Week+February+20th-24th

This week of field experience went a lot smoother since class schedules were back to normal and now the students have been given a better explanation to what will be happening in class with me and my partner. Tuesday my partner, Mr. D, and I talked before our advance class came in, Mr. D decided it be good for my partner and I to teach a lesson, this way the kids could see that we do know what we are doing and they can come to us for help or to ask a question. It would also help us learn more about the kids and the way they learn. Mr. D wanted us to teach Final Cut Pro because we both know it pretty well and each of the kids was going to have to edit their projects at some point in the class. We were going to stand in front of the class and show them as a whole each of the tools and some specific things you could do, but the system wouldn’t come up on the computer so instead we split the class into two groups and lead one group each so students could actually get on a computer and have a hands on learning experience. After we divided the class the students I worked with got onto their computers and setup Final Cut. While they set up a new project I had them find four clips to bring into the program. We then went through the beginning steps, as we were going through this process it was hard to keep everyone’s attention, either they didn’t know what they were doing so they would get frustrated and put their head down or they knew how to do it already and got bored when I had to help the other students and they would start looking at things on the internet or talking to another students. Since we had to break up the class and explain to the students what we were going to be done we didn’t get much time on the computers before class was over for the day. When the kids left Mr. D, my partner, and myself had a quick sit down and talked about how we would continue the lesson on Thursday. When I came into class Thursday Mr. D told me we would be doing another lesson involving the production studio this time. So my partner and I came up with the idea to keep our groups from the Final Cut project and have the kids come up with a 3-4 minute production, they would split into three groups within their major group they could work in the studio on cameras or actors or be in the booth as a director or technical director. This way the kids could learn how to use the equipment and see what position they liked the most so we can focus on that one spot to help them stay interested and do things they actually wanted to. When the students came in they split up into their groups and my group got right into Final Cut. It was a lot better the second time because I realized what students needed me to keep on them and which ones already understood a good amount so I had them work with the other students that way I only had to come over every once and a while if they were stuck on something or had a question. It also gave me more time with the students that weren’t in class Tuesday and were starting from the beginning. Thursday was the most productive day we have had yet, the students kept focused for the most part of the class and opened up a lot. They would ask questions if they were stuck instead of putting their head down and giving up. Some of them even helped others without me having to ask them to. Next week we are going to start writing scripts and assigning roles for the production.

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