situation Report numero 2

Today we went to P.K. again and were able to meet with our classes for that amazing 40 minute block that the teachers are so wonderful to let us have.  We met throughout the week as a team and formulated a plan of attack for today, so the four of us all felt very prepared and ready to tackle the world, which is the feeling I like to normally possess before entering the classroom.  We started off the day with all 54 third graders and having a voting session on naming our project.  We wanted to allow them to choose the name that we would be calling the project, but also had a pretty limited schedule, so we gave them a list of four names to choose from.  The vast majority decided on "Little Hands, Big Hearts" as our community headline! Then, we split up into our crews and were in three different classrooms, each teacher with 18 students, and Raihan overseeing and recording video.  I was able to explain all about the video that we were going to be making, talk about the jobs we would need in our crew, ie anchors, cameramen, editors, directors, etc. and even go over some video production terminology that they were somewhat unfamiliar with.  We discussed what a "scene" was and even created a storyboard together as a class.  So far, everything has been going great and the plan for next Wednesday's meeting is to assign specific jobs and let the students explore and play with the video production equipment that they will be using, cameras, tripods, editing software, scripts, etc.  I'm really a lot more confident in the project than I originally was because everything is starting to become more concrete and outlined.  We don't all four have the exact jobs that we thought we would in the beginning, but splitting up the crews has made everything more manageable and individualized for us and the students.  Now, instead of us all dealing with 60 children, we are able to each give our 18 a more exclusive and memorable experience.  We are all very excited to be finally getting the ball rolling and actually talk amongst our specific crews about the plans for the project.  I personally am really looking forward to next week when my crew gets to experiment and just learn on the equipment.  I'm really ready to hear more of their ideas and see them work.