Individual Video Project

This is my individual video project to demonstrate video editing skills.  It is some sort of weird soap opera.

Tips for Teaching with Webquests

1. Choose an interesting topic so that students will not get bored.
2. Pick websites that are appropriate for the age of the students.
3. Ask questions that have answers that can be found on the websites with which they correspond.
4. Avoid too many easy fill-in-the-blank questions, which can get monotonous and cause students to lose interest.
5. Make the complexity of the questions appropriate for the age of the students.
6. Include an answer key at the end.
7. Put the questions and websites in a logical order or flow.
8. Include transitions between sites so they seem connected.
9. Make sure everything is legible, including making font sizes larger if necessary.
10. Leave plenty of space for students to fully answer each question.

Tips for Teaching with Video

1. Import all videos you will use.
2. Put clips in the storyboard before switching to the timeline.
3. Make transitions clean, without being too distracting or cutting off the ends of clips.
4. Only use effects when necessary, instead of being gratuitous.
5. When taking the video, make sure there is sufficient light to see everything
6. Be sure that everything is audible.
7. Include a title and credits
8. Fit the title and credits to the aesthetic of the piece.
9. Don't use a video as an excuse to not teach.
10. Make sure to save the video in a format that is easily viewable.

American Revolution Webquest

This is a webquest I created for a fifth grade lesson on the American Revolution.