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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Digital Editing
I'm a big fan about trying to encorporate digital video into my classroom, and would do more with if my school had more than one camera. I like the concept of editing, but I'm not sure if it adds to the learning experience for students. The video creation process is good and I understand how they will learn the content better. But I feel like in camera editing is sufficient for most of the films I have students make. Granted, quality would probably be better if I allowed them to add special effects, but does that improve content knowledge?
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I posted this over at: http://mdc238.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-we-filming-this.html but I think it applies to what you are experiencing as well.
ReplyDeleteIf you have the students do powerpoint, they can do a great DVE project. You do not need video to create video. Using a Ken Burns style of pictures, narration, graphics and sound effects, I have 7th grade students turning out video "reports" in less than 180min of class time. The great thing is that you can assign individual students or groups to create a 10 to 20 second section and then string them all together to form a final version that is a compilation of all the edits.
yeah, I'm mentioned in a reply and it isn't me making the post!
ReplyDeleteI have thought of the same thing with my kids. I struggle letting them spend so much time on the editing part but the thing is they enjoy editing! They enjoy putting in the music and adding the effects. I guess the educational value is that it teaches them to be more aware of the effects and the steps that go in to the shows and movies they watch. I agree wih you though, the process of filming and creating the videos seems more educationally important.
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