Markus, Nice! I am in the middle of deep discussions with people in my area about schooling and will share this link. We are researching how to start a charter school, co-op school, home schooling, co-schooling, partial schooling and unschooling ;)
Regarding video in school.... I am ok with creating video but against watching videos in most cases. I am into experiential education. Sull On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Anyone know of any k-12 schools that are doing cool stuff with video? I'm > > writing a "primer" article for a magazine on video on the web for > schools, > > and they want examples... > > > > I recently helped out with a YouTube-based, video contest held by a locally > based, distance > learning school for K-12. Their students are all over the world and they > asked them to make > videos explaining why home schooling is cool. Three age categories. I > viewed every one of > the 60+ entries and learned a lot about how students completed their > projects and in some > cases, collaborated. > > http://www.laurelsprings.com/videocontest/index.asp > > An interesting side note: since the contest, I have seen one of the winners > videos remade as > a commercial on television. The TV version is very polished, but virtually > word for word the > original. I've been meaning to inquire if that student was involved in > that, or just ripped off > by some ad maker. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
