Social Studies:
Civic Documentaries. • Focus on a past event and ask the children to produce a short documentary. • Current Events/Social Questions. • Video reenactment of historical events, time periods. • Video speeches or law interpretations, etc. • Video debates. • Biographies of historical figures. • Create a TV election ad Social Studies • Travel Channel • Game Show
English/Language Arts:
Visual interpretation of a poem or other literary work • Students write their own story and then produce it. • Reenactment of a classic literary work. • “How” to Video. • Improve speaking and performance skills, help with learning English. • Book Commercial – Students create a video persuading the class to buy and read a specific book the student has read.
Science:
Video science processes in nature such as the growth of a plant, birth of small animals, hatching of chicks. • Video science data to show the evidence of change over time. • Create a video about a specific lesson such as air and weather. • Video a Lab. Record events under the microscope. • Students design, carry-out experiments on camera to solve a problem or demonstrate a known phenomenon such as gravity
Math:
Have students create videos that teach a concept or how to solve a problem. • Collect data from sports and other real world activities to learn mathematics. • Explain a formula.
Foreign Language:
Create an ad or commercial in another language. • Create a newscast in another language.
Art:
Biography of a famous Artist . • Reenactment of the artist. • Report on an artistic style • Portfolio of work. • Art Sale Video
Physical Education/Health:
Students create “how to” videos to demonstrate a technique. • Explain rules of sport. • Video Biography on favorite sport team or sports star. • Sports Cast • Video to show importance of eating well and exercising.
Music:
Streaming performance videos and original music compositions for publication on the school's Web site. • Classical music video • Proper fingering techniques • Performance critique
Reference: Tech Learning. (2009). Engaging Students in Video Production and Movie Making in the classroom. Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/uploadedfiles/techlearning/common/sony_slides_final.pdf