In mid-November, local students and their teachers were given the opportunity to participate in the first annual Red-Eye Video Shoot Out sponsored by the San Diego County Office of Education's iVIEawards.org (Innovative Video in Education). While video production is not typically considered a game or simulation, this event was a competition with set rules and a winner to be determined at the end of 24 hours, I thought it worthy of a mention in this blog.
The event began when the topic "Recycle, Or Else" (selected by the City of San Diego), was released to the student teams on a Friday afternoon. The teams brainstormed, storyboarded, scripted, shot the scenes, edited and submitted their final project for judging on Saturday afternoon. Watching the expressions on the faces of these teens as their videos were screened was inspirational. One team even admitted to editing their footage and burning the DVD on a laptop in the car on the way to the competition! The kids were all dead tired and yet still so full of enthusiasm. I came away feeling that this type of project is what we, as educators, need to be more involved with.
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