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=ESOL Student Video Production for Meaningful Language Practice= Explore different genres: narrative / musical narrative / news story / short documentary Discover new ways of bringing video production into your classroom for fun and meaningful language practice. Contribute your ideas / lesson plans / and examples of your class' production work throughout the year.**
 * Goals: Gain a better understanding of video production in general: equipment and process

Week I: Welcome / Questionaire / and Video Production Intro
During this week participants and moderators will introduce themselves and discuss their interests in video production and the benefits they see in bringing this form of group work into the classroom. Participants are encouraged to complete the session questionaire and review the information posted at link.com/session_1.html.

(posted at: link.com/session_1.html)
 * General info on the benefits of ESOL student video production for meaningful language practice.
 * Link to access the Session Questionaire.
 * Video Production Info: Intro - Equipment and Process

What about video production interests you? Do you have a camera? Do you have a computer and video editing software (both)? Have you used it to make videos before? What specific questions/topics, if any, would you especially like the moderators to address?
 * Session Questionnaire questions (online survey posted at surveymonkey.com):**

What level and age group are you teaching? Would your students be interested in video production? Do they have access to a camera and editing equipment? What problems / challenges might your students encounter when making a video? In what ways might your students benefit from the creation of a short video? What ideas would you like to talk about and what subjects would you like to learn more about during this session?

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 * Group Discussion Questions:**

1) Share your work (or your class’ work) with the rest of the group. Send moderators your video(s) to post to the link.com site - or - the links to your work if it's already online.
 * Assignment 1 (optional): Due end of week**

Week II: Video Production Continued
During this week participants and moderators will review discuss the equipment needed for video production, and the overall process of video production. Participants are encouraged to review the information posted at link.com/session_2.html.

(posted at: link.com/session_2.html)
 * Video Production Info: Continued - Equipment and Process

1) If you ever worked with in-class acting / video production before, describe what you did. How did it go? 3) 4) 5)
 * Group Discussion Questions:**

If you have a camera and video editing software, put together a short (1-2min) personal narative or documentary and share it with the group. Show us a bit of where you are and what life is like in that part of the world :) Contact moderators for any help or advice with editing / compressing for the web. Send moderators your video to post to the link.com site - or - the links to your work if it's already online.
 * Assignment 2: Due end of week**

Week III: Introduction of Genres
During this week participants and moderators will discuss a variety of different genres and which might be more suitable to different skill levels. Participants are encouraged to review the information posted at link.com/session_3.html.

(posted at: link.com/session_3.html)
 * Genre Info and general info about how much time and effort (relatively) is involved in pursuing each.

1) How simple / difficult was it to create last week's assignment? 2) 3) Which genre would you most like to focus on next week? why? 4) 5)
 * Group Discussion Questions:**

1) Watch and comment on the participant work posted. 2) Think of a class you recently taught - which genre would have worked best for them? 3)
 * Assignment 3:**

Week IV: Genres Continued
During this week participants and moderators will discuss in greater detail the genre(s) that most interest(s) the participants. Production process for this genre is presented in greater detail and tips are offered by moderators. Participants are encouraged to review the information posted at link.com/session_4.html.

(posted at: link.com/session_4.html)
 * More production information about the participants' favored genre.

1) How would you organize this class production? 2) What preview / follow up activites would be helpful? 3) 4) 5)
 * Group Discussion Questions:**

1) Create a rough lesson plan/production schedule using the discussed genre and email it to moderators.
 * Assignment 4: Due by end of the week.**

Week V: Video Production Lesson Plans Reviewed and Discussed:
During this week participants and moderators will review and discuss the lesson plans posted as last week's assignment. The goal of this session is to share ideas, activities, problems and solutions. Plans are posted at: link.com/session_5.html.

(posted at: link.com/session_5.html)
 * Participants' ESOL video production lesson plans/activity ideas/production schedules.

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 * Group Discussion Questions:**

1) Create a final lesson plan and post it to wikispaces.com.
 * Assignment 5: Due by end of the week.**

Week VI: General Question / Answer Follow up and Session Wrap
During this week participants and moderators will review and discuss any outstanding questions or concerns. Participants are invited to contribute their future ideas, lesson plans and examples of class video production work to a couple websites, including link.com and filmedworld.com.

(posted at: link.com/session_6.html)
 * Invitation to contribute to teacher resource Websites.

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 * Group Discussion Questions:**


 * RYAN DETWILER**