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Link all entries to a specific California State Content Standard.

• A video used to demonstrate a difficult-to-understand concept or principle.
  • Identify an area of need according to recent test scores. Start with the California State Standard that addresses the area of need. Build your video on the standard, using the visual medium to simplify and teach the difficult concepts.
  • "Good Readers: Behind the Scenes," a first grade video about good reading strategies
    
• A re-enactment of an historical event or a scene.
  
• A video based on character education curriculum or social issues. See examples of videos created by elementary students in Nebraska who produce PSA's as part of "Character Counts," a character education framework used nation wide. Character Education, required by Ed Code Sec, 233.5(a) falls under this category.
  
• A clay animation video
  • portray a scene in a book or adaptation
  • illustrate an original poem or story
  • depict a historical event or setting
  
  
• Demonstrations of good and/or bad social skills
  

• A Step-by-step video "Good Readers: Behind the Scenes,"developed by first grade teacher, April Payne and Linda Foote, Instructional Technology Specialist from Poway Unified School District. Watch and see how each first grader is assigned an important role in the production of the classroom video.
  
• Identify an area of need according to recent test scores. Start with the California State Standard that addresses the area of need. Build your video on the standard, using the visual medium to simplify and teach the difficult concepts.
  
• Involve students in the decision making process as much as possible.