Children love to see themselves on the big screen. My class enjoys literature and interacting with words. Presently, the only video camera our school owns, does not work. The flip camera allows a great way for students to create multimedia presentations at a low cost.
Our school is a small, rural school in the Foothills of Northern California.
Over sixty percent of our population qualifies for a reduced/free lunch. Many of our students live with extended family members due to lower socio-economic reasons, which limits the support the families can provide for their education. Because our school is small, serving preschoolers through eighth graders, our very dedicated staff, knows each student and their needs very well. We are always looking for new ways to supply some of the missing opportunities that their living conditions can not provide.
My Project
Having an operable video camera at our school would be a tremendous asset in our ongoing attempts at energizing students in the classroom. Incorporating technology into classroom curriculum provides an excellent opportunity to reach the many different learning modalities of today’s students. A wider grouping of students who’s best learning comes from such activities as singing, acting, dancing, public speaking, and even technological involvement can now be directly involved in larger and more exciting learning activities. The classroom has the potential to become an Internet stage for student plays, reader’s theaters, and science experiments. Our students can film many of our field trips to our many historical Gold Rush locations and produce movies so others can experience the same trips. Having a camera in the class would truly help spark new interest with my students.
As a concerned teacher I am continually looking for ways to reach out and spark the academic interests of as many of our students as I possibly can.
My goal has always been to enlighten our students to the many occupational opportunities that exist for them well past the county lines of our rural foothill community. My commitment to them includes doing everything I can to help them realize that they can, in fact, be preparing themselves for jobs in the world that do not even exist yet.
Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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