EDITING (cont'd)

• You may want to begin editing sessions with brief stand-up meetings. This activity allows students to network with other students to solve technical or design problems in order to make class time more productive. Students with more experience can help those with less; students with a particular expertise can help those without. This also frees you up to assist in areas where there is no student expert.

• iMovie and MovieMaker software are so simple and intuitive that students can usually learn how to use them on their own.  Tutorials (if necessary) are available on the web.  Teachers should focus most of their attention on helping students to create compelling introductions, solid storyboards, etc. rather than learning the minutia of editing.

• Insist that your students check their facts.  Wildly incorrect statistics, typos, and incorrectly attributed video clips destroy the credibility of the entire documentary, no matter how well it has been edited.

• If time allows, students can create a one-page fact sheet to accompany their videos.

• Assessment rubrics are provided.

• Please be sure to include the following information in the credit roll for your videos:

 For more information on how to make your own student documentaries and PSAs.
Please visit www.take2videos.org

 

PUBLIC PRESENTATION
Whether your students present to fellow classmates, parent night, the local library, or a larger forum – this is their opportunity to showcase both their films and their leadership skills.  You may want them to create a one-page fact sheet to hand out to audience members. Make sure to have students give a brief introduction and to leave time for Q&A at the end – both activities will encourage them to take their research seriously.

Assessment Rubrics for Documentary, Podcast, and Public Service Announcement projects have been provided.