Sample assignments
Developing persuasive writing strategies ReadWriteThink on commericals and ads
Assessment
Sample rubrics for asessment
Digital storytelling (Kathy Schrock)
Storyboarding standards/rubric for The Things They Carried
Short film rubric (link to googledoc)
Video production (basic)
Video production (advanced)
Storyboarding
What makes a movie great?
Video exemplars
Book trailer Of Mice And Men
Book trailer The Yellow Wallpaper
Commercials
Documentary (short, interview-based) The Concrete Cowboys of Philadelphia
Paperslide Cinderella
Plot (rising and falling action) Bananas
Poetry video (stopgap animation) "Narcissus" by Alice Oswald
Poetry video (live action and found footage) "The School Boy" by William Blake
Poetry video (live action and found footage) "Kids Who Die" by Langston Hughes
Political campaign ad Andrew Jackson is the man
Political campaign ad Assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson
And some counterexamples...
Bio Poem (ELA)
Shoveling Snow With Buddha (ELA -- poetry video)
Español Tres Skit Project (Spanish)
Marbury v. Madison (History)
Number the stars (ELA)
Tacocat Hamlet (ELA)
Copyright
Understanding Creative Commons -- slideshow by Deeth Ellis
A Fair(y) Use Tale -- video by the Media Education Foundation
Finding images and music
Remember to cite images and music!
Look for images in the Keefe's online databases. Easy to cite!
- ARKive Photographs of animals and habitats
- Creative Commons Search for images and music. Once you find what you want, check individual work's permissions. Of special interest -- flickr -- high quality, easy to download.
- uncheck use for commercial purposes
- check modify, adapt, or build upon.
- Getty Museum Open content images of paintings, photographs, sculptures, etc.
- NASA Images For outer space, astronauts, space travel.
- NYPL Digital Collection Great images of the ancient world, historical photographs, artwork, etc,
- Open Clipart Drawings for you to reuse. Some old-fashioned, some new.
- Pexels A share alike site for photographers. Remember to cite the image.