Day 5-10:

Prep - Tracking sheets, video equipment, charge batteries, digital camera.

Pre-Lunch: (in classroom and computer lab)

• Overview of today’s production schedule:
  o Review who needs to finish other work for progress reports
  o Discuss next assignment and talk about reviewing scripts
  o Introduce final assignment – Your Reel – that can be started now
  o Assemble crews and shoot videos
  o Shoot digital pictures of stills
  o Rest of class edit movies

Post-Lunch:

• Evaluate and review tasks for each student

Reflection:
The greatest challenge during production of the films was meeting the needs of both the special needs students and the accelerated students. A few of the students were ahead of the class and needed to be pushed to bring their work up a level. I found out from a survey I did at the end of the unit that this was very helpful for them. Their visions were much more complex and they needed extra time outside of school to film the footage. They really appreciated the “rough edit” where I looked at their movie and proposed problems they needed to solve to make it a better audience experience. This is an example where being prepared with creative ideas for assignments helped keep students motivated.

Day 8

Prep - video equipment, charge batteries, digital camera.

Pre-Lunch: (in computer lab)

• Overview of today’s production schedule

• Demo on manipulating still shots in imovie using iphoto

• Evaluate and review tasks for each student

• Rough edit of “finished movies”

Post-Lunch:

• Finish re-shooting and editing

• Use next two classes to finish editing and re-shoot any needed shots

*Exporting videos after last class if finished or not

Reflection:
I spent a lot of my time working with some of the special needs students. Two worked individually and one had a partner. Their curriculum was modified with later due dates and less projects during the semester, but the students still needed instruction with the equipment and editing software. One of the students had a hard time accepting feedback, but two of the students were really open to my help. I felt it was very important for them to feel as though they did all of the work, but I helped coach them towards a product that they could be proud of. This took a lot of patience during the conceptual development but I believe it was worth the effort. One of my strategies was getting them hands out the computer and building their confidence with the software. This increased their interest and knowledge for future assignments and illustrates the importance of care and cooperation in my philosophy.