Videography
Increasingly, more middle schools have developed video classes to capitalize on student interest in drama and film. Presented as both an elective class and as an enhancement to core classes, videography and clay animation teach students skills in project management, scripting, teamwork, editing, filmmaking, storyboarding, and production.
In the Spotlight
Catherine Zane Middle School, Eureka City Unified School District.
The local public access channel presented student-produced videos from Zane Middle School in November 2005. Teacher Margot Genger’s video production class wrote, storyboarded, videotaped, and produced the videos. For example, U.S. Congress 2000 is a 30-minute video of the eighth-grade U.S. history class. Andrea Tarantino’s students studied how Congress works. They determined a budget, researched topics of interest, wrote bills, presented them to the House of Representatives and Senate, answered questions, and voted on whether to enact their bills into law.
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