In addition to making my own movie, I watched videos that six of my classmates had made (none of them were in my group, because I didn't see that they had posted their videos yet). I was very impressed, and I liked the variety of subject matter that we all chose to focus on.
(1) Ashley Daley's video was a book trailer for "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." She included many exciting images that I thought would make the children want to read the book. It was very well done.
(2) Becky Edmonds created an A to Z book with wonderful images. I loved that she made it her own by making it rhyme. She included both capital and lower case letters in her movie, which is very important for early literacy exposure.
(3) Sabrina Huyett made a book trailer for "The Hatchet." She used awesome music that I think would draw the children in, because it sounded like an action movie. I thought it was great how she asked questions in her trailer, getting the children's minds going, and ultimately making them curious about and enthralled with the book so they will read it!
(4) Kami Orr's movie was images set to a poem. I would love to use that poem and incorporate the faces of children in my classroom. I thought it was a great way to show how we are all different.
(5) Raymond Hamilton did a movie featuring new born babies. The music was a lullaby, and the pictures were so sweet. Again, I would love to get the children to bring me their baby pictures and we could make a movie of all of the children (and myself) as babies. Then we could study how we change from infant to toddler to the way we are now!
(6) Nicole Mahas had the great idea of making an instructional health video. I liked that it was very clear and informative. We should do this, because _______. We should not do this because __________. I would love to make a video like that for the beginning of the year.
What a fun story, Whitney!! Thanks for letting us get to know your family.
ReplyDeleteWay cute! That's such a good idea to incorporate the core and allowing students to get to know you. God job!
ReplyDeleteThis would be so fun to share with your family. It reminds me of my own because of the goal to incorporate self and family. The way you described family and gender roles was cute also.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this idea! It is fun for the kids to get to know you, but you also got the message across of how each person plays an important role in a family and it's great to be different!
ReplyDeleteI loved your calm narrating voice. Your movie flowed well- I liked all of the smooth transitions. And I liked how the letters came in on your title page- that was fun!
ReplyDeleteThis was such a cute video about your family. I really liked it!
ReplyDeleteWhitney! I sure miss our drama family! Awesome movie but I thought for sure you were going to do some cool whistling. BTW, you look like your mom but you have your dad's eyes but I am sure you knew that.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to see a family history video! I think it was really unique and I enjoyed watching it.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a great way to introduce a unit on families. It was fun learning about yours.
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I agree with what Carmen said. This is a very unique idea. I bet kids would really enjoy telling their family story.
ReplyDeleteWhitney, I loved how you can totally hear your Texas accent in this video. It made me happy. Loved the video!
ReplyDeleteSee you at work tomorrow,
Alyssa
Whitney,
ReplyDeleteYour movie was great. I loved how you told your family story. I think it is amazing that your dad decided to go back to school and become a teacher. He sounds like a hard worker. This was inspiring to me. Thanks for sharing your family with us.
Andrea