Videography

Millions of Americans watch 5 to 10 hours of television each week and see many movies every year. Do your students want to make their own videos and maybe become the next Steven Spielberg?

Video Production | Digital Storytelling

Video Production

Kids Vid gives teachers and students tools for producing videos in the classroom, and for creating a digital productions resource. Inspired in part by professional videographer and instructor Mike Keating, this site also connects classrooms around the world so they can develop joint productions.

You Ought to Be in Pictures: An Introduction to Making Videos, from YouthLearn provides an overview of video production and links to detailed information on many steps in the process, such as storyboarding, animation, and more.

Media Arts: Video Editing is for middle and high school students. Created by high school students, the ThinkQuest site discusses movie and video editing software such as Adobe Premiere and how to use transitions, effects, and filters in video projects.

Adobe Systems Corporation maintains the Adobe Digital Kids Club. Students can learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements software for Windows and Mac to edit, enhance, organize, and share images taken with digital cameras. Adobe Premiere Elements enables them to produce classroom videos and multimedia presentations.

Using Video Production to Improve Student Learning help teachers to get a video program going. Among areas covered are books for kids; using video editing in the classroom; links to free music, photos, and video clips; copyright guidelines; curriculum video ideas; and general video and software support. The site includes Good Readers, an award-winning movie produced by San Diego, California, first graders.

Creating Video for iPod is an Apple Computer site that can help students create and view videos on their iPods with QuickTime 7 Pro. The site also offers a general tutorial on iPod use that covers transferring and playing music, maximizing playback time, using the iPod’s hard disk, troubleshooting, and more.

This Video Guide from the San Mateo County Office of Education’s Project-Based Learning with Multimedia has information on production, post-production, and editing. Also included are rubrics and suggestions for choosing a topic, defining the audience, prototyping, interviewing, and more.

Developed by a Fullerton, California, teacher, Multimedia at Parks Junior High describes a semester-length elective course in video production. Included are course objectives, correlations to California State Standards, and much more.

The Video Resource Center, from the online educator’s journal eSchool News, keeps educators up to date on the latest projects, contests, products, and grants related to video production in the classroom.

Teaching and Learning with Streaming is a University of Wisconsin-Madison site about Internet streaming video in the classroom. The site includes UW-Madison faculty perspectives on using streaming video, insights about practical applications, tips for success, and a tutorial for instructional design.

Digital Storytelling

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling provides an introduction to digital storytelling along with educational goals and objectives, samples of digital stories, and other resources.

Educational consultant Bernajean Porter created DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories. DigiTales provides examples of digital stories, e-learning tutorials, image and sound sources, copyright guidelines, and a variety of other resources. Storytelling tools for both Windows and Macintosh computers are included.

This Web site showcases Digital Stories by Students and Teachers, encouraging schools to submit their fictional, educational, and personal digital stories so others can learn for their work. Also included are links to storytelling sites, video, audio, and photo tools.

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