Video Projects for Elementary and Middle Schools

As your complete guide to creating video projects with students in elementary and middle school settings, this book features step-by-step plans for 25 creative curriculum-based video projects. The plans include notes to the teacher and fully reproducible student handouts. Activities such as Storytelling in the Classroom (language arts) and Making It Metric (mathematics) span the curriculum and expand students' knowledge in a variety of subjects while building their video production skills. The book is a natural companion to Television Production for Elementary and Middle Schools. Grades 1-9.

KEITH KYKER (M.Ed.) has 23 years teaching experience, and has been working with school television production for 18 of those years. He has earned degrees in educational media/instructional technology and speech education from the University of Central Florida. Keith currently serves as the educational media specialist at Northwood Elementary School in Crestview, Florida. Keith was previously the media specialist at Lewis Middle School in Valparaiso, Florida where he earned District Teacher of the Year honors in 1999. Before becoming a media specialist, Keith taught television production, media production, public speaking, and English at the high school and college levels. Keith recently served on the committee that developed the assessment for National Board Certification for library media, and was instrumental in providing benchmarks for accomplished media practices.

CHRISTOPHER CURCHY is Educational Media Specialist, at Jensen Beach High School, Jensen Beach, Florida. Christopher has 29 years experience teaching in Florida grades K-12. With Keith Kyker, Christopher is the co-author of 9 educational technology books for Libraries Unlimited.

They have presented at more than 50 conferences nationwide, write the Video Viewfinder column for Florida Media Quarterly, and host the popular Web site www.schooltv.com.