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Creating Content with 1 minute Documentaries in Student-Led Video Announcements

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom 3DE

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Presenters

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Susan Irvine
STEM Teacher
Mansfield Elementary School
Susan Irvine is a STEM and Enrichment teacher with 30 years of experience with PreK-4 students. She is committed to finding the right tools for her students to explore, discover and share what they know. Sue teaches coding and robotics (VEX IQ, Dash etc) with students. Recently she has used Flipgrid, Google Apps for Education, WeVideo, and Loom in her classroom, as well as Smart Technologies and Lumio.
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Michelle Mather
STEM Teacher
Mansfield Elementary School
Michelle Mather is a STEM and Enrichment educator with 30 years of experience in the classroom at all age/grade levels. She currently uses a variety of technology tools with her students, PreK-4 including WeVideo, Google Apps for Education, Flipgrid, Seesaw, Screencastify, and Loom. She has also taught VEX IQ Robotics for many years using VexIQ coding software for programming.
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Hope Mulholland
Technology Integrationist
Mansfield Public Schools
Hope Mulholland is a Technology Integration Specialist and former 5th-grade teacher with 17 years of experience in the classroom. She is a Google Certified Trainer and has presented on technology integration at several local and regional conferences. Her areas of expertise and previous presentation topics include Project Based Learning, UDL, Coding, Creation Tools (WeVideo, Book Creator, and Canva), and all of Google Apps for Education.
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Jennifer Zugarazo
Teacher
Mansfield Public Schools
@JenniferLZugarazo
Jennifer Zugarazo has been a teacher for over 20 years with a focus on elementary world language. She has used many types of technology throughout her years. She uses technology to help bring her school community together as it is a very large school. One way she did this was through Morning Announcements, run by kids for kids.

Session description

Looking for a way to streamline your announcements in your school community with more student input and less teacher direction? We will demonstrate how we created a student-led class where fourth-grade students created 1-minute documentaries to enhance their daily video announcements.

Purpose & objective

Purpose: This session will outline the process of creating student-led morning video announcements. Participants will learn strategies to implement this structure either in their classroom as one-minute documentaries or in a school-wide morning announcement initiative. There will be an opportunity to see some examples and explore the use of the tools we use with our students.
Objectives:
Participants will learn strategies to implement a mini-documentary unit or school-wide experience.
Participants will explore film-making lesson materials and tools.

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Outline

10 minutes: Engagement- We will share some of our favorite student creations highlighting the work that was accomplished by 4th Grade students. These examples will highlight students work in a diverse variety of topics and interests. Explore the concept of why creation is so important in an elementary classroom.
10 minutes: Structure - What are the tools you need to launch this in your own classroom. How to manage 4 groups learning various jobs to create successful morning announcements throughout the school year. Reports-PA-Directors: Content Creators; Script Writers; Editors.
10 minutes: Technology Tools - Share a quick intro to the technology tools that we used this year to facilitate creation including Google Sheets, Google Classroom, and WeVideo
20 minutes: Create & Share - Let’s create - Let’s make our own one-minute documentaries using the same resources and tech tools we used with our students. Participants will be able to share their videos.
10 minutes: Final Thoughts - Emphasize the impact that this project had not only on the students creating but also on the entire school who watched the news each day. Give an opportunity for questions and feedback.

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Supporting research

Why Every School Should Have Morning Announcements
https://morningannouncement.com/every-school-morning-announcements/

My VR Spot
https://www.myvrspot.com/5-benefits-students-live-broadcasting/

Education World. Take Five for… Using AM Announcements to Build a Sense of Community in Your School
https://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive003.shtml

Discover Video. Video Morning Announcements
https://discovervideo.com/video-morning-announcements-how-to/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Storytelling/multimedia
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Library media specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
WeVideo - Free Version
Canva
or any other video editing software
Subject area:
ELL, Language arts
ISTE Standards:
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Digital Citizen
  • Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
Creative Communicator
  • Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Related exhibitors:
Canva for Education,
WeVideo, Inc.,
Google, Inc.

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