Very helpful pointers, Gena and Jay. I'm a bit embarrassed to say this is research for a final project in an information architecture class. The makers of a small, independent film focused on events surrounding a middle school, urban kid want to develop their original concept into an educational series -- but in a participatory fashion. They would like to encourage kids (likely through educators) to learn about film and contribute original footage. Anything beyond this basic concept appears to be the stuff of research and imagination. I though to reach out to the the video blogging community on grassroots projects that might offer insight. Certainly, not only questions concerning IA (scenarios, design, etc) important, but also questions such as feasibility, cost, etc.
Lisa On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM, compumavengal <compumaven...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > > Hi Lisa, > > Kids and teens are creating video content independent of school. Finding > classroom appropriate videos would mean a lot of YouTube slogging through > "um, yeah, whatever..." type videos. > > Start with skateborders and go from there. That is part of the key to > finding content. What would the students want to see? After eliminating the > first and second things coming out of their mouths you could find gems. > > The costs has dropped dramatically. Yes, still expensive for a school > district cramping for funds but editing software is already on the computers > for Mac and PCs. > > There are inexpensive web camcorders between $50 - $100. You don't need > anything else but time. > > On the education vibe: > > The projects can be teacher initiated or as part of an overall educational > program. Because kids are involved many of the projects are behind school > district intranets. There are a few video projects that are on-line but tend > to have older students as participants. > > It helps to look for the teachers as creators/initiators in order to find > the projects or dive into the educational non-profits that showcase these > type of projects. > > Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/video and > http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation where you can find examples of > education based video projects that involve students. > > Also there is TiltTV http://tilttv.blogspot.com > > Shannon Miller of Van Meter Library is constantly finding new media > applications and projects that can be adapted for educational use > http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com She is a virtual jump point for > all kinds of classroom 2.0 activities. > > From Canada - Living Archives http://livingarchives.ca/ > Smart History on using technology to teach > http://smarthistory.org/blog/category/video-podcasts/ > > Can you be more specific as to what exactly you are looking for? Are you > searching for how-to do this, what do you need or how much is this gonna > cost and can it be done? > > The resources are out there but they are spread out across multiple > disciplines and interest groups. > > Gena > http://createvideonotebook.blogspot.com/ > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Lisa Harper <lisa...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, I'm researching a topic that has to do with encouraging kids from > > low income and/or urban landscapes to express themselves with video. > > This could be both singly or as part of an educational program. I > > vaguely remember a few years ago a number of interesting projects that > > focused on videoblogging from both within the US and also less > > developed nations. Can anyone point to such projects/sites -- or does > > anyone know how successful such efforts have been? I'm imaging that a > > significant challenge would be funding such an effort and also giving > > access to cameras and editing software to the kids. > > > > Lisa > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
