I think I have something about teachers doing grassroots video participation with kids. I have to dig through a pile of bookmarks so it might be a day or so for me to fish it out.
If I find it I'll let you know. Gena --- In [email protected], Lisa Harper <lisa...@...> wrote: > > 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...@...>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 [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Lisa Harper <lisah2u@> 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] >
