Digital Movies

My video is called "It's Summertime."  It is based on activities that my family does during the summer months.  My sister has a pool that we visit quite frequently during the summer.  Her house is a central place for the whole family to gather, relax and have fun.  When we do not go to my sister's house, we have full access to the lake that is in my neighborhood.  My kids, my friends, and myself spend plenty of time at the lake.  The park is another place that we go to often.  At my house, we do not have very many outside toys for the kids to play on.  They enjoy running around and having an assortment of playground equipment to play on.  

Aside from the content in the video, I enjoyed creating the video itself.  The video was fairly easy to create and does not take much time.  It would be a great tool to use in a classroom as well.  During the school year, I could take pictures of the children doing various projects and activities in the class.  At the end of the year I could make a video for the parent as a souvenir of their child's year.  This way, the parents will always have memorabilia of their child's elementary school year.  

Also, the children can use this to create a video that may go along with a project that they are assigned as well.  For example, the students may be assigned a project about volunteering.  They could use pictures of themselves and others volunteering to show various types of activities that are considered volunteering.  This would also tie into NETS-T. 

Digital videos can tie into a few standards.  For one, they facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity.  The video requires the student to think outside the box.  The student has to come up with a way to incorporate the video into their presentation.  They have to use their creativity to design and decorate the video to make it attractive for the viewers.  The video creation also incorporates designing and developing digital-aged technology.  By creating the video, they are using modern day technology.  They are not repeatedly using the same software.