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In class we are studying hurricanes and my students will begin to create preparedness brochures and . I think it will be a great learning opportunity for them to condense all they've learned and prepare a few points to share and help others. I'm not sure how familiar they are with PSAs but they most likely will have seen a PSA while watching TV. When I was really young, I can remember watching tell me that --only "I" could prevent forest fires.-- That PSA actually had the unintended consequences of making me feel guilty because I wasn't in the forest and I wondered who would prevent them if I wasn't there.
After we spend a few minutes discussing what a PSA is, the students will be divided into small groups, storyboard their ideas, write a brief script and shoot their videos. I own two Flipcams and have asked my students' parents if they have any they'd be willing to loan us for the project. At some point, I hope to raise some money to buy 5 or 6 for the classroom to do projects such as this.
Below is a PSA some of us might remember. Do you know of any PSAs and if so, what did you learn from them?
2 comments:
PSAs are a great project for students. I bookmarked a couple of resources you may not have seen:
http://makeitinteresting.blogspot.com/2009/02/lesson-plan.html
and from Kathy Schrock (you probably have seen this page) http://kathyschrock.net/psa/
and the top ten from Time (not sure what grade your students are so some of these may not be appropriate) http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1920454_1920455,00.html
This sounds like a great idea. I work in a school with limited funding and was wondering how you plan to raise the money for the flip cams. These seem like a great tool- light weight and easy for the kids to use.