Hello Everyone! I hope you are enjoying this sunny day and you are getting ready for a nice, relaxing Spring Break!
As excited as I am for the upcoming video project, I started thinking about other kinds of videos students could do if they a.) wanted to do something different or b.) didn't have the means to make a music video
For example, a simple easy video is a stop-motion video. Examples of this includes early South Park and the examples down below:
1.) Here is a music video for Owl City's song "Honey and the Bee." The person behind this drew the characters and then set them up to make a story. The way to make this video is simple because it involves making fun drawings and taking simple pictures. Simple, easy, and all you need is a camera.
2.) Here is the famous Youtube Pes with his video 'Western Spaghetti" This is probably one of my most favorite videos of Youtube because of its creativity and uniqueness. This is more difficult for a High School but not impossible. However, the hours involved in stop-motion are many so a student would need a good month to complete it.
3.) Lastly, here is an up and coming Youtube series called "The Most Popular Girls in School." It is a series that follow these Barbie dolls in high school. Its for a Mature audience so don't show this in class. This is a little more difficult than the Owl City music video but easier than the Pes video so its a good medium to challenge students to.
All the videos here only require a camera and time-lots and lots of time. So, if you're a teacher and want to offer your students an option like this instead of a live-action movie, go on right ahead. Just make sure to give them lots of time!
Overall, videos are a great tool to teach students lessons and can be a refreshing experience. So as future teachers, or even those of you who aren't, would you like to use videos in the classroom or see your kids do video projects in High School? Let me know! And feel free to comment about anything else too!
Thanks for reading and I hope you had fun! Enjoy your day, take care, and remember...
As an aspiring teacher I would love to use videos in my classroom. It gives the students a way to express themselves and show their creativity. Creativity is something I focused a lot on in my latest blog, I just feel without creativity, students will not get excited about learning. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to allow my students to do at least one video project depending on how strict the schools guidelines are. It is something I would like for my students to experience and at least know the basics of it, so when they go on into their future schooling, they are able to incorporate it into projects they might do and have the ability to teach others how to make a video.
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