STEM Real World Expansion Pack
Broadcasting
This project proposes to utilize the 9.7 iPad Pro, iPod touch, and Padcaster Ultimate Studio with Chroma Key technology to enable student imagination, knowledge base, and problem solving skills by incorporating digital video broadcasting into the upper elementary classroom. These devices and equipment have been specifically chosen because of their ability to produce excellent quality results while still being appropriately accessible by 3rd through 5th grade age students as well as teachers with varying levels of technical expertise. Broadcasting is a real world application that is generally addressed within secondary classes, however students are becoming more technologically literate every year and with the correct instruction these concepts can be incorporated into the curriculum of upper elementary classrooms and enrich their learning especially in the areas of Social Studies, ELA, and Engineering. Students often find it difficult to connect traditional assignments with a purpose for their being done beyond a simple grade. Without this sense of purpose or reasoning, less effort and importance is placed on the end result. By incorporating digital video production, and more specifically broadcasting concepts, students will be more likely to see a purpose for showing their imagination and be able to go beyond the criteria in new and innovative ways. Students will learn about the science of chroma key technology and be able to use this new knowledge to create a variety of artifacts that will address standards throughout the curriculum. Chroma Key, also more commonly known as green screen, allows the user to remove specific colors (often vivid green tones) from videos and replace them with other images or colors creating the illusion that the video is being done in another place or with added effects. Digital citizenship as well as image copyright laws pertaining to their use in video backgrounds will also be addressed, allowing students to use current tools with this new technology in digitally reliable and responsible ways. The project uniquely supports student learning in going beyond the basic curriculum and allowing an outlet for those who are more hands on kinesthetic as well as the visual, auditory, and artistic learners. While the project will begin predominately with one teacher working with approximately 50 students, the intention is to expand into the rest of the building by making the purchased equipment available to every classroom, reaching all students in 3rd - 5th grade.
Funding for this project was provided by CenturyLink and the Clarke M. Williams Foundation.
Funding for this project was provided by CenturyLink and the Clarke M. Williams Foundation.