Video Production - Increasing Awareness of Student Organizations
In the article entitled Filming Compassion by Janet Bremer and Marilyn Clark, students used video production to promote nonprofit agencies as a part of their service project requirements. Students combined the art of text, graphics, sound, and pictures to produce a video display of nonprofit organizations such as community churches, homeless centers, and private inner-city schools. The entire process began when students visited their assigned organization to gather ideas and to find out what the needs of the organization were and how the video would serve the organization. Over the course of a grading period, students gathered more and more data and edited their videos using software such as Final Cut 4. The final products were professional quality video productions promoting worthy organizations, leaving students with a great sense of pride.
The use of video production as it was used in Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy High School can benefit students in two ways (1) fulfillment of service project requirements and (2) the opportunity to exhibit their video production skills while learning about meaningful organizations. The article proves that video production can successfully be created for nonprofit organizations within a community, so why can?t video production be created to promote and increase the awareness of the many positive student organizations within the school? Many of the problems encountered with this project included: transportation to and from the nonprofit sites, the lack of equipment available at most nonprofit organizations, and the lack of staff to supervise student videographers. If students are required to shoot and create videos of student organizations at their school, many of those limitations can be eliminated. The major advantage that I see for this possibility is the increased student engagement and innovation because of their actual involvement and being a part of that organization.
The use of video production as it was used in Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy High School can benefit students in two ways (1) fulfillment of service project requirements and (2) the opportunity to exhibit their video production skills while learning about meaningful organizations. The article proves that video production can successfully be created for nonprofit organizations within a community, so why can?t video production be created to promote and increase the awareness of the many positive student organizations within the school? Many of the problems encountered with this project included: transportation to and from the nonprofit sites, the lack of equipment available at most nonprofit organizations, and the lack of staff to supervise student videographers. If students are required to shoot and create videos of student organizations at their school, many of those limitations can be eliminated. The major advantage that I see for this possibility is the increased student engagement and innovation because of their actual involvement and being a part of that organization.
I plan to use video production in combination with other multimedia forms to promote in particular, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). FBLA is a national student organization for students enrolled in Business courses. I am the advisor of William G. Enloe High School?s local FBLA chapter. FBLA provides students with opportunities to develop character and strengthen confidence; encourages scholarship and useful citizenship; and encourages the development of individual projects that contribute to the improvement of home, business, and community. For the final project in my Business and Electronic Communications classes, I plan to incorporate a cumulative video production for the promotion and increased awareness of FBLA. The majority of my students become active members of our chapter and would have access to shoot video of conferences, competitions, community service projects, and chapter meetings. My classes will be divided into production teams of four to five students. I will monitor and assess each team?s progress throughout the process by using rubrics and peer reviews of each team member?s contribution. I really appreciate the rubric that was provided in this article. The main components of the rubric included: script/storyboarding, introduction, video editing, pace, teamwork, and overall effectiveness of the video. Unlike many of the projects that I am guilty of assigning my students, their video productions will be used in following years and shown at FBLA interest meetings and displayed on our school news. The ultimate objective will be to recruit more students to become a part of an excellent student organization that promotes civic and personal responsibilities - FBLA.
I plan to use video production in combination with other multimedia forms to promote in particular, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). FBLA is a national student organization for students enrolled in Business courses. I am the advisor of William G. Enloe High School?s local FBLA chapter. FBLA provides students with opportunities to develop character and strengthen confidence; encourages scholarship and useful citizenship; and encourages the development of individual projects that contribute to the improvement of home, business, and community. For the final project in my Business and Electronic Communications classes, I plan to incorporate a cumulative video production for the promotion and increased awareness of FBLA. The majority of my students become active members of our chapter and would have access to shoot video of conferences, competitions, community service projects, and chapter meetings. My classes will be divided into production teams of four to five students. I will monitor and assess each team?s progress throughout the process by using rubrics and peer reviews of each team member?s contribution. I really appreciate the rubric that was provided in this article. The main components of the rubric included: script/storyboarding, introduction, video editing, pace, teamwork, and overall effectiveness of the video. Unlike many of the projects that I am guilty of assigning my students, their video productions will be used in following years and shown at FBLA interest meetings and displayed on our school news. The ultimate objective will be to recruit more students to become a part of an excellent student organization that promotes civic and personal responsibilities - FBLA.
Natasha Deese
Posted at 07:35PM Jun 18, 2006
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