New Media project: “Solar energy”
Posted by: jelena on: June 8, 2009
In the following I want to shortly introduce a New Media project which I found sounded very interesting.
The project was done in a physics and computer science class (10th grade) at the Colegio Alemán Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its theme was solar energy (german title: Sonnenklar!) and the pupil’s goal was to produce a ten minute video clip about that theme.
The time the class had were eight school lessons and because this is not that much time the class split up into four groups, each group produced a video clip of about 2-3 minutes and they were put together afterwards. The task was to decide on a theme, to write a concept, and to film and produce it. The report states that the pupils were really motivated and even sacrificed some free time to be able to manage the challenging task. Two of their teachers functioned as project managers, answered technical questions and helped if there were difficulties.
What I liked about that project was that the pupils shot and edited their clips in small teams, which means that the whole team was responsible for the output and that the goal they had “forced” them to discover the possibilities and deal with problems of the New Media on their own, which I think is apprporiate for geade 10.
Intersted? Check outh their web site:
http://www.dstenerife.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=689&Itemid=284
2 Responses to "New Media project: “Solar energy”"
June 9, 2009 at 6:46 am
Hi,
what I liked about your blogtask is that you have not chosen a typical project, but one that involves producing a video clip. Such a production can only be realised if the students of the class are able to work independantly.
What might have also been included is more detail on the several stages of the project, such as how the concept of the video should be created. When creating a video in 4 groups it is also important to think about the technical requirements.
Best,
Sandra
June 9, 2009 at 6:45 am
This is an interesting project. I like the idea that the pupils become very creative and produce something. And that they produce something modern! Children or adolescents love to play around with medias like movies, radio, videos, tv, music and so on.
So creating a movie about a specific theme regarding a schoolsubject is both: Learning something about the subject AND having fun with it