Video Production

The Video Production Process: Many people can use a video camera. Editing and producting a video is a different process. The production process typically has three main phases:

1. Pre-production
2. Production
3. Post-production

Click on the links above to see the steps I followed in the creation of my video application as a State Level Keystone Technology Integrator to display ways that technology can be integrated into an Elementary Classroom.

To satisfy the requirements for competency 1.08, a copy of this video has been sent to

ITSC Program Director
314 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802

or can be obtained by sending an email to khokanson@umasd.org

Overview: This year I was nominated by my district as a Keystone: Technology Integrator. One of the requirements for selection at the state level, was the creationg of an electronic presentation (PowerPoint slideshow, a digital movie or any other multimedia) that can be easily viewed by others. The presentation needed to illustrate how the Keystone usea technology to enhance instruction and improve overall student performance. In addition, it needed to showcase student work that demonstrated the result of the integration of technology into classroom instruction. While the student work could have been submitted separately, it was my goal to use Microsoft Producer so that all of the elements could be combined into into a single presentation that would not only satisfy the requirements for the project, but that could be used to instruct teachers and help them to begin to integrate technology into their own teaching. It is a district goal to begin to create e-classrooms within the district. This video will be used as a springboard for discussion during "teaching in your e-classroom" training to help teachers begin to infuse technology into their own lessons. In additon, community and board members will be able to list ways technology is integrated into the classrooms at Roberts Elementary School by watching this video.

Audience

State Technology integrator committee: This video will be submitted to the Bucks County Intermediate Unit for evaluation.
Parents, Community Members, School Board: This video will be viewed by parents, community members, and school board members to demonstrate how technology is being integrated into one classroom in the school district.
Teachers: This video will be used as an instructional tool for teachers to help define technology integration and give them ways that technology can be integrated into their classroom.

Objectives (School Board / Community as audience): This video will be used for school board and community presentations to showcase technology use in the school district. The video will be shown and the viewer will:

list 3 ways shown in the video that technology can be used as an instructional tool.
state 4 ways that were listed in the video that teachers can infuse technology into their lessons.
list at least 3 software applications that were used in the video.

After watching the video, and meeting the objectives above, audience will discuss applications listed and examine what is needed to implement e-tech plan and provide necessary equipment for creating e-classrooms throughout the district.

Objectives (Teacher as audience): This video will be used in an instructional manner during the "teaching in your e-classroom" training for teachers who received LCD projectors for the 2005-06 school year. At the beginning of the training session, the video will be shown and the viewer will:

list 3 ways shown in the video that technology can be used as an instructional tool.
state 4 ways that were listed in the video that teachers can infuse technology into their lessons.
list at least 3 software applications that were used in the video.

After watching the video, and meeting the objectives above, audience will discuss applications listed and connect them to their own curriculum in order to design a plan for one way that they can use technology as an instructional tool in their own classroom.

Design strategy

For this video, I decided to use different settings in which my students use technology.
I planned to shoot video of the students and have my student teacher video my instruction to edit and showcase technology use at Roberts Elementary

Materials

Digital video camera
Adobe Premier
Microsoft Producer for Power Point
Class settings: Lab, Individual Classroom computers, Laptop lab use

Cost

There was no cost involved in the production of this video because all materials needed were property of the school district.

Text Box: PRODUCTION

After taping several technology lessons and situations where the students used the different applications available, I downloaded the clips and edited using Adobe Premier
Because I was interested in using student work as well, I investigated Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint and decided that this would be the best software to incorporate video, audio, powerpoint slides, and still photographs for a complete final project
I came up with the following plan:

Video	Audio	Slides
Center Time Video Clip	Music from computer as an intro--keep audio from clips & run underneath	None--Full screen video
Science Clip Dan & Alexis	Voice over from My video 1: Today's children will be entering a society where information is growing rapidly. In order for them to be successful, they need to move from just learning "facts" to learning how to gather and evaluate information so that they can apply this knowledge and integrate it into their rapidly changing world.	Technology PPT: SLIDE 1 Title only
Science Clip Pat & Martin	Use audio from Patrick and Martin's interviews during science projects **insert	Technology PPT: SLIDE 1 animate bullets
My Video 2	Use audio from My Video 2: Being able to use and appy technology is essential for today's educators. I see technology as a vital means of communication and as a valuable instructional tool. It is important to find ways daily to infuse technology into my lessons, to provide resources to enrich the curriculum, as well as to support the diverse learning styles of the children in the classroom. Technology is useful to extend learned skills, and to provide differentiated practice for the students with immediate feedback and the students appreciate this practice as well	Technology PPT: SLIDE 2
Math	Use audio from Mat & Ariana's work/ interview during math time Working with Pat & Oliver--Audio from interview with boys	Math PPT--show slides that the kids are working on
Kids working--edited from a variety of experiences	Children learn best when they are provided with natural learning experiences. It is important to teach technology applications by infusing them as a natural part of instruction. In my classroom, when we studied biographies, it was natural to teach the children to make a timeline using TImeLiner software. Throughout the year, as we do writing projects, I teach the students to use Kidspiration to help organized their thougts and reinforce the writing process. There is a natural transition to word processing using Microsoft Word, so I teach word processing skills through my wiritng lessons	Technology PPT: SLIDE 3 Natural Learning experiences Tyler--Photo & Timeliner Josh--Photo &Ttimeliner Alexis--Photo &Ttimeliner Steph--turqoise kidspiration & report
Sarah Interview	Use audio from Sarah's video--interview edited with Sarah working, versions of story	Sarah: Potato Story
Video of lab lesson--NO AUDIO---edited to show large group/ 1-1 instruction	I have incorporated several large unit projects into the curriculum that require	Annie: Tsunami Project

Using Adobe Premier Elements:

The first step in the video process is to capture the video from the camera to the harddrive.
To capture video using Adobe Premiere Elements, simply your DV camcorder into your
computer—using an IEEE 1394 (FireWire, i.LINK) connection. Adobe instantlly captured the video directly to the Timeline.
When I previewed the video I noticed that Adobe automatically separated it into scenes which made editing easier.
The editing process was easy with Adobe. First I previewed the clips, then dragged a clip to the Timeline, and used the razor tool to trim the clips to the appropriate spot.
Whenever I trimmed, rearranged, or deleted scenes, this software automatically shifted the video clips to fill in any gaps.
Another nice feature was that I was able to split the video and audio to edited and saved separately.
It was easy to transition between clips by dragging an effect from the effects panel right to the timeline.
I was also able to add titles to my clips using this software.
Once I had the individual clips edited, I saved the edited clips to the harddrive to complete the final product.

Using Microsoft Producer for Power Point:

Because I wanted to incorporate the student work into the final product, I decided to use Microsoft Producer 2003, an add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint to incorporate audio, video, slides, and images. The presentation is viewable in a browser so there is no special plugins or software needed to view the finished product.
Although it does have the capability to capture and edit video, I was more familiar with the procedures in Adobe so I used producer simply to put the pieces together into a completed product.
Producer retained the animations and effects that the students applied to their PowerPoint projects so I was able to maintain the integrity of the student work.

As a result of my video, I was selected as a State-level Keystone and have been invited participate in a five-day summit where I will collaborate with colleagues, share ideas and practices, and strategize ways to disseminate model practices across the Commonwealth. In addition, the video has been used during Open House and summer inservice workshops as an example of best practices and training for teachers with LCD projectors in their classrooms.