***Update on our Weekly Video Newsletters***
In my post from September 24th, I shared the struggle with starting an online video newsletter for parents. Read about that HERE. Well, good news! We reviewed our first newsletter, all 13 1/2 minutes of it, as a class and discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly, then made a plan to move forward.
- We will work with a partner or small group. Partners/groups will remain the same.
- Each week, groups will rotate and report on a new subject.
- As a whole group, we will discuss and share highlights of our week before breaking off in groups to record.
- Partners/small group will plan and perhaps practice what they want to say before recording. Personality is welcome.
- Videos will be 30 seconds or less.
- Medium wide shots or close-ups are best.
- We will respect other groups recording- no photobombing or loud side conversations.
- Partners/small group will use ipads or student iPhones to record the video newsletters then airdrop them to Mrs. Thiery's computer. Mrs. Thiery will thread them together on iMovie and upload them to the youtube channel. Also, send a copy to See Saw and class twitter account.
We are getting better every week! See the latest two videos below...
5th Grade Video Newsletter
Sept. 25th- 28th
5th Grade Video Newsletter
Oct. 3rd-5th
Thinking forward... it'd be fun to drop images and videos into a green screen video, but we don't have enough green screens or devices with the green screen app to be able to do this in the 15 minutes we've allotted.
As we get more comfortable, maybe we could spread this out over a couple days... or maybe just keeping it simple is good enough. After all, pictures and videos are shared in See Saw and on Twitter. Something to think about.
One thing we'll need to add to the norms is: Set up the camera and don't move it while videotaping.
Do you do video newsletters? If so, what do you include?
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