Teamwork and the video process

Today was a great experience. I thought our team worked really well together; it's great to see the strengths that each member brings to the task. It is assignments like this that shows the value and importance of a team effort. There are bound to be bumps along the way but that helps make the experience and learning more memorable! We will definitely remember there is a right side up way to hold the view finder! This being said, by having to re do the videotaping, the second time around went much quicker. The preplanning of the script helped. The first run through allowed us to work out the planning, sequencing and shot glitches. The second run of videotaping went pretty smoothly. Yeh!

I was thinking after class that the shot templates were helpful in our planning. I think the Facter would be valuable in this process too. "The primary purpose of FACTER is to assess and teach students with developmental disabilities to be independent. FACTER addresses the ability to perform typical everyday "routines" while incorporating essential "related skills" for living. These routines can be task analyzed into a number of core steps for assessment and instructional purposes. Routines are important because they provide specific purpose and enable us to become more independent in our lives." as found at http://www.starautismprogram.com/facter

This task analysis could potentially be the shots in a video story, I think. It could also guide how the script might go. The combination of shot templates, facter and movie maker make for an effective video story; that's a good thing for our students.