Making Connections: Potential for Classroom Teaching

To me, video editing and digital collage have very similar qualities, as they both involve the process of taking a raw piece of media (a photo or video), and consequently cutting pieces, adding elements, and shifting it into something completely new and unique. These mediums are extremely valuable in classrooms, as they extend the possibilities for students to express themselves beyond spoken word, writing, and traditional means of making visual art. Video also allows for the aural senses to be appealed to, allowing for immersive moments and even more opportunities for further connection and communication of information, thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Video creation in the classroom allows for cross curricular collaboration, or simply just creative exploration, as well as teaches students how to delegate tasks and collaborate in a creative production team setting. 

I could imagine teaching video to middle and high schoolers as being extremely beneficial for their self esteem in art making if certain students do not identify strongly with the other visual arts. Video making is not just recording videos, not just editing clips, not just pasting clips together and calling it a day. Each individual step of the process is crucial to the final outcome of the work. Since exposure to these different aspects is almost certain, any of these processes could be inspiring and interesting to individual students. 

Middle and high school-aged students today live in the social media age. For many of them, they follow individuals who's entire career is based around filming and creating video content, and many students look up to content creators. It is crucial that educators understand what their student populations are interested in, and are able to tailor lessons to appeal to these interests, while demystifying new media for students, and allowing it to become accessible to them. 

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