Technology and Innovation

In the end. every one of them got to be the director, camera-person, lighting expert, sound person and actor,  digital cameras. I edited the piece myself to show them and their parents what an excellent job they did. The nice thing about educating in this fashion is that you can keep the class well-organized, teach a lot of information in a short amount of time and come out with a coherent video. However, the final video doesn’t communicate the children’s own thoughts.

You are teaching video techniques and storytelling, and you are not overly concerned about how it looks. I’ve found two productive ways to teach video. One is to start with a storyboard I wrote ahead of time and concentrate on the technical aspects of video. The other is to approach students with an open slate by letting them decide what to say and how to say it. Both have benefits and drawbacks.