Blog Post Week 1

 Hello!

My name is Logan Kelley, and I'm a choir and theatre teacher in Northern Utah. I'm in my second year of teaching middle school, and I adore this age group. Half of my day is spent with choir classes, while the other half I teach three levels of theatre and direct the school productions. My undergraduate degree is in music education with an emphasis in choir. Because I teach theatre, I need to be certified in that as well, which is why I ended up in this program. I am involved with professional theatrical productions throughout the community where I music direct, play piano, and occasionally act on stage. Currently I'm the music director for the theatre department at Utah State University.

The global ISTE standard 1.6.b asks that Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations. To demonstrate this standard, students could learn how to translate their stage acting skills to digital methods. They would practice with cameras and watch how acting translates differently on the camera. They would learn about camera angles, lighting, and performance techniques. The students would use digital means to edit together their footage so that they have a short scene that they have directed and recorded online. Prior to this, they would write and prepare a script, keeping in mind the storyboarding that would need to take place for the shots to be successful. They would use the school provided cameras and WeMovie software. This project would be split into several smaller digital assignments so that students have copies of each step of the process that they can reference along the way.

This project fits with the writings of Gura about teaching using the creative process, especially including the role of technology. He writes about helping students create by using scaffolding to walk them through the creative process in ways that feel more manageable to them (Gura, 2016, p. 28). Technology can aid in this by giving students easy access to each step so that they can stay organized and return to any of these drafts throughout the process. They can make edits, share information, and organize in many ways and many drafts (Gura, 2016, p. 31). This assignment allows students the opportunity to create drafts of projects digitally, then use these to come up with a final presented project created entirely through digital means.


References

Gura, M. (2016). Make, learn, succeed: Building a culture of creativity in your school. Eugene, OR: ISTE.     Introduction & Part 1 (pages 1-51)

Comments

  1. Sam IngramMarch 13, 2023 at 9:17 AM

    Hi Logan! We are sort of in the same boat here. I studied dance in my undergrad and now I am studying theatre with this program. I teach dance class at the middle and high school but I am also involved in choreographing for the school productions. I love your lesson plan! There is definitely a difference between performing on the stage and performing for camera so this is a great idea to get students to understand those differences and also work with technology. I also love your connection with technology and scaffolding. These tools can definitely help students who have less understanding break things down into steps. Great post!

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