Video Filming

The filming process and editing was surprisingly simple. At first I was concerned about the complexity of the editing, but see that a brief lesson on movie making can turn any student into a successful movie producer! I definitely foresee myself encouraging and using video making in my future classroom. A few uses that come to mind is for individual projects and group presentations.
For individual projects I would encourage students to present and create a video to share their work and ideas with others. For group presentations I believe everyone in a group has different strengths to offer the group so assigning different jobs makes everyone a successful team player. Also, if mistakes are made, they can be edited out to create a perfect presentation that students can be proud of. Finally, by capturing student work on film a final video can be made to create class memories or reflection videos.

"Splitting Video into the Writing Process" was an article full of ideas and suggestions for teachers use. The importance of group work was apparent in the article and ideas being discussed, which is key in our society today. As a prospective teacher, seeing how video use in the classroom covers many skills including content standards, writing skills, and technology, it motivates me to use it in the future.
Prior to reading this article I never thought of video making touching on communication skills at numerous levels. Students communicate in groups, verbally, non-verbally, in pictures, audio, and text.
Reading that digital video can enrich almost any content area also sounds promising as a future teacher. I like the ideas of filming a mock interview or news report, which are great skills for the real world. Finally, making students become engaged and enjoy learning makes learning meaningful and long lasting for students. I definitely plan on returning to this article when lesson planning to use videos in my future classroom.

Reflections on other classmates' video to be added later when I can view them all... Stay tuned:-)