Video project
After corresponding and doing some projects together, students will now have a chance to see eachother on video.
Objectives:
students will learn how to use a video camera (if they don't already know)
students will introduce themselves orally
students will describe interesting places and services from their school
the teacher will send a copy of the video to partner classes
- Step one: preparation
- Divide your class into teams of 3 or 4 (depending on the number of students you have).
- Have students determine the major and interesting places and services in your school. List on board.
- Have them decide on which places they would like to describe. Make a list.
- As a homework, students should prepare questions to gather as much information as they can on the place they have chosen. They bring their work to class.
- Go over student's questions as a group so anyone can suggest other questions to ask to get pertinent information.
- Students should determine who is the best person in school who could answer their questions.
- Step two: logistics
- Borrow a video camera from school (for about two weeks).
- You should determine if the students should do the video during class or out of class time.
- Set a schedule with your students allowing about 30 minutes of camera time for each team.
- You might also want to know who can use their own video camera to cut time on the borrowed camera from school.
- Make sure you have parents sign an agreement allowing their child to use the home camera for this project.
- If students use personal cameras, editing the final version then becomes an issue. Make sure you can deal with that.
- Step three: making the video
- Have students film on location. Have them introduce themselves (name, age, how long they've been in this school,etc.) and describe the place or service they have chosen on camera.
- They can include interviews.
- Then, it's on with the next student and so on.
- Ask students not to rewind the tape so the next team can start recording right where the previous team has finished. This will diminish editing time.
- Step four: evaluation
- Play the final version to your students before you send the tape to your partners.
- Students should auto-evaluate themselves according to these criteria:
* Quality of information/questions---10 points
* Quality of language (syntax, pronounciation, vocabulary)----20 points
* Seriousness and autonomy in the project----10 points
- Compare your grades with theirs. What's the average difference?
- Step five: send the tape
- Send a copy of the final version to your partner school via snail mail and wait to get your partner's tape.
- You might want to bring POPCORN to class to view your partner's video tape. :-)
Happy viewing!
MGD