Our Ed Tech class drilled in the importance of teaching students with methods that are meaningful to them. In this Web 2.0 world in which today’s students live, that means with digital media and information sharing. The Movie Assignment was a really good time to produce. From the storyboard planning to the final production, I felt like I was doing something fun, not laborious. I had a few questions about affective transitions as well and sound issues that my 14 year old son, Jonas, helped me with. This is my bridge to education in this entry.

Jonas is a movie producer. It’s what he is. He and his band of friends are continuously planning, shooting, editing, and sharing videos. This is something from which I have never dissuaded him. I know the skills that he is learning while jacking around with his buddies are the exact skills he will need in his future workplace. If he’s lucky, and determined, he might be able to make a living doing what he loves. As he helped me sew up my video project he said something that made me sad and a little afraid for the students of today…right now – not the students I’ll be teaching when I finish up…the kids in school this very minute…”I wish they would give us this assignment in school."

What about him? Why isn’t he being given this assignment in school? I feel like we are running behind the tide. We, as educators, can’t get 2.0 educational opportunities to students fast enough. I feel like we are too late already!

Here is one of the many videos my son has made and is posted on YouTube. What these kids are capable of astounds me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qKV3sSAtw&feature=channel_page

Here's the video I made for our Ed. Tech. class. It's not nearly as fun as what the kids can cook up.