So I asked my students today: Other than Myspace and YouTube, what are your favorite sites? Here are some of their answers:
MoFunZone
Stardoll
Club Penguin
Zwinky
What about your students? Post their favorites in the comments.
Saturday
What's popular with the kids?
So I asked my students today: Other than Myspace and YouTube, what are your favorite sites? Here are some of their answers:
MoFunZone
Stardoll
Club Penguin
Zwinky
What about your students? Post their favorites in the comments.
Thursday
On Designing a Curriculum
It took a little longer than I expected, but I've finally finished writing my video production curriculum. This spring I'm teaching two classes in two very different programs, so I couldn't cut and paste and cheat. (ha!) I had to dig deep for new ideas and also spent some time revising successful past projects.
One thing I've learned has become my keystone for writing digital video curriculum:
Students learn best by doing. Nowadays I try to stand back as much as possible and let them figure it out. When I was just starting out I spent a lot of time showing them how and explaining long lists of do's and don'ts. (Of course I didn't know it then, but I was actually spending a lot of time boring the students instead of engaging them.)
For example, I get the camera into their hands on day one. I'll quickly review inserting tapes and how to start/stop the camera. Then I send them out with a worksheet or to do list. They have a fixed amount of time to shoot and then bring the footage back to the whole class to review. While they shoot, I hover and watch what they're doing. If a student hesitates, stalls or asks me to tell them what to do, I might ask them a question like, "I don't know, what do YOU think you should do here?"
So what's your keystone? What do you start with as you design your curriculum?
One thing I've learned has become my keystone for writing digital video curriculum:
Students learn best by doing. Nowadays I try to stand back as much as possible and let them figure it out. When I was just starting out I spent a lot of time showing them how and explaining long lists of do's and don'ts. (Of course I didn't know it then, but I was actually spending a lot of time boring the students instead of engaging them.)
For example, I get the camera into their hands on day one. I'll quickly review inserting tapes and how to start/stop the camera. Then I send them out with a worksheet or to do list. They have a fixed amount of time to shoot and then bring the footage back to the whole class to review. While they shoot, I hover and watch what they're doing. If a student hesitates, stalls or asks me to tell them what to do, I might ask them a question like, "I don't know, what do YOU think you should do here?"
So what's your keystone? What do you start with as you design your curriculum?
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