Artifact # 6
Ella Enchanted Video Project is an activity that uses children's literature and technology to create a informative video. This video project is based upon Gail Carson Levine's novel Ella Enchanted.
Rationale for the Artifact: Ella Enchanted Video Project
Competency 10.2: "Use school television resources that support the curriculum."
Competency 11.3: "Use technology based tools that are specific to the discipline."
Competency 12.6: "Resources available including satellite, cable, wireless, and ITFS (Instructional Television Fixed Service)."
Context:
I created this artifact during block of my senior year. We created
a video based on the novel Ella Enchanted. We shot our video by using
digital video cameras to record our acts which were previously planned
out and scripted. Then we used I Movie on a Macintosh computer to
edit it into a video format. We edited the video by clipping out
scenes, splitting scenes, adding music, and adding visual aids in order
to make it flow smoothly like an actual movie. The finished product
is a news cast that focuses mainly on the big stories from the novel Ella
Enchanted. It is made up of clips from my group and the other groups
within my class.
Impact:
As a future teacher, I will need to be up to date on the latest technology.
Creating this video allowed me to use a digital video camera, which is
the latest video camera that is used today. This project has taught
me various ways to use technology within my classroom to create projects
and turn them into useful tools that the students will enjoy seeing.
Today's students learn the most up to date information about technology
and how it can be used. I think that this will be an awesome way to create
a video that allows parent to see what there students are learning about
while at school.
Alignment:
This artifact aligns with competency 10.2
- it allowed me to use school television resources that support the curriculum
to create a video based on a children's novel. It would be a very
fun and interesting assignment for the higher level grades to create their
own video using the same resources.
This artifact aligns with competency 11.3 - through the project I was allowed to use technology based tools that support the discipline. I was able to use a digital video camera to capture clips on tape in order to create a video based upon a children's novel.
This artifact aligns with competency 12.6 - during the editing process of creating the video a clip from a movie was used this shows that I can use Cable in classroom related activities.
The Ella Enchanted video project also aligns with INTASC
principle 8 - it will allow my students to grow physically and socially,
while creating their final project. The students will need to know
how to physically utilize the technology in order to use it. They
will also being growing socially by working within a group of other students
and getting to know them. As a future educator, it is important that
we ensure that our students are continually developing and this project
allows us an excellent opportunity to improve these skills. This
project will also check for the students understanding, by seeing if they
can correctly complete the task, as well as understanding the ideas that
are being taught.