Video project reflection

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Video project reflection

• Debrief video project reflection papers
• W301 Fall 2007
• Chun-Yi Lin Oct 29, 2007

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Lesson learned

• Interesting experiences
• Difficulties and strategies
• Useful scaffolds
• Group dynamic and collaboration
• Future uses in elementary schools
• Other comments
• Questions

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1. Interesting experience

• Interesting experiences/ things learned from the
  project
• Movie Maker
• iMovie
• Storyboards
• Being taped
• Filming
• Working within a team

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2. Difficulties and strategies

• Scheduling meeting times
• Separate works by scenes/ meet with subgroups
• Converting audio/ video files
• Search for online open sources
• Timing for slides
• Movie maker tutorial website
• Timing for the whole video
• Use the storyboards and script to estimate
• Accessing the equipment/ place
• Plan and investigate in advance
• Saving files
• Flash drives

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3. Useful scaffolds

• Storyboards and other handouts
• Instructors emails
• IT people in the library (UITS)
• Video tutorial website
• Group members
• Other groups
• Other groups videos

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4. Group dynamic and collaboration

• Patterns of collaboration (Cases from this video
  project groups)
• Did not work together at all or limited
  collaboration
• Separate the work and have one person to edit
  everything
• Plan the storyboards together and divide the work
  by scenes
• Define the subgroup roles, work with subgroup
  members, and use the class time to meet the large
  group

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4. Group dynamic and Collaboration

• Why was it stressful to work on the video project
  together (at the beginning or in the whole
  process)?
• Schedule conflicts
• Its a huge project
• Cant naturally divide the work
• Equipment and technology issues
• Need for planning and reaching consensus
• Need help and support from each other

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5. Future uses in your classrooms

• Provide direction instruction and extra help
• Step by step instruction
• Work at school
• Invite parents to help
• Provide help for time management (scene by scene)
  
• Simplify the project
• Provide specific topics
• Use pictures not video clips
• Design a portion of the video activity
• Have kids film the videos
• Focus on searching pictures and recording voices

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Comments

• Meta-cognition and self-efficacy
• From your experiences you think this is
  interesting or difficult
• Try new things and dont be afraid to ask
  questions or find helps
• Always look for solutions and be positive!
• Think of collaboration in a different way
• Believe you can make it!

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Comments and Questions?

• Thank you for sharing your great ideas with
  everyone in this class.
• You can upload your video to YouTube and
  TeacherTube for an extra credit (1 pt) and upload
  your video reflection paper on your e-portfolio