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Step 5: Record the Videos The day we recorded the videos was simply wild. Everyone knew that we had just this one day to record, so teams could not start over very many times... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Supplies we used on filming day Filming did require supplies, but the supplies were actually easier to get than I thought. I was able to use cameras that 3M donated ]to our... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Step 6: Write the Scripts Scripts are absolutely necessary. No one could work through the next day without one. Even the students who knew their story by heart had... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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How to Speed Up the Video One of the keys to the RSA Animate style is to speed up the pace of the drawing to match the pace of speech. In this video, I show how we managed to... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Step 7: Record the Narration On the sixth day of the project, we recorded the narration. In my school, given the schedule and the need for coverage, I decided to have us do the... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Step 8: Enjoy the results! By the holiday break, we had 17 videos finished. The rest were basically “finished,” we just had to wait until after break to pop the music into most... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Always Try It Yourself I have a little policy in class…never have the kids do something I have not done. This time, I wasn't able to make my own video at the same time... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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18 weeks 2 days ago |
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Authentic Conversations on Youth Voices "Who does that?" a girl in my 10th grade English class murmured dismissively. We were walking back to class from the garden across the street from... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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What’s Youth Voices all about? Youth Voices is a school-based social network that was started in 2003 by a group of National Writing Project teachers. We merged several earlier... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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What is “authentic conversation?” It’s probably time for a working definition of what we mean by “authentic conversation.” Authentic conversations on Youth Voices grow out of... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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How does this happen on Youth Voices? It starts with generative questions that build into inquiries or research projects, which students then develop into discussion posts.Then a group of... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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2 years 30 weeks ago |
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Starting with generative questions Our first step toward authentic conversation is to ask students to find a real question, to launch into a self-chosen inquiry, not teacher- or... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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Building a Niche The second important step in moving students toward these authentic conversation is ask them, "How can you build an audience of peers who are also... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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Ongoing, passionate digital inquiry Let’s say the upward spiral of student engagement in the give and take of Youth Voices has taken off. Now comes the third step that pushes students... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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Jake Uses a Guide to Find his Voice Here’s an example of how a student, Jake, in Susan Ettenheim’s digital photography class at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, NY, NY was able to find... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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1 year 51 weeks ago |
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Voices on the Gulf In the Summer of 2010, many of us who have been building Youth Voices began to think about what we could do to support our colleagues and friends who... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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2 years 30 weeks ago |
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New networks for authentic conversation It’s because of our experiences with Youth Voices that we could envision a network of exchange that would grow from the first poems, drawings, notes... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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2 years 30 weeks ago |
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Developing an insider's perspective My hope is that Voices on the Gulf is helping my students to understand why this crisis matters in their own lives. Perhaps they will see that this... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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2 years 30 weeks ago |
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Is this the future of Youth Voices? School started in August on the Gulf Coast, and classes began in New York City soon after Labor Day. Early in August, singer and teacher, David... Read all pages in this resource, starting from the beginning |
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2 years 30 weeks ago |
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NWP Teachers Celebrating Their Digital Lives on Digital Learning Day 2012 What are your plans for National Digital Learning Day #DLDay on February 1, 2012? http://digitalis.nwp.org/site-blog/what-are-your-... |
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1 year 14 weeks ago |
