Capturing the Moment
On Intel’s Innovation Odyssey they featured the story, Capturing the Moment Students from Brooklyn International High share the results of their multimedia projects with the City University of New York (CUNY) Arts Consortium. Students’ topics this year have ranged from the history of the Brooklyn Bridge to soccer as a force for world peace.
Chris Wilson said ”It’s a dream environment for teaching the arts,” He is originally from New Zealand. He is also a composer and performer in addition to being a 20-year teaching veteran. “You get to hear amazing stuff at this school,” he says, with student artists influenced by their varied home cultures as well as the urban beat of New York. The school music room becomes a cross-cultural intersection.
He had 20 students and 5 cameras tell the story about the Brooklyn Bridge. Wilson said each group made an informational video about some aspect of the bridge, such as bridge history, architecture, connection to the city, transportation role, and so forth.
This paragraph from the story is what makes this great story even more special.
It took the encouragement of a colleague to get Wilson started using digital equipment. Humanities teacher Joe Luft has long been an advocate of integrating technology into the classroom. (See An Innovation Odyssey Day 312 to read about Luft’s weblog projects.) “Joe opened me up,” Wilson says, and soon he was signing up for professional development workshops about technology. When the school received its first digital video cameras, Wilson and Luft decided to collaborate on a project involving the Brooklyn Bridge.
Now I know that Joe is busy getting his new school up and going but I sure do miss his blogging voice. It was nice to read how his influence continues. I’m not surprised.
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