Video-ing math

Right now I am listening to my students have awesome discussions. They are planning storyboards and writing scripts. Yes, this math. Today we have begun working on math videos of constructions. Constructions is a math topic I struggle with every year. It is boring and there are very few real world applications. Mainly the topic is to prepare them for geometry in two years. This year I decided they would create a video that demonstrates how to do a construction. Their video will comprise of two constructions- one basic and one more complicated. Today they worked on their script and storyboard/outline. Tomorrow we will film and Friday we will edit. Today went much better than anticipated. They seem really excited. Tomorrow will be interesting. This could go really well or really poorly.

Here is the handout explaining the project:

You are going to create an instructional video to teach someone how to do constructions. You will need to pick one construction from each column to demonstrate

Column A	Column B
Circle	Copy Angle
Perpendicular Bisector	Copy Triangle
Angle Bisector	Copy Quadrilateral

You will need to do the following

c Create the problems you will be demonstrating

c Create a script for the narrator

c Create a story board

c Practice

c Film

c Edit the film and add any extra effects to enhance

c Be ready to present your film

Your film will be graded according to the following

/25 Accuracy of directions for Column A demo

/25 Accuracy of directions for Column B demo

/25 Creativity and presentation