Zebulon S. Perrin Digital Chain of Hope
Digital Chain of Hope
Students will be broken into groups of 4-5 (depending on class size). Teachers can allow students to choose the groups, teachers can choose the groups themselves, or teachers can choose the groups based on the seating arrangement.
Students will then be given a period of time (depends on classroom procedures but roughly 20-25 min) to brainstorm what they want to say to the soldiers. They will collaborate and work together to develop a message to send along in the video. Students should think of several phrases to include in their presentation. During this group collaboration, students could also be creating posters, visuals, backdrops etc. for the soldiers during the video.
Posters could include slogans such as; “thank you!”, “get home safe”, and “keep up the good work.” Phrases that are short, concise and clearly seen would be the best choices.
These posters/slogans will be shown on the video as a ‘slideshow’, with music playing while the phrases are shown. Therefore, posters should be colorful, legible and vibrant. They will be a component of the presentation.
Students and teachers will then choose who/what will be presented on the Digital Chain of Hope. The material/presenters to be chosen is entirely up to the teacher. However, Mrs. Spielman and I will choose delegates from each group. Students will work within their groups and choose a representative to speak to the soldiers during the video. These representatives will take notes during group work and will speak to the soldiers in front of the camera. They are to reflect the messages and speak as a whole for their group. Thus, depending on the amount of groups in class, one “new” group (probably 4-5 students) will be formed. This group will contain a member from each original group, allowing each group to have their voices heard and message sent to the troops.
Digital Recording will most likely take place Thursday (and possibly carry over to Friday). Mr. Perrin or Mrs. Spielman will travel to the classrooms, pull out the group of students being recorded and videotape their message.
Mr. Perrin and Mrs. Spielman will be responsible for creating and editing the video as well as distributing the cards for the soldiers.