This document describes a project for students in a Greek language course to create an educational video about Athens for visitors. The project aims to have students synthesize what they've learned and apply skills like digital video production, teamwork, and time management. Students work in groups to plan, film, and edit a 3-minute video. They receive feedback and grades based on criteria like content mastery, production quality, and division of labor. The goals are for students to illustrate concepts learned, use technology creatively, and express their ideas suitably for the intended audience.

1. Creating videos as a tool for outreach to multicultural students Theresa Giakoumatou 2nd Lyceum Of Intercultural Education

2. Our project Beware of Greeks – Creation of a video- guide for visitors of Athens Students in a Greek-language course create their own fun, but educational video demonstrating concepts learned in classroom ( mainly History – Modern Greek and computer skills).

3. Benefits Students need to learn so many things to present material in a video. Project requires long term planning and conceptualization.

4. Applications to other disciplines This assignment is an excellent way for students to synthesize and present information learned in a lesson, and could be applied to many disciplines.

5. Description for Students The goal of this project is to extend what you have learned by designing a video for tourists visiting Athens. EduTubePlusprovides a platform for sharing user-generated content. You can use whatever video filming and authoring tool you prefer, as long as it is supported by EduTubePlus.

6. More instructions Please create your video for someone who does not have any prior knowledge of Greece. The best submissions will be showcased on our school’s website. The project should be straightforward, captivating, and professionally done. You will work in teams of four.

7. Objectives The objectives for this assignment were: Effectively illustrate concepts. Utilize technology to present your ideas. Express your ideas in a suitable for the occasion way.

8. Project Stages Students are placed in groups of four to create a three-minute video. Submission of a draft for the introductory section is due during the first week of the project. Each group is expected to submit a 250 word prospectus that describes their idea for the project.

9. Project Stages -2 Once that is accepted the groups have to plan the story line for their video project. Videos must include title screen listing student names

10. Skills Utilized Digital video authoring Teamwork Presentationskills Creative storytelling Time management

11. Equipment and Software Usedbr />Digital Video Camera Digital camera Photostory Moviemaker Word processor Web browser

12. Grading Process Content. 50%.Be rigorous and demonstrate mastery of the subject. Entertainment Value. 20%The video should be captivating.

13. Grading Process Production Quality. 10%Check the sound quality and make sure you have good transitions, lighting, and that the camera is not too shaky. Each Video Should be Three Minutes Long. 10%A sliding scale will be used to make deductions the farther away from 3 minutes you are.

14. Grading Process Division of Labor (Credits). 5%Please state that you worked together on the project by all appearing in the credit section. Works Cited. 5%Every project requires sources. At the end of the project include a works cited screen that includes the sources you used in pulling this together.

15. The problem Our students are digital natives They think and process information in a fundamentally different way from their predecessors

16. Benefits Our goal with this project was not only to access and consume content but to interact with it. To construct meaning by connecting ideas around this subject embellishing it with personal experiences.

17. Benefits-2 We applied technology to develop students’ higher order skills and creativity We tried to challenge pupils’ understanding and promote deeper thinking and reflection.

18. Project based We tried to integrate pupils’ prior knowledge and understanding of the subject We adopted a multidisciplinary approach with this problem-solving pursuit stimulating students to create content in different forms

19. Collaboration is the key We gave our pupils opportunities to communicate in interesting and meaningful ways We encouraged learners to participate in collaborative efforts where pupils and teachers complement one another’s skills, expertise and knowledge.

20. Active learners This project offered opportunities to develop target language skills in specific contexts. We encouraged them to be active creators of the target language and not merely passive recipients of it.

21. Authentic learning environment Our pupils are immigrants and they are in their second year of learning Greek. They had the incentive to perfect their presentation because it will be seen by a live audience.

22. Real-world relevance Authentic activities such as constructing a video guide match the real-world tasks of professionals in practice as nearly as possible. Learning rises to the level of authenticity when it asks students to work actively with concepts, facts inside a realistic environment

23. Multiple sources and perspectives Learners are not given a list of resources. Authentic activities provide the opportunity for students to examine the task from a variety of perspectives, using a variety of resources, and requires students to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information in the process.

24. Collaboration Success is not achievable by an individual learner working alone. Our project made collaboration integral to the task.

25. Reflection (metacognition) Authentic activities such as constructing a user generated video enable learners to make choices and reflect on their learning, both individually and as a team or community.

26. Integrated assessment Assessment is not merely summative in authentic activities but is woven seamlessly into the major task in a manner that reflects real-world evaluation processes.

27. Thank you for your kind attention!