Although, I do think the final body of work produced by the students will lend itself to the students' own creativity. Creating a movie has a lot of potential for the students to be creative and to tell the story form their own perspective. Also, its all about bugs. I hoping that should help the students be creative as well.
Based on my client's timeline I will need to start implementation within the next couple of weeks in order to capture the entire lesson activity.
4 comments:
Roman-
You're right about the lesson already being designed with creativity in mind. Making videos still sounds like a great idea... and one where students' innovation abilities will shine through. I hope your pre-plan feedback ultimately helps you in your continued work on your project.
Hi, Roman,
I think you've chosen a great project idea and I'm sure you'll feel more comfortable about how to proceed once you get the feedback on your pre-plan.
I agree with both you and Mark that this project is inherently creative. I'm not sure it's really necessary to add any additional creativity components, especially since the scope of your project is fairly broad at this point anyway.
I'm looking forward to hearing how this turns out. It sounds like such a fun group of instructional activities!
Lenrose
Roman,
I still really like the idea of the iMovie's about the insects the students will research. The students could get very creative with this. I think it would be fun if the various students chose a variety of points of view to share their insect information. Some students might share the information from the insects point of view (the insect is the narrator and the camera has really low shots), some might tell it from a kids point of view (I found this bug in my house and I am trying to learn more about it), and some might take on the view of a scientist (less personal than the previous example).
It might help to brainstorm with the students so they all don't do a traditional report such as "My insect is... He eats.... It lives...." With a brainstorming session and a group of gifted students, the movies could get very creative!
Lisa
I just found a fun insect game called Name That Bug http://www.orkin.com/learningcenter/kids_and_teachers_games.aspx
For fun your students could all contribute clues to create your own Name That Bug game... This doesn't enhance creativity... it just looks like fun :)
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