The web 2.0 tool that I explored for this blog is called Shwup. This site makes it very easy to create a movie photo album. The movie photo album can include pictures as well as media clips. There is a number of different templates and music assets, that the site provides, to add to your movie photo album. It is user friendly and has a very clean interface. This Web 2.0 tool can be used for any subject.
How can I use Shwup ???
Video Resume
I would use Shwup as a way for students to create a video resume to supplement their written resumes. In dance it is important to keep an updated resume including what pieces you have performed, what pieces you have created, and who you have trained with. My students would be responsible for using the class camera to document their information. They would need take pictures of the dances they created and have their classmates take pictures of them performing. If there was a guest artist that taught the class, I would take pictures of each student dance throughout the class. The students would compile their pictures and create a photo album resume.
Dance Terminology
Ballet terminology is very hard to master for K-12 students. For one thing, all of the terminology is French. That can be a little overwhelming. Creating a photo album movie will help the students master ballet terminology. Each student would create a photo album movie for a ballet term such as arabesque. Each photo album movie would consist of a picture of the word, the student performing the movement, and a picture of the definition. I would compile all of these into their class ballet dictionary.
Just for Fun
My students could also have the opportunity to create photo album movies for their favorite style of dance, what they learned in dance on a particular day, or what they want to learn in the future.
My Dance Experience in College
I encourage you to join Shwup @ http://www.shwup.com/ !
AWESOME VIDEO!!!! I want you to be my dance teacher!!! Please teach me how to dance with all of those spectacular moves included! I love the video resume idea! Especially with dance, it is much better to show what you can do than to just give someone a piece of paper to read about it. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great tool. It is like PhotoStory3 in overdrive. I can't wait to use it with students. I am working on a project with a group of 4th grade students that are planting and tending to a garden. They have been taking pictures to tell the digital story of their progress. Might have to rethink using PhotoStory for their project. HMMMM. Thanks for finding and sharing.
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