While this post isn't directly related to this course, it is technology related and wanted to share. My 11 y.o. son went to Apple Camp this week. Right in the mall at the Apple store. It's two mornings and a Saturday film festival. The first day they are taught Garage Band and create a sound track for the movie they're going to create. They create a storyboard for their movie. They are also taught the basics of how to shoot a good movie. They're given the 5 rules to film-making. After camp that day they have the afternoon and evening to shoot their movie. They can take as much footage as they want, but their movie will only be 2.5 minutes. The next day the Apple employees have assigned each camper a computer in the store and have downloaded their sound track onto them. The campers are taught iMovie and all the things you can do with it. They have an hour to create their movie. Their movies are downloaded onto a bracelet that is also a USB drive. The kids can to keep the bracelet drive, they get a t-shirt and stickers. All of this is FREE!! It culminates on Saturday morning when we go to Apple and have a film festival of all the movies. It was very fun. Zach really enjoyed it. Also, while the kids were working, Apple employees worked with parents to set up parental controls on our own computers, ipods, iphones, itunes etc. to keep kids safe. Very cool! If you have kids between 8-12, I would recommend it.
PS. The Apple store also offers FREE field trips. You can bring your class right in the store to learn.
This sounds like so much fun! I would love to talk with you about this as a possible model in school. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLiz, this sounds awesome! I wonder if they'd come into our classes and do the same thing? There is a session at ACTEM that teaches claymation movie making, but I don't have the artistic ability to make my own...but I'd love my kids to learn. I might have to get in touch with the Apple Store and see if this is a possibility. Did you see your son continue using the skills throughout the summer? Did you have him show you how to do any of it? This would be a great way for our kids to demonstrate Newton's laws.
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Megan
This sounds awesome! I bet he had a blast.This model of a specific outcome ( a 2.5 min movie) and instruction and work time with a deadline is a cool idea. I'd love to see a unified arts technology class added to our rotation - especially now that we are a 1 to 1 school. A small group of kids working with specific projects with a curriculum at each grade would be awesome. The kids would then become expects and able to help others who hadn't yet taken the course.
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