Do You Want to Play? - Animoto video made as a professional development tool for the "why" of infusing educational technology and play-based learning into teaching practice. (2014) The Big6 with Susan Grigsby - The Big6 Research Process is explained and then demonstrated by two teens who use it to decided on a movie to go see. This video was created in 2002 as part of a DeKalb County Schools professional development class on using iMovie. It was voted "best of class" by the participants.
Student, parent, community, and instructional productions
Advocate for Your Program: Beautifying Your School Library Program on a Budget: ALA eCollab Webinar presentation, May 9, 2013 Elkins Pointe Middle School: 2013 Lip Dub (in collaboration with ELA Teacher Karen Jones) Elkins Pointe Middle School: 2011 First Annual Lip Dub (in collaboration with ELA Teacher Karen Jones) Elkins Pointe Middle School: Morning News Show opening sequence Elkins Pointe Middle School: Soccer Team Mashup using Animoto Midvale Elementary School: Welcome to Kindergarten - created for parents with children entering kindergarten for the first time to help introduce them to the school, the teachers, and a typical day for their child. Midvale Elementary School: Back to School Blues - the result of a collaborative unit between a 2nd grade teacher team, the music teacher, and the library media specialist. The students learned about the blues form in music, poetry and writing in the general classroom, and video production/editing from the media specialist. Note: the mini-DV tape master was damaged over time and there are a couple of glitches in the final piece.