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How to Grow Your Own Film Academy
I saw this article Edutopia and it caught my attention. I think that film making for students is a great way for many to express their creativity and for some to do things in front of students that they would never do in person.
Actually I was about 1/3 of the way thorugh the article and about to give up on it when I saw these lines. "Once he recognized the instructional value of digital storytelling, Bentley began taking advantage of local expertise to learn more about the craft of filmmaking." (Boss) I was then hooked. can this article give me more about a topic that is being introduced in our class this week. Well, the answer was not really. However, I did find a lot of useful information about how to use filmmaking in the classroom and some suggestions as to where to start if you wanted to create some type of after school club. Several teachers at our building have been pushing our principal to allow our middle school students to produce video announcements. Maybe this article will convince me to push a little bit harder. We have talked about making it an elective class for some students to take. I think if I can come up with a list of educational and informational videos that we could produce for the students body, I might have a case.
Do any of your schools have student produced video announcements?
Hi Dave - Digital storytelling in an excellent way to incorporate creativity and learning int he classroom. The process of filmmaking requires planning, logistics, creativity, analysis, teamwork, leadership - and so many other high level orders of thinking. The best part - students love it! They actually enjoy the learning. I'm a Media Technology teacher (at the high school level), and we have a series of media courses that range from beginner to advanced. We are able to achieve a great deal of interdisciplinary learning in the classes, which benefits a wide variety of students in and out of media. We do have student produced video announcements, which air each morning during homeroom. It's a complicated process, so if you're looking to start something, a once a month production that wraps up things that have happened in the school over that time period might be the way to go. Let me know if you'd like any other suggestions!
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