I frequently get wonderful e-mails from teachers who’ve discovered our class films. They have some questions in them so I decided it was time to answer a couple of them. If you have questions after reading, please post those questions below as a comment. -Mathew 1. How did you get started? My Filmmaking Background I …
Tag: Video in the Classroom
Video in the Classroom Interview: It’s Elementary
I was a guest Tuesday on the It’s Elementary show with Jose Rodriguez, Alice Mercer, and Lisa Durff to discuss using video production/podcasting in the elementary classroom. They were terrific hosts and I had fun being on the show. I particularly enjoyed brainstorming productions gone wrong. It forced me to think more about how you …
Summing Up: Blog Year One
A Brief History of My Blog (Open Court Reading Strategy: Summarizing) Birth This blog started last year as another way of communicating with visitors of my site, Open Court Resources.com. Open Court, for the uninitiated, is the required reading series in Los Angeles Unified and many other large districts across the country. Some people …
Design and Storytelling in Film
An interesting conversation began in Students 2.0, where Anthony, a high school student, wrote, “…like home movies, most…student videos are lacking a thesis and a design to support them. As technology allows us to integrate creative projects…we need to give students the tools to funnel their creative efforts into an effective and cohesive whole.” I …