Update #3 - The Competition Begins

The world of IDT is an always evolving element as I experienced first hand since my last post. What initially was supposed to be a short film competition evolved into a news piece competition. When this project first started, the students were already working on their own project of a news program. They had filmed all of the interviews and still needed to edit them. They felt as if trying to edit the news pieces and create a short film would be too overwhelming given finals for their classes were on the horizon, so we made a compromise. I developed a learning document helping them get through the editing process and publishing their news videos. The document also had instructions for sharing the link to their individual stories on social media and the contest that was to take place. They were still very eager to share their links on social media to compete for views, which was highly encouraging, and I was also able to help them learn more about post-production in the process. So a win/win for both parties. None-the-less, each story was uploaded individually and distributed back to the assigned editors of the pieces and the students have been sharing their individual videos.. The students will fill out a survey next Thursday explaining their experience and use of Web 2.0. I am eager to see who will win and happy that learning is happening all across the board.