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Extr@ Spanish

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Has your Spanish class seen an episode of Extr@? Have small groups write scripts, act out their parts, and record a video project for their classmates. Consider assigning each group a specific topic to ensure project diversity.
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Digital Video Photographers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young photographers explore the world of digital videography. Learners take videos with a digital camera, upload them to a computer, then utilize iMovie software to put together a presentation. This should be an exciting learning...
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The Scoop Through Desktop Publication

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Drafting, revising, and editing is all apart of the publishing process. Using a series of documents as inspiration, young journalists compose a class Newspaper. They work independently and in groups to publish their own articles.
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Wherever We Go, There They Are!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The central video for this lesson is not available through the included resource link. However, the activity that simulates the passing of a virus through a population is impacting and the other resource links are invaluable. Use this...
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Denver Art Museum

Descriptive Haiku

For Teachers K - 5th
Even though this is technically an art lesson, haiku poetry is actually the main focus! Learners view photographs of Japanese tea caddies. They list five descriptive words for the caddies, then write haiku poems using the caddies as...
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Commercials

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a digital video camera. They experiment with the camera to get to know its features. Finally they create a video commercial and edit it, inserting sounds, titles and other graphics.
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Roll the Tape! Roll the Tape!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students use iMovie to create a video highlighting their middle school in order to share with incoming students.
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What's so Special about SFX?

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students work individually or in small groups to design a series of special effects images. They use image editing software to explore how visual information is interpreted and manipulated digitally. Students create new, blank image...
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What is American Culture

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create what they feel is American Culture using a video camera and capturing 5 frames. They are animating parts of a poem in small groups. They decide the set up, create movable figures, and have a music section. Each person...
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Creating Social Stories

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Developmentally disabled pupils participate in the creation of their own social stories. They select a topic for their social story and work with the teacher to write a social story or create a video social story presentation.
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Potassium-Argon Dating

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Find the age of a fictional sample of rocks using a genuine approach. A well-designed lesson asks young mathematicians to use exponential modeling to analyze half-life. As a project-based learning activity, scholars communicate their...
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Video Recruiting

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students develop a recruiting video using technology to attract students to take JROTC as a class. Students video tape various ROTC activities throughout the year and select those required for the video.
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Don't Let the Earth Down

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Writing a persuasive argument starts with a clear thesis. Using this resource, your class will write a persuasive paper on a conservation issue. They will then transform their argument into a 30-second public service announcement. If...
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Apple

A Curriculum for Digital Media Creation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Consumer technology has made it possible for filmmakers to create entire movies from the comfort of their home computer. Guide high school film buffs through the process of designing a documentary with an extensive unit published by...
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US Geography Landmark Commercial

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Experience famous geographical landmarks around the United States right from the comfort of your very own classroom. Learners research national landmarks, such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls, and then...
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Segmenting: To Kill a Mockingbird

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students divide the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, on video disc into meaningful scenes, or segments using a digitizer. They name the segments and then choose examples that illustrate an instance of money, power, or human relationships....
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What would Monet do with a digital Camera?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Pupils take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Pupils discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...
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Nursery Rhyme Modernization

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students retell a nursery rhyme updating it and create a video.  In this Movie Maker nursery rhyme instructional activity, students  use technology to update a nursery rhyme.  Students incorporate special effects, actions, and captured...
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Stop Motion Animation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list steps in making Stop-Motion animation. In this stop motion animation lesson plan, students will use video equipment to come up with props, characters, backdrops, and storyboards to create a video. They then present the...
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Energy Agents in Action

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students share information about energy use and conservation. In this energy use lesson, students work as a production team to make an instructional video about basic energy information. They develop a short survey about energy use that...
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PSAs: The Way We See It - Uncommercials

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners work in groups to identify a topic or issue that they feel passionate about and produce a short PSA for the topic. In this PSA lesson, students select an issue or social problem to research. Learners create a video or a public...
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Journey to the Center of a Cell

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a large scale model of a eukaryotic cell. In this biology lesson, 9th graders identify the different parts and function of the cells by using a robot to navigate through the cell models. They create a video tutorial...
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John F. Kennedy Center

Jazz music, Dance and Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students view video and become familiar with the type of movement in jazz dance.  In this jazz dance lesson, students write a cinquain about jazz dance.  Students recognize the elements of jazz dance and the type of music associated with...
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Smoker's Lung

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The plan is to have adolescents work in groups to reserach the effects of smoking cigarettes on the lungs. Once they have collected information, they create a presentation to share with the rest of the class. This is part health lesson...

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