Students will choose an issue that affects them, the school, or their community to document in a short movie. Advertising Poster for a Political Candidate (ages 11–13).During this project, students will learn about primary and secondary resources, cite research, and make a case for their web page decisions. Students will conduct research on a historical figure and then design a web page based on how this person would want to be represented on the Internet. They also learn about the importance of storyboards in creating digital movies. By doing this activity, students learn about presenting a story in pictures and about chronological order. In this lesson, students select a poem, identify the poetic devices, sketch a storyboard, and make a video for the poem. Students learn about techniques used in literature and filmmaking that create tension, and they employ this knowledge to create scenes that surprise, intrigue, and confound the audience.
In this lesson, students use Adobe Premiere Elements to write short scripts and make a movie that creates a suspenseful moment. They then use Adobe Contribute® CS4 to add text, links, and images to a page on the class website. They begin by gathering information and images about marine life. Students will create web pages to communicate information demonstrating their understanding of an academic concept.
Use these lesson plans when teaching about math and science, language arts, history/social studies, and visual and performing arts. There is a nice selection of tutorials designed specifically for kids and for students that you can find at the Adobe Digital School Collection Teacher Resources Site.
Adobe Digital School Collection Teacher Resources - Free Tutorials