Hi Lisa, You might like to look into "Participatory Video":
http://insightshare.org/ Would seem to be a good fit for your scenario. Cheers, Christian On 4 Apr 2010, at 03:33, Lisa Harper wrote: > Very helpful pointers, Gena and Jay. > > I'm a bit embarrassed to say this is research for a final project in > an > information architecture class. The makers of a small, independent > film > focused on events surrounding a middle school, urban kid want to > develop > their original concept into an educational series -- but in a > participatory > fashion. They would like to encourage kids (likely through > educators) to > learn about film and contribute original footage. Anything beyond > this > basic concept appears to be the stuff of research and imagination. I > though > to reach out to the the video blogging community on grassroots > projects that > might offer insight. Certainly, not only questions concerning IA > (scenarios, > design, etc) important, but also questions such as feasibility, > cost, etc. > > Lisa > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM, compumavengal > <compumaven...@earthlink.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Hi Lisa, >> >> Kids and teens are creating video content independent of school. >> Finding >> classroom appropriate videos would mean a lot of YouTube slogging >> through >> "um, yeah, whatever..." type videos. >> >> Start with skateborders and go from there. That is part of the key to >> finding content. What would the students want to see? After >> eliminating the >> first and second things coming out of their mouths you could find >> gems. >> >> The costs has dropped dramatically. Yes, still expensive for a school >> district cramping for funds but editing software is already on the >> computers >> for Mac and PCs. >> >> There are inexpensive web camcorders between $50 - $100. You don't >> need >> anything else but time. >> >> On the education vibe: >> >> The projects can be teacher initiated or as part of an overall >> educational >> program. Because kids are involved many of the projects are behind >> school >> district intranets. There are a few video projects that are on-line >> but tend >> to have older students as participants. >> >> It helps to look for the teachers as creators/initiators in order >> to find >> the projects or dive into the educational non-profits that showcase >> these >> type of projects. >> >> Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/video and >> http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation where you can find >> examples of >> education based video projects that involve students. >> >> Also there is TiltTV http://tilttv.blogspot.com >> >> Shannon Miller of Van Meter Library is constantly finding new media >> applications and projects that can be adapted for educational use >> http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com She is a virtual jump >> point for >> all kinds of classroom 2.0 activities. >> >> From Canada - Living Archives http://livingarchives.ca/ >> Smart History on using technology to teach >> http://smarthistory.org/blog/category/video-podcasts/ >> >> Can you be more specific as to what exactly you are looking for? >> Are you >> searching for how-to do this, what do you need or how much is this >> gonna >> cost and can it be done? >> >> The resources are out there but they are spread out across multiple >> disciplines and interest groups. >> >> Gena >> http://createvideonotebook.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging >> %40yahoogroups.com>, >> Lisa Harper <lisa...@...> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I'm researching a topic that has to do with encouraging kids >>> from >>> low income and/or urban landscapes to express themselves with video. >>> This could be both singly or as part of an educational program. I >>> vaguely remember a few years ago a number of interesting projects >>> that >>> focused on videoblogging from both within the US and also less >>> developed nations. Can anyone point to such projects/sites -- or >>> does >>> anyone know how successful such efforts have been? I'm imaging >>> that a >>> significant challenge would be funding such an effort and also >>> giving >>> access to cameras and editing software to the kids. >>> >>> Lisa >>> >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
