Mindblown

Some video footage of students planning and reflecting on their work whilst making their “You’ve Got A Message” video. Raw- ish footage gathered during the one-day-workshop, and after completing most filming .
Interesting to Note ;
The way these initial ideas were transferred into their video work.
The way the older students included, affirmed and guided the younger ones – this created an effective working atmosphere with a comfortable family feel to all group work. The older students felt empowered and focused well on task responsibilites and leadership, especially learning to listen to all group contributions. Overall, this had a powerful effect on the confidence of all students, the most obvious effect being the difference between younger students infrequent/tentative suggestions at the beginning of the week, and the increased frequency and depth of thought displayed in their contributions by the end. Quite a case for planned project collaboration across age groups. Don’t scoff – they did ALL offer something of worth to their groups and all commented on how much they enjoyed working together. They’re thirsty for more !

Note Video is about 8 mins.
“The Making of .. You’ve Got A Message”

Teacher Responses
The following is a nice, narcissistic ‘warm fuzzy’ – 3 mins of teacher’s responses immediately after watching the student’s video, finishing with an affirming 3 min interview with Eric Frangeheim – who offers some great insight and further challenges for the students.
Note Video is about 6 mins