Value of Video in the classroom

I think that this project was very educational. It teaches students the steps to creating an idea and achieving the finished product. This video project could be used to film the science experiment of hatching baby chicks and viewing the chicks as they grow. This project will take more time since it take about three weeks for the chicks to hatch, so this would be a longer project. After a student and partner has collected the clips on film of the stages of the chicks hatching and then the days after as they grow, they would be able to proceed with the same steps to put together the life cycle of a baby chick to present to the class. This could even be separated into two or three parts, having one team film the incubation period, one film the hatching, and them one team film the days after they are hatched. This project is targeted for the 4,5,6,7 or 8 grade levels. The students could add the researched information about the chicks to their videos, along with music. In the end the teams' videos could be shown in order of the process to the class. Another idea could include having "club members" film events during the school year, as high school seniors do for their filmstrip at graduation ceremonies.They could compile an electronic elementary school yearbook. This project would introduce younger students to the editing process; which could encourage more students to become more involved in their high school activities and later, their college experience.