Collaboration During the 4 Stages of Production

PreProduction
Production
Post Production
Evaluation

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PREPRODUCTION

Brainstorming
Magic Auto Fill in Google Spreadsheets.  Share a spreadsheet and brainstorm similar topic words.  Use the Magic Autofill function to obtain more great words based on patterns. 
PC - Click CTRL key while dragging the fill handle
MAC - Click OPTION key while dragging the fill handle

Script Writing with GOOGLE DOCS

• Show script:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfxpkrvm_268t6fzf8
• Narrative Style http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv3h8rs_0dss3ngcr
• Commercial Format http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv3h8rs_0cxnmjhgr

Tips:

• Owners of the doc are the only ones that can delete a doc
• Up to 10 students can write on a document at the same time.
  
• Ask students to block off sections (insert>horizontal line) so they don't write over each other.
• Have them write in colors and create a key at the top of the page so everyone knows who is who.
• Track their progress - File>See Revision History
  

StoryBoarding
Use the drawing tools available in Presentations. 

•     No skills necessary - Circle and triangles are people. 
•     Insert a background pic from the web. 
•     Use the speaker notes space for scene and dialog notes.
•     10 Students can edit a presentation simultaneously

http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ATutj08Zh87UZGR2M2g4cnNfMjE5NTd6amRoZGg&hl=en

Use the docs template for storyboarding. 

• Use the same drawing tools and style
• 10 students can edit a doc simultaneously

Use Google Forms for Self Evaluations and Group Evaluations
My templates:
Narrative Video -  Self Evaluation
Narrative Video - Group Evaluation

Whole Notha Level
Take your students and their projects to another level by using Google Sites. 
Local Commercial Project:
Team 1
Team 2
Team 5

Tips:

• Home Page should mention their goal for the project and a synopsis of the video. 
• Encourage them to be creative with the layout and the content.
• Calendar Page should show each day they worked and what they worked on.
• Script Page: Embed the Google Doc on the page.
• Video Page: Embed the video and add a Google Form for evaluation. 

Google Student Blog: Using Google Apps to make the most of group work

Presenter:

Jim Sill
Google Certified Teacher
Apple Certified Trainer - Final Cut Pro
El Diamante High School
Visalia, CA 93277
mistersill@gmail.com
mistersill (Twitter)

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