Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

SKEETERVILLE
Video Type Quiz Show
Description/Overview

Integrated with the Skeeterville Research Model

A video program where contestants compete in order to learn about mosquitoes and their habitat.

Approximate Time Needed 180 minutes (90 write, 45 film, 45 edit- includes research model time)
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes

How do mosquitoes survive in their habitat? How do they interact with other organisms?
Information Literacy

AASL: 1, 2, 3
Technology Literacy

MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)

ISTE NETS: 1a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b

Media Literacy CML Core Concepts 1, 2
Learning Styles Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Dependent
Skills
  • Research
  • Dialogue Planning
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Performing
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. View sample Game show
  2. Research topic
  3. Write questions, answers, and dialogue
  4. Plan production environment
  5. Rehearse
  6. Shoot
  7. Edit final product
  8. Present/ share
Differentiation
  • Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
  • Extended time
Assessment Suggestions Quiz Show rubric
Extension
  • Submit to a contest
  • Peer critique and/or gallery walk
  • Submit to BCPS Education Channel
  • Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
  • Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
  • Add to electronic portfolio
  • Broadcast school wide