My first digital video editing project done in class was a super fun experience. It was so much nicer to be able to add in the transitions so that it actually looked like the characters were interacting, even though the scenes were recorded at different times. In the end, it ended up being a hilarious video that incorporated lots of new techniques I'd never used before.
I also really liked that we took on the format of an interview because it helped my group to think about our topic in a different way.
There are so many ways to use digital video in the classroom...my mind is already stirring with ideas! Check back to see what I've come up with...
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Podcasts in 2nd grade
So I pose the question to myself: How can I incorporate podcasting into 2nd grade? So many ideas are going through my head. Famous explorers...Native Americans...meteorologists of the day...and then I think...DAILY NEWS!!
At the end of every day, my students and I do a shared writing about our day. We meet on the carpet for only about 5 minutes and write a paragraph describing our day. It's a great way to daily revisit many of the writing qualities that my students need to develop as a 2nd graders. As I write on my easel, the students write in a notebook. What if, at the end of every day, there are 2 students who are responsible for then recording a reading of our daily news, and then posting it to a class blog? (which is slowly becoming a big goal for NEXT year...everytime I sit down to start on it...something else comes up!!) This would be a great way to keep parents informed on what we do in class each day, and each episode really would be coming to them from The Surf's Up Kids in Room 202!! I'm pretty excited about how this will play out!
At the end of every day, my students and I do a shared writing about our day. We meet on the carpet for only about 5 minutes and write a paragraph describing our day. It's a great way to daily revisit many of the writing qualities that my students need to develop as a 2nd graders. As I write on my easel, the students write in a notebook. What if, at the end of every day, there are 2 students who are responsible for then recording a reading of our daily news, and then posting it to a class blog? (which is slowly becoming a big goal for NEXT year...everytime I sit down to start on it...something else comes up!!) This would be a great way to keep parents informed on what we do in class each day, and each episode really would be coming to them from The Surf's Up Kids in Room 202!! I'm pretty excited about how this will play out!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Podcasting
Before reading about podcasts, and discussing them in class, I had not been subjected to them in any way before. (I say it like this because from what I gather from others, you have to be a specific type of person to love following podcasts...and currently I don't think I'm one of them!) I had an understanding that podcasts were something that was recorded and completely audio, and could be added to an ipod, but that was about it. I was very surprised to see all the sites out there that offer podcasts! This really is a culture that I wasn't aware of!
After having to create our own podcasts in class, I found that that PROCESS for creating the podcast was extremely beneficial and could be for my students in various ways. Not only did I have to RESEARCH Thurgood Marshall and search and sort through lots of information to determine what was important, I also had to decide how to put that in my own WORDS as we created a script. Then, we had to read it, and therefore, take ownership over this newly learned (or reviewed!) information. This process is extremely powerful as it incorporates DEAPR and can easily be attached to an authentic problem!
After having to create our own podcasts in class, I found that that PROCESS for creating the podcast was extremely beneficial and could be for my students in various ways. Not only did I have to RESEARCH Thurgood Marshall and search and sort through lots of information to determine what was important, I also had to decide how to put that in my own WORDS as we created a script. Then, we had to read it, and therefore, take ownership over this newly learned (or reviewed!) information. This process is extremely powerful as it incorporates DEAPR and can easily be attached to an authentic problem!
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