Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
       ~Plato

• Description -

Mr. Jim Cleere, PHS art teacher, asked his art students to create a DVD for future art students. The students interviewed one another to provide incoming students with some helpful information.

• Cognition Level -

Knowledge Utilization

Multiple Intelligences

• Naturalist
   
• Visual Spatial
   
• Linguistic
   
• Intrapersonal
   
• Interpersonal
   
• Logical Mathematical
   
• Kinesthetic
   

Instructional Technologies

• Video Camera
   
• Adobe Premier - the software program that Mr. Cleere had his students use to create this movie
   
• Windows Movie Maker - the application that all PHS teachers can access. It is not as powerful as Adobe Premier, but it can get the job done.

Check it out

The links below are a copies of the video created by the students. I had to videotape Mr. Cleere's tape because I did not have the original in a format that would work online.

Sample of DVD video - part 1

Sample of DVD video - part 2

The following link is an interview with Mr. Cleere.

Art Teacher's Interview