FINAL VIDEO

Sorry for the late post on here, but the video is live finally!

check it out on my youtube page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIhjiV2TN2g

-Jay

My 2nd Video--Missing Audio

Please check out my 2nd video! I really had a more difficult time this time using movie maker since I had used photostory prior to this. I was sick during the making of the video so the audio will be added later this week. Please let me know if the content looks good, transitions, and so on.

The video can be found on youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5PfpsNAOlw

Outline for my 2nd Student-Audience Video

Making social studies come alive is very difficult without the ability to show students actively learning, which is the main issue working in NYC. As part of the contractual obligations, NYC teachers are not allowed to use students photos or videos in any public forum.

This posed a problem to me with the first video and now with the second.

My topic is: The Civil Rights

My goal is to combine a lesson on human rights vs. civil rights with a short quiz which would allow teachers to use this in an actual review lesson.

Human Rights vs. Civil Rights (title page with credits)

I am going to find images of various civil and human right violations (creative commons license) and explain the background history of a few major violations in history (world vs. American)

I will show some slides of the information written in powerpoint in order to highlight the information. This will allow students time and information to take notes on.

Once I am done explaining the ideas, I will show a quiz with 5 review questions (my assessment).

I will explain to students in the video how it should be scored and offer some more places they could study the material for the upcoming exam on the Civil Rights Movement in America.

I will try to incorporate music from the various eras, but will be mindful of creative commons licensing.

At the end, there will be a page with credits and one of the music genres I explained.

My Revised Video

Below you will see my newest revision for my first student-audience video. Please enjoy!
-Jay

This can also be found on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4fI2GraI8

How to Format a Paper

I was asked by a few of my students how to correctly format their EXIT project paper for my assignment. I told them I would do a screencast and publish it to youtube. My students were shocked that I was able to do that so I decided to post it to my webpage for their class.

www.tinyurl.com/mrstrum

take a look at my site overall and let me know what you think. Scroll down to the last L.O. and it will take you to the video link below.

ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJAyTWY4-wE

My Video for Student-Audience

My video took some twists and turns, but here is the final draft. I would definitely appreciate any comments that you may have.

-Jay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1MrZh81lGY

Please Enjoy!

New Video Ideas

Due to time constraints, I have thought about narrowing down my ideas to one single cause for war in America (how we got involved). I am entitling it The Cycle of Imperialism and the United States. I will quickly overview how the United States was a colony and how George Washington warned us not to get involved in foreign affairs. I will then cut to a short overview of how we conquered the Native Americans and ultimately wanted to play with the big countries (Britain, France, Spain). This will lead the students to an understanding of how we got involved in wars like Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, and so on.

My intent will be to allow students to understand the cycle that we were forced into without regard for our forefather's advice.

Tools for my Video

I will be using my digital camera that is equipped with a video camera until I receive my video camera that I ordered this past weekend. I will also be using windows movie maker and perhaps Adobe Premiere. I will also need a tripod in order to shoot the videos with accuracy. Overall I am at a point where I may rethink my ideas due to time constraints and availability of creative commons images. I will be making my final decision by Tuesday evening in an effort to focus my energy on creating my video Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rushton-

Sorry again for the late post.

My Video Outline for Student-Audience

My Video will be a Review of 8th Grade Social Studies

After watching a really boring movie from 1865-1917 US History with my students, I was tempted to change the idea that not all educational movies have to be boring. I try every day to make my classes as interesting as possible, but since it is history, it is important to try and engage my students any way possible.

My Outline

I will open up with images of Native Americans hunting buffalo, Eskimos making igloos, and Hawaiian Natives just enjoying their land.

I will then write the word in large letters IMPERIALISM

In the next segment, I will show images of the US railroad employees killing the buffalo for fun showing how the USA's main goal was to eliminate the Indians from the West since there was money to be made.

I will then describe how the Dawes Act was a Congressional Act that forced Native Americans off their own land to live on Reservations and describe how the idea was that they can have their own land in a reserved area specifically for them.

I will show that since the United States has been an imperialistic nation, how they changed the lives of the Native Americans for ever.

I will then move to how we took the land of Alaska along with the help of Sen. William Seward from the Russians for an unfair profit by Americans. This would lead us to another war--- the Cold War in the late 1950s-1980s. I will show how we also wiped the Eskimos off their own land simply because we wanted the oil and the resources from the area.

I will finally explain how the United States took the land from the Kingdom of Hawaii. Using Dole and the Sugar companies, we systematically wiped out the natives from Hawaii and when the King died and the Queen took over, we easily took control and annexed (took over) Hawaii.

This video will be only part of the video. However, this would show how the United States eventually got involved in World War I. I think this would be interesting for students to see what really happened in this type of format.


Let me know what you think. I will definitely be adding to the ideas as they are offered to me!

Comments on Next Vista Videos

http://www.nextvista.org/graphic-design-instructor/

I found this video in the lightbulbs section of the website. I was attracted to it since I too consider myself a graphic designer. I wanted to see what this person planned on focusing on. I was a little disappointed at the lack of appropriate audio and visuals. It was hard to hear the man speak at times since he was in his classroom and not on a microphone, which increased the echo. Overall however, I think that he did a good job, but I think that if he were to submit a new video in the future, that he would take that into consideration.

http://www.nextvista.org/emt-paramdeic/

I also found this video on the lightbulbs section of the website. I am also an EMT and I was curious to see what this person decided to talk about. I know that there are some privacy issues with showing actual patients, but I think that if he took us on a ride along describing situations versus talking in front of the non-moving apparatus, that would have been more effective. He could have also shown the tools used on a daily basis as an EMT. Overall, it was informative, but I would hope in the future to see more action for an exciting job description.

http://www.nextvista.org/projectamigo-volunteer/

I found this video in the service section. I was curious to see what Project Amigo was all about. I found it very informative and it really sounds like a worthy cause for Next Vista to sponsor. I hope that one day I can get my students involved in a program like Project Amigo for NYC students. Some of their own families are in situations as were described. The video incorporated music, videos, and still pictures with nice transitions. However, the only critique I have is that the pictures are out of focus at times. Other than that, it was well done!

My Educational Philosophy Video Assignment

Below you will find a link to my youtube posting of my Educational Technology video. Due to some computer issues, it took me longer than expected to get the video working. I am using my girlfriend's computer and she did not have any of the programs I needed. I will be getting a new laptop in a few days-- check here for the link.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxPgocOuU1A-- MY VIDEO IN FULL SCREEN!

Below is my youtube video as an embedded file. Please let me know if it does not work.