What to Teach

When I first started reading this article, I was like, “woah calm down Misty. Didn’t mean to offend you with my lack of knowledge”, but now that I’ve read the article, I understand where she’s coming from. We wouldn’t expect someone without proper training and certification to teach our students algebra, why should let someone without production knowledge and training teach our students about video production? I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, because we don’t have an actual class for it and really, there’s only so much my second graders can do with video production, but I can see the importance of having a trained professional or knowledgeable person teach the class, if the school had a video production class.

If your school doesn’t have a trained professional to teach the video production class and you somehow find yourself teaching the class, keep calm and don’t panic. Misty explains everything you need to know about teaching video production. The first thing you need to do is to define your expectations in professionalism; dress and copyright then move into crew positions, titles and job responsibilities. You should define each role as needed for your production. It’s important to let your students gravitate towards the job they feel the most comfortable in. Once you’ve assigned roles and gone over your expectations, you can then move on to the basics of the equipment. Make sure to use basic vocabulary to help everyone communicate effectively. Once you’ve taught this, the next step is to assign a project. Different skillsets will be taught with each project and it’s up to you to decide what your students will complete. It can be anywhere from news broadcasting to game shows to commercials!

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