Resources for Using Videotaping in Environmental Projects
- How to Videotape like a Professional. <http://www.allsands.com/HowTo/videotapingcame_p_gn.htm>. Written for parents, this guide can be helpful to teachers and inexperienced camera operators who may be involved in videotaping students involved in an environmental project.
- A Poetic Tour of Pittsburgh's Environment. Oliver High School, Pittsburgh, PA. <http://www.chatham.edu/PTI/Pgh_Env_History/Tolliver_01.htm>. This eight-week unit, designed for a ninth grade gifted English class, can easily be adapted to any grade and ability level. As part of the project students videotape pertinent locations in their own neighborhoods that speak to environmental concerns. Students also interview family members and friends about facts and details from Pittsburgh history. After videotaping their experiences, students will select specific scenes or subjects to photograph and write about in poems. All student work will be combined into a documentary. A culminating activity is the presentation of the environmental video to a selected audience of students, staff, and parents.
- PPT: How to Videotape a PowerPoint Presentation. <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q167090>. Teachers may wish to incorporate all or part of a classroom presentation software show into the project video to give background, outline steps, or list students' accomplishments. This article from Microsoft Product Support Services' "Knowledge Base" gives technical details about videotaping a PowerPoint show.