Blog Post #5: Making Movies

I have always been a fan of using movies in the classroom. Movies have the ability to capture the attention of students and get messages across in way that a teacher could never do without this technology. Movies can incorporate many different learning styles into one lesson. Personally, movies affect me far more than words alone. Just last week we watched a video on the effects of drunk driving and it really impacted me. The combination of music and visual images along with the statistics was very powerful.
I think that incorporating videos into the classroom is a great tool for teachers. It can be both a great teaching and great learning tool. Movies are attention getters and that is great for teaching in middle and high school settings. Movies have the ability to make the students care more.
I had to make a couple of videos for my college english class my senior year of highschool. I remember it being a lot of complicated and confusing work but it was very satisfying when the end project turned out well. I still have those videos today and have to laugh when I watch them. It was me and my three best friends making a movie about gender roles and the stereotyping of women. Haha, it was good times :) I just hope I find movie making a little easier this go around!