Week 12 - Double Entry

Chapter 3: Dreams and Nightmares

1. How can documentary video production help prevent the underdevelopment of urban youth minds and spirits?
Through documentary video production, youth can gain strong sense of accomplishment and purpose. They expose themselves to greater possibilities. They learn to look at everything in their life in a new way - question what is around them and express themselves.

2. What school-based literacies does documentary video production help to develop?
Video-based production helps to develop literacy and work preparation skills, group work and leadership skills, understanding of community issues and media, research documentation, and self-reflection.

3. What 21st century skills  does documentary video production help to develop? Provide concrete examples from the chapter. Use this Wikipedia article to help you answer this questions.
Video production brings innovative approaches to teaching content and lifelong skills to the classroom. Through usingn various techniques involved in video production, students learn to interact with the world and use real life skills. Students use the world around them to develop their stories - using school, community and learning resources. Video production provides an excellent opportunity for collaboration and community involvement giving students an authentic learning outlet.

4. Would you support a documentary video production in school or after-school program in your community? Why or Why not?
I believe that documentary video production would provide students with a creative and authentic learning experience. They would be able to take action and produce projects that show what is important to them.