Gifted and Talented in the 21st Century » documentary http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org A blog on technology and gifted education Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Video competitions involving real world problems and critical thinking skills http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/11/02/video-competitions-involving-real-world-problems-and-critical-thinking-skills/ http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/11/02/video-competitions-involving-real-world-problems-and-critical-thinking-skills/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:14:30 +0000 mdeckstein http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/11/02/video-competitions-involving-real-world-problems-and-critical-thinking-skills/ Here are a few more video competitions that might appeal to GT students.

C-Span is hosting an annual documentary competition inviting students to create a 10 minute video on issues that affect the nation. The video must include C-SPAN footage but should also include student exploration of the issue. This would make a great independent or small group project for middle school students who have mastered grade level benchmarks. There are examples of prior year winning projects on their web site. These examples are great models for gifted students to see and think about.

The World Affairs Challenge, challenges students to think about their relationship to the rest of the world. The 2008 theme is Global Health. Students living near Denver, Colorado or San Francisco, California can participate in the full program. Students who are not near one of the challenge cities can participate by submitting a video.

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