How was it to be in front of the camera? Where was it challenging? Honesty...it wasn't hard to be in front of the camera but it was EXTREMELY frustrating filming. I spent hours writing my script and preparing to video. First, I made sure I was presentable. Second, I finally found a good place in my home to film. I believe the place I chose was a good choice because it had the best lighting in my home with two nearby large windows, and I had an attractive but not fussy background. Finally, I have so much to say to answer my interview questions but I couldn't memorize the material. Therefore, I try to look at the camera as much as possible but my eyes bounce around from reading and then focusing back to the camera. I tried to use different angles to help but you can still see my bouncing eyes. Where can you infuse a growth mindset in this project? How often do you personally do the projects that you ask your students to do? Where are you in your learning pit experience right now? In all reality I feel like I am currently in the learning pit. One of the reasons for feeling this way is I am always on time completing my homework and blogs. Due to the fact that I was on vacation this past week and our homework included filming with all of the restrictions like sound, space, background, angles etc...I was unable to do any of it while on vacation. Therefore, I am frantically and stressfully trying to get it done today. With all of my struggles, I feel very overwhelmed and frustrated. I am trying to think of how my students feel when they get to this stress level. What would I tell them? I would probably tell them to take a breath and count backwards from 10 to 0. I would tell them to get up and walk away from the problem for awhile or to do something else for the time being. I would also use some growth mindset talk. I would say, "Mistakes are proof you are trying", "Don't give up" and "Use the power of YET". Therefore, I am going to take my own advice. I have filmed what I need but I know it isn't the quality I want from myself. So, I am going to use what I have for this evening and rethink how I am going to get what I want from my documentary. After talking it over with my son, I think I am going to write down the questions and speak without the structure of my poster-boards. Hopefully this will make it film more as a documentary and interview and less like a speech.
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