Columbus Video
I was so impressed by Griffin's abilities while watching this video. His mastery of the content was really visible; he was able to talk about Columbus for 45 min barely reading from his paper. I was such an impressive video that I showed it to my classroom teacher and the same style of interview is going to be implemented into our culminating historical figure project. You could tell that Griffin was motivated and enjoyed doing this project based on his knowledge of the topic and the time spent on the video. This type of interview made the information easily understandable for other students. I also noticed that Griffin's level of thinking was extremely high, his grasp of the topic as well as the technical side (editing) really made this project a worthwhile learning experience for him.
I loved how Griffin kept in character throughout the entire video. I really felt as if I was watching an interview with two different people. It wasn't until 2 or 3 min. in that I realized it was the same kid. Creating a rubric for evaluating this type of assignment would be fairly simple. I would focus mostly on content, then presentation (i.e. how fast did they talk? costume? energy level?) I would also have a part in my rubric for technical ability (cuts, and edits).
I also thought that this type of an in depth interview could be used as a teaching tool, rather than just about the technology. Being that my class next year will have a SMART board, accessing VLOG's or Video podcasts will be extremely easy and what could be better than having a peer teach you about something new. I am really looking forward to using the SMART board for teaching tools just like this.
Peter,