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I have yet to use greenscreen tech in my classroom, however, I did have to explore it some in my B.Ed, and a bit in Al's class. I can see the opportunity for students to learn and engage in diverse ways with green screening, but it's not something I've had a chance to explore! Post article/video thoughts: I love the idea of using green screen as an opportunity for students to explore, research, and teach! Specifically, I love that it creates an opportunity for students to have a different audience (other than me) to showcase their learning. I think it would be a really cool opportunity for students to learn in a non-traditional way, and for them to present their learning to their peers or others in the community. Green screen creation: Check out my niece, Khloe, enjoying her first roller coaster ride. Woo!!

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I gave my dog Ruby her very own billboard because she looks so much cooler than me;)

I have never used a green screen personally, but my son uses them quite often so I have watched some of the steps involved.

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On the half snow day when we were missing a lot of kids, so it was the perfect chance to test out something new! Now I have some class experts to help us if we use it in an assignment next month.

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I really enjoyed the greenscreen article! I use embodied learning all the time with my primary students. It makes lessons so much more engaging and fun for both them and myself. For example, when we read my morning message, we become detectives, searching for all the "mistakes" I’ve made and working together to correct them. The cross-curricular connections the article talked about also stood out to me. We integrate subjects all the time, and green screening seems like a great way to blend math, reading, writing, digital literacy, health, and more into a single assignment. They are collaborating with their peers, problem solving, learning how to navigate technology while completing an assignment that will help them meet math and/or literacy outcomes. It really does seem like a great, inclusive, encompassing tool that caters to all types of learning. I hope to be able to use it more in my career.

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Katy

I’ve had the most experience with greenscreening in my personal life! I’ve used it for projects like Suzanne, where I created an inspiration/mood board for a space in my house. Last term, we had an assignment using DoInk, but I didn’t love the app. I found it a bit tricky to use and was never able to successfully record audio. During my first practicum (2/3), we incorporated greenscreen into a science lesson where students animated themselves as seeds growing into flowers. It turned out super cute, but the process was definitely long and complicated. Fun, but a lot to manage for the grade 2s!

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I used background remover on Canva to play around with design ideas for the nursery! 

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I really enjoyed the the article and video, they opened my eyes even more to the benefits of using this tool in the classroom. It was evident how transformative green screen can be for learning, making it a more interactive and creative experience for students that is a deeper level of engagment. Students clearly immersed themselves in new environments without leaving the classroom, making their abstract concepts more tangible and memorable. What a fun way to empower students and have them express their learning in fun and innovative ways! I also really like that the process of actually creating the videos and pictures, adjusting the backgrounds and telling stories, also fosters collaboration, problem solving, communication and digital literacy skills. Blending creativity with content = more meaningful and engaging lesson! Woohoo!

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When I first started teaching grade 6 in 2016, I had a green screen app on my old iPad that we used once for a weather project. I think the tech was old and didn't give us the results we wanted so I didn't bring it back after that year. Fast forward to this year and we did some green screen work in Al's class. Lauren and I had a lot of fun exploring the app and taking photos with different backgrounds (please enjoy one of my favourites!). I remember the greatest difficulty we had was with achieving the best lighting and the space to fit us both in. We had to play around and adjust the camera depending on the background to get our desired body size in the picture.

I can see the absolute fun and engagement this tool can bring to curriculum. Now that I own the actual green screen, hopefully I can incorporate the tool in my work in the LC.

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Starting Point:

I have integrated green screens into my classroom every year, experimenting with various setups such as a green sheet, a plain-colored background, and, most recently, a pop-up metal green screen. On average, I use the green screen three to four times a year with my students, using WeVideo, iMovie, and DoInk. I strive to connect green screen activities to literacy, science, and social studies whenever possible. For example, at the start of the school year, I introduce educational technology through STEM stations, one of which familiarizes students with the green screen. A favorite recurring project is the weather report, where students use WeVideo to apply their learning of our weather unit. Additionally, during our persuasive writing unit, students create commercials, blending creativity with critical thinking. For my students, they are always engaged when using the green screen. The part I often struggle with is organizing their groups in order for everyone to have time to use it. Once they understand the green screen, they typically don't want to finish filming so it can be very time consuming.

Article:

I enjoyed this article as it does provide you with the fundamentals required to begin using green screens. One interesting note was that it stated "you’ll likely be able to give students access to devices that already have the green screen app loaded" which isn't the case. At BSS, we have iPads but I haven't figured out how students can take videos on the iPads and send it to their Google Drives. I will use my personal iPad, send it to my drive and share it with each individual group. Is there a more efficient way to do this? I also enjoyed the examples of projects it provided and the picture that showed the little characters that were made, a great idea for a reading reflection!

Video:

The video also provided many great examples of how students can use green screens! I wonder how teachers set it up for students to recording individually. I loved the idea of having the students use their own math in the background and explaining it with the green screen but with a class of 29, how would that work? I also agree with the video that it allows kids to take ownership of their work and explore their creativity!

Please enjoy my cat swimming in the Siene from when I visited Paris summer with some AI generated music from Canva!

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A few pictures of our orange furry friends. As I test out green screening with my students who have completed their book creator we will have some updates by the end of the week hopefully 😅

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The article gave me a lot to think about when it comes to creating a meaningful green screen activity. I would never have thought to use characters on paper instead of using real people, so off the bat that can eliminate the issue of students who might not want to be on the screen.

I think the thing that I related to the most within the article was the idea of Phase Two and the 'productive struggle' and having students who seem off task, when really they are actively engaged with the learning process of the new technology. It is not a stable or quiet thing, green screening like most new technology is going to have problems and ruffle some feathers. As I referenced in my earlier post, I am sometimes hesitant to start an activity like this because it can take student FOREVER to complete. This productive struggle is a part of that and continues to cause barriers for myself as an educator when trying to plan a lesson using this type of technology that will have students focusing on language learning no matter what task they are completing.

I am committing to using Green Screens in the next few weeks and that will be a task that both terrifies me but I also know that my students will love to learn a new skill.

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I definitely do not have a great deal of experience with green sceening, but Suzanne and I had a lot of fun with it for a portion of Al's course last term. I have plans and ideas to use it with my students at some point this year, but also have need to work up the mental fortitude and have a solid plan of attack for how to make it happen. Sometimes I feel like only having an hour with them every other day can kill any momentum we have when it comes to technology. Green Screens would have to been a solid week to actually accomplish it 😂

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I used a picture that I took when I was at Galerie Lafayette in Paris a couple summers ago to put on the billboard!

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I thought the "phase 3. the growth" section of the article had lots of great idea. They suggested extending your learning by using moving backgrounds, enlarging people and objects, making things fly, duplicating people, and using green screen with digital story telling. I have only ever used the green screen to create a basic image so I would like to try some of these ideas sometime!

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I have used green screens during my B.Ed, with my grade 5 class during my practicum, and briefly during our last class! The only green screen app that I have used is DoInk. I found it to be very user and kid friendly! During our last class, I learned that it is important to ensure all of your body is on the green screen. We used the pop up green screen in the computer lab and I did not notice that some of my body was in front of the black edges rather than all in front of the green screen. I was almost as tall as the screen which was not ideal! This made editing the photos way harder than it should have been. I ended up just using the sticker feature on my iPad to make my images. It worked pretty well but wasn't perfect.

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Starting Point

The first time I used green screens was last course. Our assignment had us using a picture of ourselves and putting it onto a background of our choice. I found it difficult to find a reliable free app to use, however was able to find an app that wasn't too expensive and did the trick. I think using the green screens with older elementary students would be fun, and I think there are many ways you could tie it in with the curriculum. I think it is a bit too advanced for my grade 1/2 students but I could use it in my own stories and I know they would love that!

Article and Video

Green screen projects are a great tool for engaging students, especially in the younger grades. They help create embodied learning, where students actively participate and engage with the material. These projects also encourage inquiry-based learning, allowing students to explore topics they’re interested in and take ownership of their work. Green screen activities promote collaboration and it can also be used cross-curricular.

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This scene was originally embedding me into the ELF film.

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Ok, so I have two pics up now. I wanted to try the background remover. I could imagine my students doing this to a photo of themselves and then placing it in a series of situations where they could discuss their learning but without video. They could use Mote instead or something similiar. It could help with the shyness of students regarding presenting in front of peers. I have use pretend social media posts so that the students are writing for a targeted audience. I can really see green screening working in a variety of ways with the Canva tool. I was really glad to explore both the backgroud remover and the billboard site. All of this is easy to do which in the end...the tech we use has to make sense and be approachable.

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The use of green screens is perfect for the inquiry-based learning model that we are doing in Nova Scotia. To follow the inclusion policy, teachers need ways for student to become engaged in their learning. Instead of teacher-led knowledge, students bring in their lived experiences and make their connections to the curriculum. As I reflect on my previous post, before the reading, it really struck me that green screening can make so many topics come alive over the six themes we are going to be studying. I can envision green screen videos on the various social issues that we study in our course. I love the video with the girl talking about alternates to plastic straws. I can see that being incorporated into the youtube, instagram and tiktok settings on Canva. That can be easily molded to their inquiries or even their reflections on case studies that we can complete as a class.

I love it when I see/read something that inspires or encourages me that this is possible and easy in our classrooms.

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Pre-reading-Experience with Green Screen.

I have not used green screening in my classroom yet. My exposure was through our fall course and using DoInk. My focus is using CANVA in its various ways with my students. I like how Kristin explored it already and I feel that is how I will incorporate it also. I have a green screen blanket that I borrowed from FILM and VIDEO which I need to return (opps!). But at least I know it is there to use. I may paint my wall as well if I find that it is a fan favorite of my students as I continue to push my alternatives to essay/writing with my students.

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STARTING POINT:

Currently I have not had any practical experience using green screening in a classroom. I have been introduced to some difference green screening apps during my BEd with using images. In our last class Al had us trial using a physical green screen and adding those images into a green screen app. That was the first time I used a physical green screen. I was not able to use DoInk as its a paid app but I used another free green screen app which worked just as well!

READING REFLECTION:

Green screening allows for deep engagement from students and offers opportunities to dive further into their own learning. Getting opportunities to be a part for the production side of a project or video is something student are experiencing every day at school, it opens up a lot of avenues for further interests.

Green screening lends it hand to integration and collaboration. Thinking of my class with exploration being a big topic, students will be able to work through the planning process, recording and editing process together in a way that will be conductive to positive collaboration working towards a common goal and common interests.

PHOTOFUNIA:

This is such a fun resource! I can see this being great for any kind of advertising you are doing with your students. Having them design an ad and then upload it onto an actual billboard would incorperate and additional level of "audience" even if it is a fictional audience. Giving them the chance to see their work within a real-life scenario add to deeper engagement.

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This is really easy and can do lots of fun stuff with it. My lighting was poor but I just wanted to try it out to see how user friendly it was - very much so! A great way to do green screen type activities using a tool (CANVA) that students are developing their proficiency with in grade 7.

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Green Screens- Cult of Pedagogy Article and Video 

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Green Screens- Cult of Pedagogy Article and Video 

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I love Jennifer Gonzalez! Cult of Pedagogy is the best.

The notion of embodied learning is a great buzz phrase I've never heard but it makes sense. We want to make it relevant and students needs to 'see themselves' in their learning; they need to experience it and be immersed in it and green screens fit that bill.

Green screens lend themselves to inquiry and are an excellent tool for digital storytelling. They can work alone or socially, and by integrating tech their learning is cross-curricular while also hitting the P-12 digital skills and competencies in HRCE.

Their budget friendly, simplistic nature makes them a shoe-in for use in most teachers' classrooms. We're so fortunate to have full access to Book Creator and to be able to access WeVideo which would both be excellent avenues for incorporating green screening.

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Green screening is not something I have much experience with. In our last class, Al had us do a brief green screen assignment where we had to put ourselves in a variety of different locations. I used WeVideo and it was quite simple, although I'm unsure how green screening is different from isolating an image on an iPhone and then placing it as a sticker on another image? Something to look into.

In our school, we have green screen backgrounds painted on the walls in the upstairs hallway but I've yet to make much use of them. I can certainly see the benefit with putting students in the worlds of their novels, writing their own stories with green screen images either as prompts or to support what they've written, and think it would be a great way to engage them and help them literally see themselves in the work we do in class.

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Using green screens in the classroom makes learning more engaging. Students can become characters, journalists, or explorers. Green screens support inquiry-based learning, giving students the freedom to explore their own questions, do research, and solve problems in a meaningful way. Green screen projects allow for collaboration, with students working together and sharing ideas.

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During my first B.Ed practicum, the grade 5 class I was working with used StikBot Zanimation Studio to create stop motion videos based on stories they'd written. I did not know much about how green screening worked, but the students figured it out together very quickly - their end products were amazing! More recently, I used the Do Ink green screen app to put myself in destinations around the world for Al's class.