DEJ 12

. How can documentary video production help prevent the underdevelopment of urban youth minds and spirits?

It can allows the student use something he is familiar with or wants to investigate to develop critical thinking skills and let them be successful in completing a project and feeling a sense of pride..

2. What school-based literacies does documentary video production help to develop?

Documentary video production can be a way of enhancing reading, writing and research skills, It teaches the skill of working with others to achieve a goal.  They students’ get to see language in use and need to use reading skills to research the issue.

3. What 21st century skills does documentary video production help to develop? Provide concrete examples from the chapter. Use this Wikipedia article  to help you answer this questions. 

The student had to edit their work and use critical thinking skills to do this.  The students had to decide what was important and keep a log of the film they wanted to use in the film.  They also has to work together which is cooperative learning.

Creativity and Innovation: The students making the video, designing the video and using a jornal to log what they thought was important to include are all creative.  Innovation was deciding to interview the father.

Communication & Collaboration: Johathan and Majandra working together is an example of collaboration.  Talking about topics and deciding to choose susicide was also an example of they worked together.  Communication between the two was present throughout.

Information Literacy: the research completed investigating teen suside.  Asking a boy for first hand information gave feeling and meaning

Media Literacy: the students learned what seems like it would be easy like the interviewing was actually a planned event and took work to time and practiced to make it seem unrehearsed.

Career & Life skills: Julius learned how to be a good listener without adding his own feelings into the conversation.  Jonathan learned how to compromise which is a valuable virture in the workplace.  Majandra said she would like to work in Journalism and this gave her practice.

4. Would you support a documentary video production in school or after-school program in your community? Why or Why not?

I think there is so much you could do with this and would support such a program.  I think that a documentary video gives the students a chance to take an active part in their learning while promoting their views as important and lifting them up in the process.