I was really shocked that you can't show a movie in its entirety. I would have never known that! I think back to all the times that I have sat through a class and we have watched a movie in full. But now I know that you can only use 30% of the movie and it has to have some type of educational value for me to use it. I think I was the most shocked over that. It blows me away that you can purchase a movie and still not be able to use it in the classroom. I figure this goes for all movies including documentaries. This could affect me greatly in history since I have all sorts of documentaries that I would love to use in the classroom. Something I wonder is if it is 30% of the movie ever or if it is 30% of the movie at a time? Although that is frustrating I don’t think we should be having our students watching movies in their entirety anyway.
I also was not aware of how easy it was to license my own stuff. I didn’t realize that all you need to do is give credit to who it came from and share it with others. I think that for education purposes it is good that we have to share our things; in education it is good for us to have a large pool to pull from and that pool won’t grow unless we give to it. I also found it interesting that they were copyrighting as early as they were. I should know that they were, but I had never realized that in 1886 they were making international laws about copyrighting.
I am excited to make my digital story. I think my group is going to work well together and it is going to go pretty easy. We are planning on getting together next Monday during the class time and try to pump it out. I think that having that day off is really going to help us out because we all have crazy schedules and it was going to be somewhat hard to get us all together. I am excited to be able to be creative and show something from history in a creative way.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
March 14: Digital Stories 1 Reflection
I learned what a digital story is last time in class. I am excited to do a digital story; I believe that it is a creative way that I will get to tell about an event in history. I believe that you could use digital stories in history classes to get students engaged and excited about what they are learning. I feel like there are millions of these out about the holocaust and that it has been overdone, but I feel like there are historical periods that are considered boring that would benefit from having a digital story done about them. You could do one of these on things such as the westward expansion or about what we did to the Native Americans; both of these topics can be seen as boring in the classroom and would benefit from some emotion.
Our group is going to do the Space Race. I am excited because I have always been one who loved space and what and where we have adventured into it. I think that in a history class this could be very beneficial for your students to watch. I like that the time period is so close to us today and students can connect what happened to what we have now. It is a great way to discuss the Cold War and to discuss the technological advancements that were being made in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. I think the Space Race is fascinating and I hope that our digital story gives it justice.
I am excited for the digital stories because I think I am really going to have a lot of fun doing mine. I enjoy being creative and I enjoy history so this seems to be right up my alley. Plus I am excited that we will get to see everyone else’s digital stories. It will be a fun way to wrap up the class.
Our group is going to do the Space Race. I am excited because I have always been one who loved space and what and where we have adventured into it. I think that in a history class this could be very beneficial for your students to watch. I like that the time period is so close to us today and students can connect what happened to what we have now. It is a great way to discuss the Cold War and to discuss the technological advancements that were being made in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. I think the Space Race is fascinating and I hope that our digital story gives it justice.
I am excited for the digital stories because I think I am really going to have a lot of fun doing mine. I enjoy being creative and I enjoy history so this seems to be right up my alley. Plus I am excited that we will get to see everyone else’s digital stories. It will be a fun way to wrap up the class.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
March 7: Vidcast Reflection
The name of my vidcast series is, Utah History: Historic Site Preview. I would use this vidcast to introduce a Historic Site Visit Project that my students would be doing in my class. For the project students would have to visit 2 different historic sites in Utah and then write a paper on the places they visited. Along with the paper they need to do some type of presentation to educate the class on the sites they visited (this can be a video, poster, a handmade craft inspired from the site, etc.) They would be required to research the site before they went and then write about what they knew and what they learned from visiting the site. I would give them a list of sites that they could choose from. Pictures would be required so that I knew they actually visited both sites. In my vidcast I have taken pictures of nine different historic sites that I have visited and accompanied them with the Utah State song as an example and a preview into what they would be doing.
Since the students can choose which two sites they would like to visit the project will be covering almost the entire Utah History Core, but most will focus on either standard two or standard three. Standard two states: Students will understand the contributions of Native American Indians, explorers, and Utah pioneers. Standard three states that: Students will understand the relationship between government and the people of Utah.
One drawback to using this vidcast maybe that the students feel that they need to copy the vidcast and make a movie themselves. Other students might have wanted to make a movie for their presentation but feel that they do not want to look like they copied the teacher. I also feel that the song is a little bit cheesy; I may try to find a better song if I was going to use this for my younger Jr. high students. I think the Utah history historical site visit is a good idea to do in my classroom. I feel that it gets the kids out into the field and viewing history as a hands on activity. I would use this video to get the kids excited about the project, but like I said before the song is a little cheesy so I might try to find a not so cheesy version of the song.
Since the students can choose which two sites they would like to visit the project will be covering almost the entire Utah History Core, but most will focus on either standard two or standard three. Standard two states: Students will understand the contributions of Native American Indians, explorers, and Utah pioneers. Standard three states that: Students will understand the relationship between government and the people of Utah.
One drawback to using this vidcast maybe that the students feel that they need to copy the vidcast and make a movie themselves. Other students might have wanted to make a movie for their presentation but feel that they do not want to look like they copied the teacher. I also feel that the song is a little bit cheesy; I may try to find a better song if I was going to use this for my younger Jr. high students. I think the Utah history historical site visit is a good idea to do in my classroom. I feel that it gets the kids out into the field and viewing history as a hands on activity. I would use this video to get the kids excited about the project, but like I said before the song is a little cheesy so I might try to find a not so cheesy version of the song.
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