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Virtual Graduation!

4/5/2020

Grad 2019 at WG Murdoch

Many in the @RockyViewStudio learning community were disappointed by the cancellation of commencement events this spring, but there are still ways for us to connect with our parents, graduates and teachers by creating and sharing our celebrations virtually!

In order for us to design engaging programmes for our communities, we are forming a Community of Practice to share ideas and workflows to crowd-source videos from the community, such as valedictory addresses, testimonials & performances, to assemble the content into a video programme, and to share the virtual ceremony on school YouTube Channels and social media.

Click below to check out the Virtual Grad Practice Guide:

Virtual Grad

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Virtual RockyTalks!

1/5/2020

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Every year, classrooms share their learning stories through RockyTalks, and this year of Learning From Home will be no exception! In June 2020, the RVS YouTube Channel will host presentations from all over the @RockyViewStudio community, from teachers and students in every grade, from every corner of the region and share them publicly in the RockyTalks 2020 Online Exhibition! RVS Teachers can share their YouTube playlists of RockyTalks videos that their students created at HOME, in any subject or format including speeches, essays, position papers, opinions & editorials, learning stories, numeracy/literacy/design, Arts & CTS, creative writing, poetry & spoken word, and more! Follow the Practice Guide to share your students' presentations playlist in the RockyTalks 2020 Exhibition!

Produce Your RockyTalks!

Draft, Critique & Revise
Design cycles of feedback, critique and formative assessment to accompany your students’ inquiry & study in any subject or grade level. The straightforward method to create a presentation script is to submit a Google Doc to a Google Classroom assignment for review. It’s always helpful to share with your students one or more teacher and student exemplars of the project in which they are engaged.
Rehearse & Record
When the script is finalized through the writing process, ensure that the AF144-A Consent Form is on file to begin the presentation phase. Student presenters will benefit from rehearsal with their teacher that includes feedback and an opportunity to revise and improve. The easiest way to listen and respond to a student rehearsal is in a video conferencing environment like Google Meet. Of course, students can record their presentations and submit a Google Drive video link directly into your Google Classroom Assignment for feedback, but you can also do the recordings yourself on your laptop, if you have the permissions complete.
Upload, Organize & Share
When you have all the videos, upload them to your teacher RVS YouTube Channel and organize them into a playlist with a title and description. The link to your playlist can be embedded into your Google Site or Schoolblogs as well as shared on your social media. Please share the playlist link with @RockyViewStudio, as well, for inclusion in the RockyTalks online exhibition.

If you're looking for inspiration to share with your students, you can see examples of wonderful presentations shared by RVS students and teachers in the RockyTalks galleries!

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Write! Record! Share!

1/5/2020

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When the latest survey results came in, families said they loved it when teachers created a personal video message for them each week that put their Learning Plan into simple terms. Share all your videos on your RVSchools YouTube Channel to connect your learning community and inspire others toward Creative Confidence!

Every letter, essay, speech and story begins with some form of the Writing Process. The same goes for a message that you want to share with your students and their families. When you prompt your students to create, they benefit greatly from sharing their drafts with you and receiving timely feedback and formative assessment to improve their work for their audience. It's a common practice to share drafts and scripts in Google Drive and Classroom for the cycles of critique and revision to get the words just right!

Creating a video of your message, speech, presentation or story is a fun and engaging way to exhibit your work for your audience. It’s a straightforward matter of recording yourself with your laptop or mobile device camera. You can make the images look a little more professional with these simple tips: Record in a quiet room, face the natural light of a window, steady your device at eye level, frame yourself like a portrait and try to speak into the lens. You can record directly into the Google Drive app, or using your movie editor, like iMovie, on your laptop.

Sharing your videos with your students is best done on your RVS YouTube Channel, so that your audience can view it easily on any device. If your students share videos with you for exhibition, they can be uploaded to your channel, as well, and organized into playlists. The videos that you share with your students, whether they are personal messages, instructional lessons or visual essays become powerful exemplars for your students to create videos for you that fulfill the curricular outcomes of Write, Speak & Represent.

Take a closer look at the storytelling process and practice guide for sharing student work in the Rocky View Studio Classroom! In the meantime, check out these examples that have been created during lockdown with many more to come in the final weeks before summer! You can see dozens more examples of student video projects in the RVS Student Showcase and the RockyTalks Online Exhibition on the RVS YouTube Channel!

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