Patti Shaffer

“Life Around Us” is a two-fold multi-media project in a 21st century classroom setting.  During the first semester, students will collaborate with peers to create a persuasive multi-media documentary.  The documentary theme will be a human-interest story, a social injustice, or a story about improving society.  Student teams will research topics and prepare a storyboard for the presentation.  Filming will begin and the final presentation will be shown to a campus audience.  During the second semester, students will create a multi-media real-life documentary.  Students will interview a member of the family, a senior citizen volunteer, a brave veteran, or any community member asking questions about changes in society and the impact the social changes have made on their lives.  Students will then create a video as well as a keepsake book for the individual that was interviewed.  This project will inspire students, from our 21st century classroom, to create multi-media projects about society and life around us.