Video Project Ideas
A Brainstormed List by the Teachers Attending the 
South Burlington "Video Camp", Summer, 2002

• Being a minority in VT
• Celebrating diversity
• Celebrating cultures, personal histories, traditions
• Commonalities of cultures, backgrounds, etc.
• Explore my personal context, culture, etc.
• Questions in their own lives, what are there lives like?
• Thematic approach--different themes each month
• Art, Music, Literature, & Culture
• Interview with elders
• Looking at heroes
• What are the issues in the SB community?
• PSAs
• Issues and solutions
• Gender equity
• Myths and preconceptions re FHTMS or SBHS
• Promote courses
• Training videos
• Re-enactments, e.g., using Shelburne museum as backdrop
• Bring books to life
• Presentations for rest of the class
• Mock trials
• Interviewing historical figures
• Oral histories
• Bring "authors," "politicians," etc. together to discuss books, issues, etc.
• Animations
• Interviews, in Japanese
• Talking heads activities (e.g., 3 roles)
• Performances--acting out scenes
• Portfolio of student work
• Examples of student work
• Show student growth over year (curriculum night, open house)
• News shows
• Introducing new students, teachers, staff
• Cultural studies
• Fashion shows for world languages
• Inter-generational projects
• Topical issues (drugs, smoking, eating disorders, etc.)
• Environmental issues
• Video of houses, home life, etc. for world languages, ESL
• Training videos on musical instruments, singing, etc.
• MIDI students explore how music enhances video
• Video yearbook
• Graduation videos
• CSN news
• Video clips of key projects, each kid gets a CD
• DCF book reviews
• Science projects (slow down, speed up)
• Field trip documentation & reviews
• Live coverage of presentations, close-ups of artifacts in presentations
• Claymation (RETN has how-to tape)
• School Events
• Music, drama, etc. events
• Documenting guest speakers (permission for video, stills)
• Sign language instructional video
• School Highlights
• After school classes
• No smoking commercials
• Media literacy
• Ethics, media bias
• Student conferences
• Video club
• Video about the broadcasting grant
• Teacher & Staff Profiles
• Video pals

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