Video Documentaries as Content and Tools to New Learning Experiences: Recreating History with Shared Resources Marc Debiase West Virginia University United

Video Documentaries as Content and Tools to New Learning

Experiences:

Recreating History with Recreating History with Shared ResourcesShared Resources

Marc DebiaseWest Virginia University

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Major aspects

• Project origins • Project development• Emergent opportunities for education– Process education opportunities– Product education opportunities



Project origins

• Systems analysis project– Transportation topic– Multimedia presentation• Historical content

– Historical video documentary



Project development

• Historical video documentary– Content • West Virginia University Historical Collections• West Virginia University Library• Internet Archive.org• Corbis Images for Education



Project development

• Historical video documentary– Personal learning experience• Newspapers // media learning experiences• Content assembly• Video products



Emergent educational opportunity

• Classroom integration– Process content– Product content




• Process of producing video documentary as educational content

• Products of media content as educational content (TPS)





• Short (2-3 minutes) film projects

• Team effort– Research team– Production team– Editing, etc.

• Utilize available technology





• Choose a topic• Research the topic• Create a storyboard• Gather production materials• Construct the story line and

materials through organizing them

• Integrate the contents into an editing program such as Windows Movie Maker





• Good films are:– Well thought-out– Tightly scripted– Well recorded– Carefully edited

(O’Brien, 2005)




• Film production supports development of:– Creative and critical thinking skills– Problem solving, inquiry and investigative skills– Research, data gathering and data classification skills– Enhanced writing, artistic and design skills– Screen literacy skills such as understanding the role of

music in filmmaking

(O’Brien, 2005)




• Film production supports development of:– Team, time management and planning skills– Practical production skills including camera, sound

recording, acting and directing– Post-production skills including editing, sound effects,

music, titles and credits– Presentation skills including organizing a film screening

event– Preparing film publicity.

(O’Brien, 2005)




• Media object(s) as focus of educational content and teaching/learning experience

• Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) – United States Library of Congress





• Media sources– Your institution’s own

digital libraries– Media alliances– Internet free sources

• Open Content Alliance– http://www.archive.org

• Library of Congress– http://www.loc.gov

– Local contributions– Student gathered

• Oral histories



Educational Product example

MorgantownHistory.org



Questions





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