Art, Bullying, and Video Tapes
Microsoft Partners in Learning, Innovative Education Forum 2011
Documenting the process
Click the button above to learn about the School wide video project at Beacon Heights Elementary
Microsoft Blog about the Project
Taking a Creative Approach to Stop Bullying Teach_Tec 12 May 2011 10:40 AM Bullying has been an unfortunately hot topic in recent months, though not something new in our school communities. What is new are the creative ways educators, parents and students are choosing to address this issue. For the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum which I’ve posted on recently we’ve received two applications in the first round that took creative and innovative approaches to engaging students around this difficult issue. The first project gets its unlikely start in the art department of Beacon Heights Elementary School in Salt Lake City, UT.
Art specialist, Donna Pence works across all classes and grade levels in her K-6 school with a goal at the beginning of the year to have students show students responsible forms of behavior in and out of school. The project grew as general ed teachers integrated the topics of personal responsibility, sportsmanship, appreciating diversity and other similarly themed topics into their language arts curriculum. Younger students began with storyboarding and older students developed their persuasive writing skills all with the shared goal of producing a video “to teach and entertain” about responsible behavior. And the project took off from there! Students produced and staged skits, created rap music videos, puppet shows, claymation, Lego stop-motion video, and used various animation techniques. Working in collaborative groups students negotiated and problem-solved together working toward their share goal. The end result came with a number of creative videos that will be used in the following years to refresh this topic and introduce these ideas to new groups of students. All of the student work was then featured on a video night at the school’s annual fundraiser.
Art specialist, Donna Pence works across all classes and grade levels in her K-6 school with a goal at the beginning of the year to have students show students responsible forms of behavior in and out of school. The project grew as general ed teachers integrated the topics of personal responsibility, sportsmanship, appreciating diversity and other similarly themed topics into their language arts curriculum. Younger students began with storyboarding and older students developed their persuasive writing skills all with the shared goal of producing a video “to teach and entertain” about responsible behavior. And the project took off from there! Students produced and staged skits, created rap music videos, puppet shows, claymation, Lego stop-motion video, and used various animation techniques. Working in collaborative groups students negotiated and problem-solved together working toward their share goal. The end result came with a number of creative videos that will be used in the following years to refresh this topic and introduce these ideas to new groups of students. All of the student work was then featured on a video night at the school’s annual fundraiser.
The Lesson Plan
Let's Make a Video
Power point introduction to types of video that tell a story.
Bullying is Bad a 6th grade video using live actors with masks
Sharing is Caring a 5th grade rap video with live actors and original score
Bullying is Bad a 6th grade video using live actors with masks
Sharing is Caring a 5th grade rap video with live actors and original score