Video in the classroom is an excellent idea. It would meet the learning needs of all students - those that learn best by visual and auditory input and those that learn by doing. Video requires the writing and sketching of the Storyboard planning, the auditory input of the narration/music and the freedom to move during the taping and cropping of video clips.
This process teaches the students how to organize their ideas using a graphic organizer (Storyboard), how to put their thoughts into words and pictures, take an idea and produce a visual/auditory picture of what they were imagining. It shows students how to bring their ideas to life.
I could envision this video project being used during a lesson on geneology and family history. Students could tape family members talking about particular topics or family stories. Pictures of family artifacts or special items could be imported to be used in the video. The really cool part of this project would be that family members from other parts of the world could tape their clips and send them to the family member doing the project - taping would not only need to be done by the student involved in the project. The cropping could occur once all the clips are imported from their various saved sources.
The intended outcome would be for the student to learn all the technology outcomes - becoming familiar with the video equipment, acquiring a level of respect for technology, demonstrate creative thinking, use digital media to communicate and work collaboratively - including at a distance, apply digital tools to gather/evaluate/and use information.
This video project would potentially be as fully encompassing a digital piece as would be possible for a classroom project. It would be a very good idea to include video in the classroom.
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