This week I decided that a good movie to make for my students with autism would be a video about social interaction. I think that making a movie about how to interact with others would be helpful for students with autsim. I could show them a movie about social interactions before we went out to a park, or for the kids in school, out to recess.
For my movie, I plan on using the 7 elements of digital storytelling in the following ways. First, I plan on having my movie illustrate the point of view of my students. I want them to feel that the person in the movie could be them so they will be more likely to imitate the actions. For my dramatic question, I will be asking, "How do we make friends?" For the majority of people on the spectrum, making and keeping friends is one of the hardest skill to master. I will be using the gift of my voice, and I will ask questions and talk, while leaving meaningful pauses for the student to reflect. I am still searching for the perfect soundtrack that will compliment my movie, but not over power it. I will also not overload this movie in order to not overwhelm my students with autism. This is a common problem for these students, especially with "verbal clutter." It is sometimes compared to Charlie Brown's teacher (WA WA WA) when people with autism are bombarded with too much information, and they simply cannot process it. This deals with the economy and pacing of my movie. Here is my storyboard for my movie and my lesson plan for my movie.
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16 years ago
Kellyn,
ReplyDeleteThis idea for your moviemaking project sounds great! I like how you plan to use each of the 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling in your movie. I think that especially for children with autism, your voice will be an important aspect. They will probably already trust you as their teacher and sort of provider and so listening to your voice on the movie might motivate them to listen attentively and try out what you are suggesting.
Also, I think that your dramatic question is crucial: How do we make friends? Even autistic kids need friends and I think that even if they may not have the developed social skills, they long to make friends. This is something that they will be able to use in their daily lives and I think what you are trying to teach them is exemplary.
Your learning objectives seem very appropriate for your movie and what you are trying to accomplish. I would suggest, however, that you briefly talk about learning outcomes in your lesson plan. What will your students be able to do once they are done watching your movie? (Try and use the verbs we used when we learned about Bloom's Taxonomy). For example, you could say, "the learner will be confident when approaching a child on the playground and will be able to introduce themselves." That is just a quick example, but I'm sure you could come up with some much better objectives since this is your area of expertise.
Other than that, this is a great idea for your movie. I hope that it is coming along nicely and I look forward to watching it next week!