Giving students the opportunity to work with technology under the direction of their teachers is one of the major goals of the Model Schools program through CA-BOCES professional development. Through the fall months this year, fifth and sixth grade teachers from Ellicottville Central, Randolph Central, and Cattaraugus-Little Valley participated in trainings using video cameras and iMovie to create student films for an online film festival around the question, “What inspires you?”
Teachers first met in September with staff developers to discuss the idea of the festival and to learn the basics of movie making technology. A second face-to-face training was held at BOCES in October, and then staff developers visited teachers in their classrooms to work with students on their movies. The culmination of these months of work was an online film festival. In total, seventeen movies were displayed and rated by people who visited the site. In total, the site received over 775 ratings of which 80% of the votes were student submissions.
We thank Lynette Sexton, Tammy Peters, Rochelle Redeye, Laurie Harrington, Stephanie Saviola, and Katherine Beaver for participating in this project, and for leading their students in creating some very well-produced movies. Not only did they develop their own technology skills, but they passed these skills on to empower their students to express themselves with technology.
For more information, or to see the movies in the festival, please visit: http://moviefest2006.pbwiki.com/.
Teachers first met in September with staff developers to discuss the idea of the festival and to learn the basics of movie making technology. A second face-to-face training was held at BOCES in October, and then staff developers visited teachers in their classrooms to work with students on their movies. The culmination of these months of work was an online film festival. In total, seventeen movies were displayed and rated by people who visited the site. In total, the site received over 775 ratings of which 80% of the votes were student submissions.
We thank Lynette Sexton, Tammy Peters, Rochelle Redeye, Laurie Harrington, Stephanie Saviola, and Katherine Beaver for participating in this project, and for leading their students in creating some very well-produced movies. Not only did they develop their own technology skills, but they passed these skills on to empower their students to express themselves with technology.
For more information, or to see the movies in the festival, please visit: http://moviefest2006.pbwiki.com/.
