Engaging Students in Cross-Curriculum Video Making

Kulla-Abbot, T., Polman, J.L. (2008, Spring) Engaging student voice and fulfilling curriculum goals with digital stories. THEN: Technology, Humanities, Education, and Narrative, 5, 38- 60 Retrieved October 13, 2010, from EBSCOhost Discovery Service.

This article emphasizes the collaborative aspects of student created digital video. The variety of tools now available for video creation is immense. In these projects,g projects, groups videotape, edit, and create digital stories, which incorporate multiple media, and deal with issues of point-of-view, context, and communication of ideas. The article discusses an example of story telling through digital video creation in the classroom. This project gave students experience with creative, narrative and persuasive writing. When completed, the videos showcased grade level curriculum and integrated communication arts with social studies, science, and technology. This thorough example of digital video in the classroom is a great resource for those looking to incorporate student created video into any k-12 subject.

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