W3_Reading

Using iMovie to Enhance Learning
This is a non peer reviewed web article that describes how the use of iMovie can help children learn a subject.  While the article focuses on using iMovie to create video book reports, it holds significance as having applicable principles to my middle school science video production project.  Dietrich gets into the benefits of script writing.  Dietrich also discussed others uses for iMovie including documentaries and video taping science experiments.  A simple, straight forward article that gives encouragement for using iMovie as part of the classroom experience.
Dietrich, P. (nd). Using iMovie to enhance learning.  Retrieved August 12, 2010 from http://corinastechspot.wikispaces.com/file/view/imovie%2Bproject.pdf




Science Via Photography: Using Digital Media to Enhance Animal Adaptation and Diversity Lessons
The author describes how he uses digital photographs to teach science.  Photographs allow for discussions across a vast range of science concepts and terms.  This method also teaches the children to take visual cues from the photographs to identify science ideas.  The next phase it to allow children to shot their own images and then identify the science concepts in their photos.  The children are no authoring their own digital science media.  This creates an excellent learning environment.  These and other principles are exactly what I am trying to establish in my own science/media experiment.
Jones, A. (2010). Science via photography. Science & Children, 47(5), 26-30. Retrieved from Education Research Complete database.




Using Digital Video Assignments as a Tool for Active Learning
Discusses how the creation of digital video holds untapped pedagogical potential for the classroom.  While the author addresses the college classroom, the principles are easily adaptable to the middle school classroom.  Those principles included how to clearly implement an idea into a visual production.  The article stressed the idea of visual literacy and the need to have some mastery of media technology to be competitive in the job market.  It provided some forward thinking ideas.
Dumova, T. (2008). Using digital video assignments as a tool for active learning. International Journal of Learning, 14(12), 63-71. Retrieved from Education Research Complete database.




Say Cheese!  Digital Collections in the Classroom
Discussed ho students can use digital photography to create virtual collections.  Involved going out, locating, shooting, and identifying various leaves.  The student photos were used to create digital collections.  The article discussed how children like using technology gadgets.  Also discussed the editing process and how to find the lest expensive means to print out photos.  The principles in the article mesh perfectly with the goals of my AR project of using digital image media to enhance science learning.
Carter, L., Sumrall, W., & Curry, K. (2006). Say cheese! Digital collections in the classroom. Science &Children, 43(8), 19-23. Retrieved from Education Research Complete database.