By: Deanne Winston and Angela Booth
Hollywood Presents: From Movie Camp to the
Classroom
About the PresentersDeanne Winston Angela Booth Experience teaching
middle school L.A. Masters in Instructional
Technology Facilitated in Tech
Camps on PC and Mac Experience
incorporating technology into the classroom to enhance learning
Ben Hill Middle School Media Specialist
Experience teaching high school and middle English and television production
Facilitated tech camps on PC and Mac
Loves to integrate technology into the standards based curriculum
About our Town…
Fitzgerald Georgia
Rural, South Georgia 80.13% are at or
below poverty level (free/reduced lunch)
There are 775 students at Ben Hill Middle School.
Unemployment rate over 14%
First week: Beginners 9 a.m.-noon: 3-5 grade students 1-4 p.m.: 6-8 grade students Created one short film in groups of
3-5
Second Week: 2nd year students 9 a.m.-noon: 3-8 grade students Created one short film in groups
of 3-5 and a commercial in pairs
Camp was held at the Grand Theatre. Camp was made possible because of a grant which paid for the video cameras and mini PC’s.
Let’s Make a Movie Camp Format
Clamp lights and colored film Netbooks (w/SD card slot) Digital Video cameras w/SD cards Flash Drives Digital Juice Custom Event Tickets-http://www.printwithmypic.com/blog/?p=918
DVD Burner iDVD
Equipment/Resources used at camp
Invitations were given to campers and their parents.
Movie posters were made and displayed in the lobby.
Awards, copies of all the movie projects, and posters were given to participants.
Movies were shown on the big screen at the Grand Theatre.
Oscar Day
Cheap way to decorate Students LOVE to see themselves. Goes w/the Hollywood theme Web address: http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php
Posters
Kids love seeing themselves in video because it is all about them.
You can actually trick them into doing extra work and even homework.
When you bring out the video equipment and computers, they actually get excited.
It is a great way to differentiate learning. Videos can be used as a review.
Taking it to the Classroom: Why Use Video?
Tricks the student into writing the content again
Makes the filming and editing process go much faster
Gives students a focus and less time is wasted You can make the students finish storyboard
as homework. Easiest way to create a storyboard is to have 3
empty PowerPoint slides and print as a handout.
Starts with the Storyboard
Using vocabulary or terms for a specific unit or lesson
It can be used for any subject. Engages students Uses prior knowledge A form of differentiated instruction Can be used for remediation, acceleration,
or review Easy to use instructions and Rubric
Video Vocabulary
Used the Bluford series books from Townsend Press ($1, free audio downloads, and free teacher guides)
Read 1 of the Bluford books Used the audio books w/i-pods to differentiate
instruction Created a short video explaining one of the
literary elements that they were assigned, and then tried to convince their classmates to read their book next
Watched all the videos and then selected next book based on presentations
Elements of a Story
Students create a commercial using persuasive techniques.
Addresses Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Standards as well as Writing and Conventions Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades
Differentiates Instructions (kinesthetic, auditory, and visual)
Engages students Real World Application Directions and Rubric easy to adapt to your
classroom needs
Commercial
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