Students will read about how video games are created. They will read that computer programmers have to write in a computer language called code to control the game. They will read that video games have a story, characters, and an environment. They will begin writing a scenario for a new video game.
Students will read about why commercials are necessary to show on television. They will read why stations do not air old commercials. They will brainstorm old commercials they remember watching. They will watch current commercials and discuss what they like and dislike about them. They will create and record a commercial for one of their favorite products.
Students will read about how a green screen works. They will watch a weather forecast and identify how the green screen works. They will research a movie and what special effects were used.
Students will read about how sound effects are made. They will read about how the T. Rex's voice was made in Jurassic Park. They will create sound effects with items around their house.
Students will read about what digital citizenship is and why it's important. They will learn that digital citizenship includes digital literacy, internet etiquette, online security, and ethics. They will have a class discussion and list five reasons digital citizenship is important.
Students will read about Virtual Reality (VR). They will brainstorm ideas for a VR game. They will discuss if VR is an acceptable substitution for real life.
This informational reading is a story about a family who writes and records their own radio show. The author provides a list of suggestions on how to get started. There are nine sample radio shows. Once completed, the radio show can be shared as an MP3.
The article provides a variety of music and how it is used in media. The reader is encouraged to compare and contrast how music is used to create mood and emphasis in media. The article includes instructional strategies for the classroom. Students will create a short video using sound effects and background music.
Students will analyze the positive character traits of heroes as depicted in music, art, and literature. Students will brainstorm heroic characteristics and qualities. They will gain an understanding of how cultures and societies have produced folk, military, religious, political, and artistic heroes. Students will create original multimedia representations of heroes including narration, images, and music.
Students will analyze monsters from movies, literature, and television series and across cultures. They will analyze the relationship between the film scores and that feature monsters. They will create an original monster with a backstory. They will use multimedia to present their monster to the class.
Students will create a storyboard for a video. They will review another group's storyboard and provide feedback. They will revise the storyboards based on peer feedback. They will create a short video based on their storyboard. Finally, they will present their video to the class. This unit includes three lessons. This unit is a culmination project of a previous unit The Secret Lives of Batteries.
Students will learn about the roles and jobs in animation. They will create an animation based on a storyboard they drew.
In this classroom resource, students will identify different types of animation. They will sketch and assemble a flipbook to be used in a stop-motion animated film. The film will include still-shot images, audio sound effects, and voiceovers.
Can you guess why films are called "movies"? Why people are called "actors"? Not only do people move and act in films, but so can drawings! Learn (and try!) how animation makes the inanimate move! Students will read about and watch examples of animation. They will create a flipbook to create a stop-motion animation.
In this classroom resource, students will create an animation that reflects climate change. They will create a storyboard, plan a narration, rehearse and film their animation with stop-motion photography.
Students will create a video mash-up that illustrates climate change. A video mash-up includes images, text, narration, and music to convey a message. They will present the video to the class. The lesson has a student hand-out that can be downloaded and attached to a digital classroom assignment.
This lesson introduces students to the basics of creating animations using Scratch. It will also highlight how coding can be used in creative, fun, and even whimsical/silly ways to communicate and entertain. Students will explore and create animations using Scratch. They will create an original animation based on a class concept, historical event, or another chosen idea. This lesson is divided into four days.
Students will listen to high-quality oral history recordings. They will brainstorm open-ended questions to ask a family member. They will record their interview with a family member and submit to the teacher.
In this learning activity, students will create a media collage using images and text boxes on a shared Google Slideshow, letting others in our class learn a little more about each student. The slideshow will include all students and they will have to practice good digital citizenship while completing their slides.
Students will learn about Sketchnoting. They will view examples of sketchnoting and create their own sketchnotes while listening to a video about taking notes in class. They will use Adobe Photoshop Sketch to create sketchnotes while watching an informational video.
This article provides instructions on how to use the app iMotion by Fingerlab. It is a free iOS app for time-lapse and stop-motion animation. Students should consider creating a storyboard, set design, lighting, camera angles, using a tripod, and how many shots to take in sequence. Additional apps are listed for both iPads and Android.
Students will listen to school-appropriate podcasts. They will choose a theme and brainstorm several ideas for episodes for an original podcast. They will write a script, record, and edit the podcast. They will add music and sound effects using music designed to be distributed freely online.
This article explains what a podcast is and how to make one. It explains the different ways to use podcasts, such as informational, extension, synthesizing, and communication. It provides information on how to record a podcast using Garageband and Audacity. Finally, it provides several sites to share the podcast.
Students will use an iPad app, Amaziograph, to create digital media artwork. They will use angles and lines on a rotation grid to create their art. This lesson was a collaboration between a math teacher and an arts integration specialist.
In this lesson, an arts integration specialist collaborated with an English Language Learner teacher. The students used a cloze activity to complete a poem about themselves. They took photographs to accompany the poem. They edited the photos using iMovie and recorded themselves reading their poem.
In this lesson plan, Theresa Cocci uses her book "Harry's Horrible Hair" to guide students in identifying feelings and thoughts, expressing their own feelings and emotions through movement, and discussing empathy. They then explore and create musical responses using speech, rhythm, and instruments. In doing so, this lesson connects SEL competencies and literature to musical creation. You will need access to the book "Harry's Horrible Hair", various suggested musical repertoire, emoji visuals, Orff instruments, and a whiteboard. Flashcards for the lesson are provided in the PDF. The lesson is in two parts. In the first lesson, students respond to questions about the story and play a freeze game using the suggested repertoire and emoji cards. In the second lesson, students learn a song about Harry and create their own musical answers to the question using words and instruments. Students then perform their work as Rondo.
In this lesson, students will learn the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" while using barred instruments and finger cymbals to accompany the poem. The students will demonstrate knowledge of melodic direction and steady beat using a broken bordun. The lesson is a simple but effective lesson for younger students. The author also provides a downloadable powerpoint slide of the poem.
In this learning activity, students identify rhythms and demonstrate knowledge of note value by drawing them in 16 block grids. Students will need a piece of blank paper and a writing utensil. You can use any song the students know that has familiar rhythms for identification, or you can use the song provided, "Michael Finnegan". The lesson includes great visuals of how to make the 16-block grid.
Students will move to a variety of music and prompt from the book My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. One group of students will move while another group is the audience. They will reflect on how the colors represent emotions and identify movements to match the emotions.
Students will improvise axial (non-locomotor) movements using individual parts of the body, upper body, lower body, and entire body. They will move safely while performing locomotor movements such as walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding, or galloping. They will move using different types of energy such as percussive and sustained.
This activity includes four dance options, including exploring levels, pathways, space, and locomotor movement. Students will create different shapes while exploring high, middle, and low levels. They will identify and move through different pathways such as straight, curved, and zigzag. They will practice moving safely through general space and kinesphere (self-space). They will explore the eight basic locomotor movements - walking, running, hopping, skipping, jumping, galloping, leaping, and sliding.
Students will identify and demonstrate the Laban Movement Efforts: thrust, float, slash, glide, wring, dab, press, flick. They will use props to show the difference in the energy needed for each effort. They will demonstrate the eight different efforts to a variety of music.
Students will review the Laban Movement Efforts: thrust, float, slash, glide, wring, dab, press, flick. They will create shapes moving through a high, medium, and low levels. Without touching, one student will create a shape while their partner creates another shape in the first student's negative space.
This classroom resource offers a series of lessons from LeslieAnne Bird uses the free site, Incredibox, to help students create their own compositions. It culminates in a DJ Party performance. She provides links to a set of Youtube videos by The Little Kids Rock that makes the process easy. This series of lessons work best with classes that have 1:1 devices.
In this classroom resource, Megan Stilla introduces a free virtual keyboard on the Musicca website. A PDF learning sheet is included for the teacher or students to use as a guide. A link to a version of "Lean On Me" on Youtube is also provided. The PDF guide includes chord notes, guitar, ukulele, and bass guitar notes to be used as an extension.
