Mrs. Kolbert's Class Blog » video http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert A Place to Learn and Share Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:35:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 We Interrupt this Blog for this Public Service Announcement http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert/2009/09/13/we-take-a-break-from-this-blog-for-a-brief-public-service-announcement/ http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert/2009/09/13/we-take-a-break-from-this-blog-for-a-brief-public-service-announcement/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:08:09 +0000 Lee Kolbert http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert/?p=34 In class we are studying hurricanes and my students will begin to create preparedness brochures and Public Service Announcements. 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 Safety on the Internet PSA while watching TV. When I was really young, I can remember watching Smokey The Bear 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?

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