For a quick overview of the process of teaching students to
share their stories and ideas through digital media, view Behind the
Scenes, a movie created by April Payne. Behind
the Scenes documents the strategies she used to help her
first graders create the "Good Readers" video.
This
link will take you to PDF files you can print for all
the planning sheets and role assignments that Mrs.
Payne created for class video editing projects.
Mathew
Needleman teaches in the LAUSD and has produced many
sites that support teachers as they use technology to
improve instruction. (The City Mouse and the Country
Mouse.)
Lee's Summit R7 School District in Missouri has an
excellent site listing links to resources in every
area of Educational Technology including the
Storyboarding link to the left.
The
American Film Institute (AFI) of Hollywood has amazing
resources to help teachers and students maximize
learning through the production of high quality movies.
Their resources are powerful!
At this
site you can actually print an outstanding
book that explains the art of filmmaking for students.
You'll find the links for each chapter on the lower left
sidebar of the page.
KQED's
website devotes a section to video production in the
classroom and provides tips from experts in the field. They also sponsor the Coming to California
Contest that has a category for video entries.
This site
is filled with VALUABLE information: glossaries, filming
and sound tips, editing tips, and especially critical
information to help students use video tools
effectively. (Ex: What to do before, during and after an
interview.
