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By: Deanne Winston and Angela Booth

Hollywood Presents: From Movie Camp to the Classroom. By: Deanne Winston and Angela Booth. About the Presenters. Experience teaching middle school L.A. Masters in Instructional Technology Facilitated in Tech Camps on PC and Mac

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By: Deanne Winston and Angela Booth

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  1. Hollywood Presents: From Movie Camp to the Classroom By: Deanne Winston and Angela Booth

  2. About the Presenters • Experience teaching middle school L.A. • Masters in Instructional Technology • Facilitated in Tech Camps on PC and Mac • Experience incorporating technology into the classroom to enhance learning • Ben Hill Middle School Media Specialist • Experience teaching high school and middle English and television production • Facilitated tech camps on PC and Mac • Loves to integrate technology into the standards based curriculum Deanne Winston Angela Booth

  3. About our Town… • Rural, South Georgia • 80.13% are at or below poverty level (free/reduced lunch) • There are 775 students at Ben Hill Middle School. • Unemployment rate over 14% Fitzgerald Georgia

  4. Let’s Make a Movie Camp Format • First week: Beginners 9 a.m.-noon: 3-5 grade students 1-4 p.m.: 6-8 grade students Created one short film in groups of 3-5 • Second Week: 2nd year students 9 a.m.-noon: 3-8 grade students Created one short film in groups of 3-5 and a commercial in pairs • Camp was held at the Grand Theatre. Camp was made possible because of a grant which paid for the video cameras and mini PC’s.

  5. Equipment/Resources used at camp • Clamp lights and colored film • Netbooks (w/SD card slot) • Digital Video cameras w/SD cards • Flash Drives • Digital Juice • Custom Event Tickets- http://www.printwithmypic.com/blog/?p=918 • DVD Burner • iDVD

  6. Oscar Day • Invitations were given to campers and their parents. • Movie posters were made and displayed in the lobby. • Awards, copies of all the movie projects, and posters were given to participants. • Movies were shown on the big screen at the Grand Theatre.

  7. Best Picture: Weekend of Terror

  8. Posters • Cheap way to decorate • Students LOVE to see themselves. • Goes w/the Hollywood theme • Web address: http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php

  9. Taking it to the Classroom: Why Use Video? • Kids love seeing themselves in video because it is all about them. • You can actually trick them into doing extra work and even homework. • When you bring out the video equipment and computers, they actually get excited. • It is a great way to differentiate learning. • Videos can be used as a review.

  10. Starts with the Storyboard • Tricks the student into writing the content again • Makes the filming and editing process go much faster • Gives students a focus and less time is wasted • You can make the students finish storyboard as homework. • Easiest way to create a storyboard is to have 3 empty PowerPoint slides and print as a handout.

  11. Video Vocabulary • Using vocabulary or terms for a specific unit or lesson • It can be used for any subject. • Engages students • Uses prior knowledge • A form of differentiated instruction • Can be used for remediation, acceleration, or review • Easy to use instructions and Rubric

  12. Elements of a Story • Used the Bluford series books from Townsend Press ($1, free audio downloads, and free teacher guides) • Read 1 of the Bluford books • Used the audio books w/i-pods to differentiate instruction • Created a short video explaining one of the literary elements that they were assigned, and then tried to convince their classmates to read their book next • Watched all the videos and then selected next book based on presentations

  13. Commercial • Students create a commercial using persuasive techniques. • Addresses Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Standards as well as Writing and Conventions Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades • Differentiates Instructions (kinesthetic, auditory, and visual) • Engages students • Real World Application • Directions and Rubric easy to adapt to your classroom needs

  14. Our Wiki and Evaluation Link • http://gaetc2011.wikispaces.com/Deanne+Winston • http://www.gaetc.org/general-information/evaluations • Click on Evaluation Individual Concurrent Sessions • Select Presenter Name: Winston, Deanne • Select Session Title Hollywood Presents: From Movie Camp to the Classroom

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