COURSE TITLE:
NO. OF CREDITS:
6 QUARTER CREDITS
[semester equivalent = 4.00 credits]
| WA CLOCK HRS: OREGON PDUs: PENNSYLVANIA ACT 48: |
60 60 60 |
INSTRUCTOR:
Michael Boll
michael@bollnet.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course meets OSPI's STEM requirements.
Looking to have both you and your students create lessons that are even more exciting, effective and interesting than what you doing right now? Interested in matching those types of lessons with your current curriculum? Ready to take your class to the next level? If you answered yes, then this course is for you.
With a simple video camera, computer and one of the many free media production tools available, anybody can become a video producer. Now we can go beyond just the text and enter the visual.
All assignments are available online and designed to help you become a sophisticated producer one step at a time. Assignments come complete with samples and suggested software.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, participants will have:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Completion of all specified assignments is required for issuance of hours or credit. The Heritage Institute does not award partial credit.
HOURS EARNED:
Completing the basic assignments (Section A. Information Acquisition) for this course automatically earns participants their choice of CEUs (Continuing Education Units), Washington State Clock Hours, Oregon PDUs, or Pennsylvania ACT 48 Hours. The Heritage Institute offers CEUs and is an approved provider of Washington State Clock Hours, Oregon PDUs, and Pennsylvania ACT 48 Hours.
UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT INFORMATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT
Continuing Education Quarter credits are awarded by Antioch University Seattle (AUS). AUS requires 75% or better for credit at the 400 level and 85% or better to issue credit at the 500 level. These criteria refer both to the amount and quality of work submitted.
CREDIT/NO CREDIT (No Letter Grades or Numeric Equivalents on Transcripts)
Antioch University Seattle (AUS) Continuing Education Quarter credit is offered on a Credit/No Credit basis; neither letter grades nor numeric equivalents are on a transcript. 400 level credit is equal to a "C" or better, 500 level credit is equal to a "B" or better. This information is on the back of the transcript.
AUS Continuing Education quarter credits may or may not be accepted into degree programs. Prior to registering, determine with your district personnel, department head, or state education office the acceptability of these credits for your purpose.
ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION
REQUIRED TEXT
Choose One of the following books:
MATERIALS FEE
The cost of your text book is based on your selection from Amazon: • Filmmaking For Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts $12 + shipping • Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind $2.70+ shipping • Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators $15.50+ shipping
QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHING THIS COURSE:
Michael Boll is an Apple Distinguished Educator and former Technology Coach at international schools in China and Thailand.
Now based in the United States, Michael is an enthusiastic instructional designer and presenter. He works to make his courses and presentations information-packed, slightly provocative, and fun.
Michael has an adult son with profound autism and is keenly interested in the special needs community and its population of diverse learners.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
VIDEO PRODUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM
Frazel, Midge. Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators. Intl Society for Technology in Education. 2010.
Storytelling is an age-old art form. With Web 2.0 and the tools already available on most computers, students can use text, music, sound effects, videos, and more to create a multimedia presentation that links them to the world beyond the classroom. Storytelling has the potential to unleash creativity, engage, and motivate. Applicable across the curriculum, digital storytelling teaches students to work collaboratively and use new technologies, skills they will be required to have in the workforce of the future.
Lanier, Troy, and Clay Nichols. Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts. 2010.
Teenagers can "stop dreaming and start creating" with this guide to making their first film. The authors, who teach filmmaking at an Austin, Tex., high school, suggest starting with a short-a five-minute film. Throughout, they try to be chatty, with lines like "See you at Sundance." Chapters explain how to pick a subject (with exercises for doing so), write a script, pick the location for all the films' shots and deal with worst-case scenarios, such as no-shows, stormy weather and technical glitches. Lanier and Nichols's helpful crash course ensures that readers' first efforts don't resemble amateurish home videos.
Pink, Daniel H. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers Will Rule the Future. NY: Riverhead, 2006.
With visionary flare, Pink argues that business and everyday life will soon be dominated by right-brain thinkers. He identifies the roots and implications of transitioning from a society dominated by left-brain thinkers into something entirely different—although at times, he seems to be exhorting rather than observing the trend. As a narrator, Pink delivers in a well executed manner, with occasional hints of enthusiasm. He maintains a steady voice that is well suited for a business-oriented text, and his crisp pronunciation and consistent pace keeps listeners engaged and at ease. (Publishers Weekly Review)
Theodosakis, Nikos. The Director in the Classroom: Filmmaking Inspires Learning. Createspace 2009.
The Director in the Classroom provides the "Why" for digital video in the classroom in a clear and concisely written book. The book first looks at "Why" filmmaking is an important tool in 21st century classrooms and then explains, step by step, "How" filmmaking projects take shape in the classroom by developing ideas, forming a plan, filming, editing and presenting the final film in the classroom and beyond.
WEB SITES
Aspen Ideas Festival. "Conversation with Arne Duncan." 23 June 2011. 06 Aug. 2011.
http://www.aifestival.org/session/conversation-arne-duncan>.
Current (2011) Secretary of Education covers a wide array of changes he believes should take place in the classroom. Included is changing how we teach to encompass a strong backbone of critical thinking skills and sound decision making.
Center for Digital Storytelling. 06 Aug. 2011. <http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html>.
An international nonprofit training, project development, and research organization that assists youth and adults around the world in using digital media tools to craft and record meaningful stories from their lives and share these stories in ways that enable learning, build community, and inspire justice.
Digital Is. Case for Filmmaking in the Classroom. 06 Aug. 2011. <http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/1325>.
Looking for justification for using film production in your classroom? This book will help arm you with pedagogically sound reasons to change and improve how you and your students interact with video production.
Storify.com. Create Stories Using Social Media. 06 Aug. 2011. <http://storify.com>
A comprehensive listing of sample digital stories. Browse through these varied stories to get an idea for yours