the video/audio resources discussed last time.

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