Throughout the school year, our class enjoyed starring in videos about the children in K10. Recently, our students decided they were no longer satisfied with being the actors. They announced they wanted to be the ones to create the videos that are produced in K10.
We discussed how to record a video using the iPad, what requirements were needed for the video to be of a good quality, and how to work as a team to create the best videos.
We discussed how to record a video using the iPad, what requirements were needed for the video to be of a good quality, and how to work as a team to create the best videos.
In small groups we went even more in depth, discussing how the director helps the “star”. The students decided to work out a “thumbs up” signal for when the recording began so the students being recorded would know when to begin speaking. Finally, we learned how to edit the footage!
These are some of the children's comments:
- “When you are the one (the student recording) you don’t talk because the noise should be from the other kids.” ~ Eric
- “You push the button. The red one. Then you wait until the 2 (2 seconds) and you give a thumbs up. Then the person can talk. “~ Regina
- “To make the video you go to camera and to the word with the v for video. Then you can push the button and start.” ~ Constanza
In Nursery 3 we noticed it is not easy to explain to nursery students what Earth is. For children to understand this concept we gave them a visual image of Earth. With the help of Google Earth we could provide students with the opportunity to see Earth “from space” and zoom in on our school.
After checking out ASFG, we went back out into space and let the children choose where to go. Many of them wanted to see their homes, others Disney World, others the beach. We took several quick “trips” to these different places. Students saw the Earth from a different perspective and noticed how daytime was on one side of the planet while night time was on another. Google Earth provided the children with the chance to see how all the different places they know exist in one single place; Planet Earth. This was the perfect introduction to begin our “Earth Week Unit”