This document provides guidance for teachers on creating video projects with students. It outlines why video projects are useful, such as for reinforcement and assessment. It also covers the technical and human requirements, including needing a digital camera, movie making software, and patience. The document discusses production roles for students and different options for editing and sharing final videos depending on the content. It emphasizes practicing video making and addresses post-production choices around editing.

1. Lights, Action, Camera! Making a Video Lab Barbara De Santis NJSTA-October 2008

2. Where are you? To infinity and beyond Highway Paved road Dirt road

3. How could your students use a video?

4. The first movie

5. Voicethread (digital camera)

6. Photostory- Mystery Class

7. The Snakemen Cometh (animoto )

8. 8 th grade sample

9. Today’s plan Why Requirements How

10. Why? Missing Student/Reinforcement Assessment Technology Literacy Standards

11. The day I became a digital convert… 135 views

12. Technical Requirements Free Have/Borrow Digital Camera Movie Maker Software (WMM / Imovie or Photostory) Animoto Voicethread Teacher tube Blog/web site File conversion (if needed)

13. Human Requirements Have Need Patience Practice Time Energy Student Permission Check with your district

14. The Procedures

15. Production Roles Camera Opener/closer Demonstrator(s) Voice Director

16. The Director’s Cut

17. If you have photos Animoto Voicethread Photostory

18. If you have videos Movie (edit) Voicethread Just upload

19. Product Pros Cons All Easy to use/share Free Voicethread Comment types WWW based Animoto Remix WWW based Limited editing Photostory Motion/Text PC based WMM Special Effects Save often PC based

20. How to share things URL address/email Web/blog (embed as widget) Teacher tube

21. Last thoughts Learnings Editing room Practice

22. What I learned.. Focus on the lab Practice- executive director- quiet Ensure privacy Photo releases Posting methods Private on teachertube/share URL or embed

23. To edit or not? Yes No Add titles, credits, images, music, special effects, cropping Additional classroom time (technology class?) Can enhance (text, images) More style than content “ Live” nature

24. Resources www.tinyurl.com/techsayreville