Utilizing Blogs in the Video Classroom

One idea for high school video classes is to utilize blogs for story development. When students write their scripts for videos in my class they usually do it in a group and turn in a copy to me before production. I usually have students email their scripts so that I can keep them organized and have a timestamp on it to make sure it was done on time. I think blogging could be used here because the students could write a script online, work on it on any computer connected to the internet, and have other students comment on their work.

Blogging would probably make the plots better because all the students will be looking at the story and can make suggestions to make it more enjoyable. Once the students make a couple of video projects, pre-production is the part they pay the least amount of attention to, so making their pre-production a public affair could help them focus.

Ideas Wanted

I created this blog as a place to gather ideas, resources, and helpful links for teaching video or film.