Script

Here is the script I'm going on. Like I said in a few posting back. If the teacher isn't going to give us a heads up (since she is suppose to be checking our blogs) as far as direction when all is said and done, I don't think there is a wrong way to do this pod cast. I think we should each, individually, follow the Module....so, 1 - 2 minutes long. We are acting like teachers addressing parents about how we plan to "obtain a classroom pet" We are to include aspects from our project, is what the module says. We are to choose 2 completely different parts from the book (each) to discuss in our pod cast. Then there's all the other crap about how to create a pod cast. Erin, if you want me to assemble this project together, please let me know. If anyone wants to discuss this verbally, give me a call 269-599-7780. Here is the script that I put together. It's only a page long, but remember, it's only suppose to be 1 - 2 minutes - according to my film professors, "a page in screenplay format is like a minute on the screen" I know this is narration, but not too different considering a lot of films have voice over at the beginning. Anyway, here's the script I put together:

Throughout the course of the year, all students in class will be given many opportunities to experience different activities it takes to obtain and care for a classroom pet. Some main points for this project will be in helping your children gain a better appreciation for their own family pets, gain team building skills with other classmates through communication, and help them gain skills they wouldn’t be able to get anywhere else. The project for obtaining a classroom pet will help strengthen various aspects of math, science, and language arts they are learning through their normal class work. Obtaining a classroom pet your students will learn valuable skills using technology that they will be able to take with them outside the classroom and use in real world situations.

One way your child will use technology to obtaining a classroom pet is through creating their own facebook account (if they don’t have one already) where they can share ideas and communicate with other classmates about what they should consider when obtaining a classroom pet. I’m one of three teachers who have already been collaborating through a blog site our own ideas to obtain a classroom pet. My hope is that when students communicate with each other about the possibilities and considerations for having and taking care of a classroom pet they will become proactive in coming up with their own solution through a method called problem-based learning.

Other useful skill students will gain in obtaining a classroom pet and taking care of that classroom pet will be in developing time management skills. Students will be given opportunities to take the classroom pet home with them and create a video log about the time they spent taking care of the animal. They will then teach other students as well as their parents something they’ve been studying in class by using their footage and creating a script. They will put together a video presentation to edit during and (if needed) after class to join their script with the footage each student took. This will be an ongoing project for about a month allowing every student to take their class pet home with them.