Because I said SO

Last year I did a project (named after my Golden Retriever Dozer) where Dozer Jr. spent a day at each student’s house. The students filmed his experiences, as well as, wrote a diary excerpt. We posted our final work on the following site: http://sites.epals.com/bakkenblog/

The students had to learn the following to complete the project.

• How to run a Sony HandyCam
• Upload to Windows Movie Maker (and inadvertently learned about codecs)
• Edit in Movie Maker
• Upload videos to YouTube and TeacherTube
• Write a diary entry
• Use proofreading skills
• Type diary entry in Microsoft Word and use editing tools
• Learn about basic blogging skills
• Insert Hyperlinks from their diary entries to their videos

My students say that this was their favorite project of the year. I am looking forward to continuing this endeavor with my class this year.