New York Times 15 Second Vocabulary Video Challenge

 

New York Times 8th Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge

The New York Times invites middle and high school students to create a short video that defines or teaches any of the words in our Word of the Day collection. Contest Dates: Nov. 10-Dec. 15, 2020.

The good news for Canadians is that this contest is open to the whole world.  To see information about this contest click here.

This might be a great idea to do with your English class, ELL class or even in conjunction with your Media Arts class.  Below are a couple of the top videos from 2019.

Cloud Stop Motion

If you ever wanted to make a short stop animation video for free try this website by clicking here.  You could have your students use this in science to show how they do a lab or in any other class where they want to demonstrate something.

Brusheezy for Photoshop

Are you looking for some free Photoshop brushes and patterns? If so you should try Brusheezy, which is a community driven where you can download various Photoshop brushes and patterns.  The site is well categorized with many subcategories(see the pic below).  To see the website click here.

Forced Perspective Photography

If you are teaching a media arts class with a photography component you might want to have your students try something like these photos.

Some more examples of forced perspective can be found by clicking here or here or here.

Media Arts and To Kill a Mockingbird

On February 9 2016 I posted about To Kill a Mockingbird and The Scottsboro Boys Trial.  To see that post click here.  Today I am posting about a lesson plan that I saw on Digital Wish that could be done collaboratively between the English teacher and the Media Arts teacher or by the English teacher if they know Photoshop.  To see the lesson plan click here.

World of 7 Billion

They are running a video contest that puts together Geography, Science and Media Arts.  The contest will give out a top prize of $1000.  You have to produce a 60 second video about human population growth  that highlights one of the following: deforestation, public health or water scarcity.  The deadline is February 25 2016.  To see the contest flyer click here.  To see the contest website click here.  There is also a teachers resource link on the contest website.  You might want to consider using Wevideo to create your video unless you are using a Mac.  If using a Mac you probably will be using iMovie.  Good luck.