Engaging+Classroom+Video+Projects+Made+Easy

**Tech Level: Intermediate** **Grade Level: K-12** **Presenter: Michael Radosta (University of Buffalo)** Research shows that digital video can engage students in creating meaningful "texts," connecting them to the big ideas of a subject and fostering authentic student dialogue. Unfortunately, shooting and editing videos in a classroom setting is often technologically challenging and time consuming. The Video Quilt addresses these issues by having the class work together to "stitch" relevant themes and ideas together in iMovie, in the form of short skits captured on an iPhone, iPad, or inexpensive digital cameras. In this hands-on presentation, we will explore the video quilt activity by making our own together!
 * The Video Quilt: Engaging Classroom Video Projects Made Easy**


 * Session Materials and Resources: **

PDF Guide for Video Quit, with ideas for all content areas and Common Core Standards:
 * @http://bit.ly/1i8jnMZ **

Read the stories and research of some of the teachers in the City Voices, City Visions project, where the video quilt was developed.  **Multimodal Composing in Classrooms: Learning and Teaching for the Digital World** by Suzanne M. Miller et al. We wrote the text, shot the video, and edited in about 40 minutes. And along the way, we got to talk about how this can be used in our classrooms.
 * Link:** @http://amzn.com/0415897475
 * Here's the Video Quilt we made during our session! **

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 =What is a Video Quit? =  A Video Quilt is a digital video presentation that stitches individual clips created by different persons or groups under a common theme .   Like the famous NAMES quilt, we can assemble a lot of small ideas (clips) to make one big idea with a profound meaning. The time and cost of a large production is distributed amongst the participants, along with pride in the final piece.
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