There is a place where fourth graders will be using Final Cut and every teacher has a multimedia hub as their “desk.” At this urban school, classroom teachers will be filming video documentaries as part of their jobs.
Welcome to Edison Elementary School in Kalamazoo, Michigan: A magnet school with new multimedia production facilities. I recently led a video journalism workshop with a core group of classroom teachers where I taught them how to make effective video reports. (Teachers call training “professional development”)
One of my students, Anthony Gettig, produced this short video report from that week. Listen to the teachers - see the excitement on their faces.
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