Today I gave the kids storyboard cards–just big 5 x 7 notecards. They are drawing the frames on one side and the script and text on the other.We also watched part of the EVC video showing introductions.

The kids liked the first one about illegal immigration more than the identity one. I tried to show the other EVC video about Recycling, but the buffering was going so slowly that we had to quit.Their homework is to blog an idea for an introduction.The rest of the class period was spent deciding how to film the segments. I had kids going to various departments for materials. One group wanted permission to go to the parking lot and burn something. I deferred that to the assistant principal who deferred to the principal who is not here today. I think they should do that on their own!

Corrine checked out a camera to go film a footprint in the mud. I made her promise to bring it back tomorrow–we are going on our street interview walk on Thursday, so we’ll need all the cameras charged and ready to go.

I filmed the kids’ discussions today with the Flip Camera that Bill let me borrow. It worked really well and was easy and fast to export. The sound wasn’t terrific, so I don’t think it would be good to take the place of our cameras, but I love how fast the transfer was. I now have 10 .avi clips to play with if I ever want to show people how this project works.Other minor problems: fire wire cords–we had the wrong ones; dead batteries–need a safe place to charge all of the cameras; Andrew was on a band field trip and he had one camera; kids couldn’t get to Adobe Elements from their accounts–no big deal, and all fixed. Polly, our computer resource specialist, got us the cord, e-mailed the proper person for the software, and she hooked us up with cool plastic tags so we know which camera is which.

I showed the kids how few days we have left and they kind of freaked–I guess that’s good.