Brief Description

Students will import scanned photos and digital photos into a video editing program (Avid Cinema) and add effects, text and music.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

4T-E2. Use technology tools for individual and collaborative writing, communication
and publishing activities to create curricular related products for audiences inside and
outside the classroom

1AV-E1. Choose the most appropriate media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of one’s own ideas and experiences
VP-E2. Plan, develop and produce a visual presentation, using a variety of media such as videos, films, newspapers, magazines and computer images

Academic

• Students will create a "self-portrait" or auto-biographical piece using a variety of media.

• Students will scan/save/import  images on the computer for use in a variety of projects.

Students will take/save digital images and import them from the computer for use in a variety of projects.
Students will use a video editing program (Avid Cinema).

Basic computer skills: keyboarding, right/left click on mouse, importing/inserting images.
Familiarity with Avid Cinema editing software.
Familiarity with scanner and digital camera.
(Note: if students are not familiar with these technologies, this project will take longer as you will need to instruct/provide practice in the use of each of these.)

Materials

Scanner
Multi-media computers
Digital Cameras
Video-editing software
VCR (to copy video back to playable tape)

Accommodations for Special Needs

NES and SpEd students will be paired with more proficient students.

Procedures

This project will take 4 class periods. Day 4 will be for presenting the projects to the class.

Day One

 
Introduce Project:
You will create a self-portrait or autobiographical piece using scanned images, digital photos, and video editing software. Your project will be a reflection and demonstration of who you are, what you like, what you don't like, what you do to help your community, your school, etc. If may include your family, your friends, your pets, your neighborhood, your future, etc. It is a personal piece about YOU so each project will be different.

The Criteria:
Your final piece must include:
Scanned images (photos or illustrations brought from home)
Digital images
Text: Images used must be explained through text (titles) so your audience will understand their significance.
Effects (transitions)
Sound (music and/or narration).
Your final piece will be 2.5-4 minutes in length.
If you wish to take home a copy of your final project, you must provide your own videotape.

The Guidelines:
Your final product will be a video of still images collected from scanned images and digital photos. The images you scan will come from photos or illustrations you bring from home. The digital photos will be taken at school. For the digital photos, you can take pictures of  people or places here at school, or you may bring small objects from home to photograph.

You will have 3 days to work on this project.

You will be assigned "camera time" on day 2 to use the digital camera, so have your matierals ready at your assigned time.
 
Provide a Model:
The teacher should create a project prior to this so it can be shown to the students.

Hardware/Software Demonstration/Overview:
(Students have used these technologies before--they have just not used them combined together.)
Demonstrate use of Scanner.
Demonstrate use of Digital Camera.
Demonstrate use of  Avid Cinema: importing and manipulating images; adding effects; adding sound.

Project Planning:
Students will complete the Project Planning worksheet (attached).
Remind students to bring images and objects for photographing the next day.


Day Two:
 

Organization of Projects:
Survey students to see who needs to scan, who needs to use a camera, who needs to select music, who needs to check lyrics online, etc.
Assign to stations: 1) scanner; 2) digital cameras; 3) avid cinema; 4) Internet for lyrics check.
Students will rotate through stations as needed.
Students will work independently with teacher assistance and monitoring. Once they have their scanned and digital images saved into their server files, they will use them to work on editing the project in Avid Cinema.


Day Three:
 

Completion of Projects
Students will finish editing their Self-portrait or autobiography projects. Students will work independently with teacher assistance and monitoring.
Student projects will be transferred to videotape for them to take home.


Day Four:
 

Presentation of projects.

Self-assessment reflection questions:
How does my project help my audience understand who I am?
In what ways did technology make this project easier/better than more traditional methods?
If I were to do this exact project over again, what would I do differently (what mistakes, if any, would I correct?)
How might I be able to use the technology tools (scanner, digital camera, editing software) from this project in the future?

Peer assessment:
(Students will each assess 4 peers in the class as the projects are being presented).
What did you learn about this person that you did not already know?
What did you think was most effective (technically) about this student's project?
What suggestions do you have for improvement?
 

Teacher Name: Cindy Rolewski 
Site: La Cima
Date Submitted: March 2002