Final Project

As I have mentioned in previous posts, the unit topic I chose was modern day slavery. At Milton Middle we have Adivsor/Advisee time every day for 15 min. I always struggled to come up with daily activities to fill that time. After going to Haiti and showing students video and pictures from the trip I began to see how powerful media can be in education. I discussed modern day slavery with students and had them take a survey online that showed them how many slaves were involved in making the things they own. After they had a good grasp on the concept we started talking about making a difference. We discussed various ways they, as teenagers, could make an impact. In the end we decided that spreading awareness was the most affective action we could take. At Milton we have MPNT, a weekly newscast shown throughout the school. The kids came up with the idea to shoot commercials and ask if they could be shown on the newscast. The students submitted different ideas for the commercials and we filtered through them and decided on three ideas to shoot.

Cabell County Digital Media Presentation from Curt Mann on Vimeo.

Video Haiku

This week we took the 8th graders to Washington DC. I really wanted to use that time to shoot video and use it for this week's assignment but time simply did not allow for it. So, upon return I had some fun shooting this video with one of my fellow teachers, Alex Whitt. Quite the character as you will see!

Video Haiku (kinda) from Curt Mann on Vimeo.

My project will be on ending modern day slavery. Basically my homeroom will make a series of videos that will be shown on the school news cast. Here is an example of a video that will be used.

Slavery in the US from Curt Mann on Vimeo.