#ISTE19 in Philly

Do the Dryden Dos Wins Award at ISTE!

Back in September I gathered a group of fifth graders to join the Fugleflick Filmmaking club. I challenged them to create a movie about "activating change" in our school community. We looked at our Dryden Dos (to be safe, caring, and responsible) and tried to come up with a strong student-centered video that could educate and encourage the school to do the Dryden Dos while at the same time meeting the qualifications for the Global Student Voice Film Festival (#GSVFF) to be held in Philadelphia at ISTE19. 

"Believe in yourself because we believe in you, " clip from Do the Dryden Dos Fugleflick

Students worked two months putting together this collaborative production including singing, recording, storyboarding, choreographing, rehearsing, filming, creating green screen effects, and editing. Their final work was shared with all students in the art room during their debut week and screened as behavior modification/inspiration in the lunchroom. We edited a couple versions to meet the requirements for different venues. This festival required the video to be 1 minute long with an extra 30 seconds for credits.

Two of our filmmakers made the trip out to the GSVFF and were given the role of co-presenters. They were instructed to prepare a 2-3 minute shared reflection speech. I met with the girls once a couple weeks before the end of the school year to begin a group google doc where they would write up their speech together. They jumped right in and planned the tone, structure, wrote their script, and met together to rehearse. It was such a proud moment to see them on stage giving an articulate and thoughtful speech to a live audience at a conference in Philadelphia at 11 years old. They amazed me!  Of course, this wouldn't have happened had their parents not seen this as an opportunity worth supporting. We all agreed that this was a truly amazing opportunity for these girls to practice public speaking, grow in their leadership skills, and have an authentic audience for their creative work. We're also very thankful for those who financially supported the festival since they paid for our flights and hotel rooms through their donations to studentvoice.org

Oh my! So proud of these two #fugleflick #filmmakers presenting our @DrydenSchool #gsvff at #ISTE19 #artsed #drydenrocks #stuvoice pic.twitter.com/7IdwlDhTmd

— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) June 24, 2019

As we were finding our seats and settling in for the festival, I ran into Rushton Hurley, the founder of NextVista.org. He was instrumental in pointing me to this film fest last year. I always look for ways to give our Fugleflicks a larger audience, and Next Vista has been a favorite way to amplify our students' voices. Do the Dryden Dos had won first place in the Fall contest, so he was very familiar with the video and recognized the girls. I introduced them to Mr. Hurley who showered them with praise and congratulations.

Meeting Rushton Hurley of NextVista.org

Do the Dryden Dos was a winner in the NextVista.org online student video contest

It wasn't clear to me until the actual event, that we were there because Do the Dryden Dos was a winner. I thought we were finalists and the winners would be chosen from among those who were screened at the festival. Instead, each film that screened was a winning movie representing a category.
Do the Dryden Dos won the middle age category.
​We heard that this was the most competitive category with the most entries. 

After the festival, the organizers approached me with a 20 lb bag of glass trophies for the other 10 filmmakers that were unable to make the trip to the festival. Each trophy is engraved with the filmmaker's name. They are an amazing treasure and reminder of how working to activate change in our school community can foster opportunities beyond.

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The Fugleflick Filmmakers back home

Each one of our 12 Fugleflick filmmakers were acknowledged at the festival in Philadelphia by in  the speech, on the presentation slide shown on the big screen,  and with an engraved trophy. I arranged a meetup for the kids back home to received their trophy, some personal congratulations from me, and a photo. What an amazing accomplishment for a lunchtime club activity! 

Presenting our art + tech program

When I found out that I would be at ISTE, I accepted IPEVO's invitation to present at their booth in the expo center. I was able to share a 45 minute presentation on how my students and I use iPevo tools to grapple, practice, and learn art concepts digitally while creating art physically.

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The IWB system make any surface interactive

If students don't understand, I can use the annotator app to draw over anything on my computer screen

Live demo and digital glass to help students visualize and understand

The visualizer software has a time lapse button to record process videos

 Connecting with teachers at #ISTE19

Cathy Hunt, Karen from Do Ink, and Me

I was able to jump into two playground sessions where a I could share my art/tech ideas using both of the Do Ink iPad apps. I made connections with fellow twitter folks, administrators, tech facilitators, and teachers from across the country and world.  My biggest  hope is that some of the ideas and techniques I shared will make a positive impact with their students in their learning environment.

Finally, in-person meeting of Fugle & Fuglestad! Learned lots of interactive art & tech lesson strategies incl. #greenscreen & #stopmotion at her @ipevo session. Talented educator who definitely earns her @fuglefun handle! #iste19 #artsed pic.twitter.com/1TobtiVj8M

— Kathleen Fugle (@kathleenfugle) June 26, 2019

No one rocks DoInk like the incomparable @fuglefun Here she is showing how she appsmashes the #doink #greenscreen app + #doink #animation app. #iste19 #notatiste pic.twitter.com/rYC247kFsS

— DoInk Tweets (@DoInkTweets) June 26, 2019

So excited to meet Tricia today and find out how she creates rotoscope videos with DoInk Animation @fuglefun #ITSE19 #DoInk #greenscreen pic.twitter.com/rrzbOwrT5u

— suzanne deon (@MmeDeon) June 25, 2019

So excited to finally meet one of the best art teachers in the world! @fuglefun #ISTE19 pic.twitter.com/dTa7BUGjui

— Eileen Theuerkauf (@EileenTech) June 25, 2019

Crowds always gather around @fuglefun Can we blame them? We learn as much watching her, as they do! #doink #greensceen #animation #iste19 #notatiste pic.twitter.com/0fm0e9lfkP

— Karen Miller (@Kdmiller4) June 26, 2019

How fun is this! We found a #doink #greenscreen photo booth in the Arts & Tech Playground at #iste19. @fuglefun makes us look good once again! @Melinm pic.twitter.com/CqCHlmcUyO

— DoInk Tweets (@DoInkTweets) June 26, 2019

So excited to learn more from @fuglefun at the @ipevo booth #ISTE19. How to use document camera to enhance your lessons. Gr8 for art lessons! pic.twitter.com/XlayJmGwr3

— Elke Baumgartner (@ebaumi) June 25, 2019

Finally met my @DoInkTweets green screen art animation idol @fuglefun □ Thank you for always sharing your talent & ideas with the world! You have transformed projects to be engagingly interactive and we couldn’t be more appreciative. #ISTE19 pic.twitter.com/MO9KiCFV5A

— Tara Lyn Nakamoto (@taralynnakamoto) June 25, 2019