The Science Edition
(the fruits of our labor)
~I enjoyed working with all of you, best of luck in the upcoming school year and I look forward to cross paths with you again~
~Keith~
About Me.
My name is Keith Hughes and I have taught U.S. History and AP American Gov. at McKinley High School for the past nine years. I have also been fortuante enough to have been working as an instructor for the CVCV project as well as in the Graduate School of Education. If you want to investigate more of my madness feel free to visit some of my web links;
HipHughes History
(my class website)
Hughes DV
(My YouTube Site)
Reel Memory Productions
(my wedding videography site)
QCRG Roller Derby Production
(don't ask)
Multimodality in the Classroom
While there is no magic bullet answer for good "teaching", there does exist a word which for me beings the conversation--multimodality. Gunther Kress offers a simple yet illuminating operation definition of mode, "..a regularised organised set of resources for meaning-making, including, image, gaze, gesture, movement, music, speech and sound effect."
Multimodality, can best be viewed through the prism of life itself and video is the closest alternative to recreating life in the classroom. Armed with tacit knowledge regarding media and genre, the millennial generation can use video production as an opportunity to create new meaning through authentic, socially valued products. When video production is facilitated in correlation with curriculum concepts, the learning that occurs through the social and cognitive process of production is unavoidable
What is DV in a DAY?
Digital Video belongs in the classroom, not the closet. The concept of DV in a Day was developed as way to bring DV into the classroom on a more consistent basis, without losing the power of its multimodality. A DV in A Day will require you to create the skeleton of a video with “slots” for students to fill in with live feed shots. With assigned topics, students will come to the front of the room and import their piece of the video. A selected student will control the computer, pressing the import button, cleaning the clip up (with guidance) if necessary and dragging it to the storyboard. Students are doing two things during the meaning chaos of a DV in a Day; they are planning shots, looking for props and brainstorming ideas and they are stopping their planning to watch the filming of other group shots. DO not overtly concern yourself with groups and grades; use their excitement to build the movie as a class. I tell the students that their final movie will be graded against the other classes for a grade, this little bit of artificial competition will only build into the excitement. After a few clips are imported stop the class and show the kids how you are editing the clips. When you get good you can quickly add a special effect and a cool looking transition to add to the wow-factor. With proper planning your class can contribute to the completion of a DV in and hour or two.
Watch an Instructional Video on Implementation
DV in a DAY Examples
(please ignore the historical content and imagine it being your own curriculum)
ODA: The Roaring Twenties
Your Task
You will be helping us to create a short commercial for an exciting new educational product!
Check out the script for our "uncommercial" for Scientox!
Tired of your science students not performing? Are scientific concepts going right over their heads? Well the good folks at Edutox have the solution for you, Scientox! Using top notch scientists and lots of fancy equiptment, Scientox works simply and effectively. After one taking just one small dose of Scientox, the special formula travels directly to the part of the brain which controls cognitive learning. Once effected by its powerful formula any scientific concept will come sharply into focus. Don't believe me? Just watch as we tried Scientox! on these unwilling and unmotivated students who needed to learn some important scientific principles.
- equilibrium
- classification
- kinetic vs potential energy
- chemical reactions
- weathering/erosion
- genetic traits
- circulatory system
- continental drift
- action - opposite reaction
- species change over time
- energy changing form
- insert your own curriculum concept
The rules are simple, once in a group and assigned a topic you will brainstorm how you will "film" your scene. You can have up to two shots, but remember everything is live and needs to be planned. Remember to include
- the "student" taking the dose of Scientox!
- show understanding of the concept.
- try to use a prop to create some context to convey meaning
(back to script)
"SO what are you waiting for? Operators are standing by! Call 1-800-Scientox today for a 6 week supply or visit us on the web at www.scientox.com. For only nine payments of 59.99 you'll only be paying a measley 4 cents per scientific concept! Call now!
Offer not valid in Alaska, Texas or the deep south. Side effects are mild and include brain freeze, mild tooth pain and in some cases blindness.
PLANNING AHEAD
Lets brainstorm? What are some other possible genres or ideas where you could envision DV ina DAY working in your classroom?
What pragmatic question do you have about implementing DV composing in your class?
HOPE YOU HAD FUN!
Download DV Implementation Guide for Social Studies
(much is cross-curricular in nature)
