Digital Video is a great tool, but needs a lot of modeling and scaffolding. In grad school, I had the opportunity to participate in making a video using a flip camera and Windows Media Maker. This was the second time I had ever use the flip camera. This was a neat experience. I also never imported a video into WMM and had the chance to edit it. I thought it was pretty cool how we were able to edit the links of the video and music. I think my students would have fun making a video. I think third grade would be a little too young to teach the editing part, but they could definitely be taught how to use the clip camera. I might just have to try this. The next SOL I am teaching in science is Soil and I just might be able to come up with something.
I just had another idea that I could use it for. In math geometry is taught. Third graders learn about lines, line segments, rays, points, and angles. They are able to make these using their fists and arms. They could demonstrate these geometric lines and angles in a video. I would have to model how to write the treatment and the story map. This is a lesson I might considered doing at the end of the year to review for SOL's. It could be posted on the school website for anyone to use.
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