A topic wasn't coming to mind immediately so I looked at the first and only other time that I participated in SOL back in 2015. What I found was a post about video announcements at the elementary school in WI where I was a teacher librarian. I am still helping students make them. Some things have changed a bit like the fact that I live in CA, but they are mostly the same.
Yesterday we posted our latest video on our school YouTube channel. It's so fun watching the sixth grade students create these videos. Their personalities shine and they get to do some really cool things. Some students want to edit, others are excited to be in front of the camera, and others like being behind the camera. Our latest episode included a clip from a recent interview with author Nikki Shannon Smith.
The interviews are super fun. We interview different people in the community which I really love. It's great to have a guests on campus because then our school is getting to be known around town, but also because we learn about the many different ways that people work and participate in our community. It's also just fun to meet them. We've interviewed our district superintendent, several people involved in the city government, an artist, an author, and the chancellor of the local university.
Yesterday we had the director of our local landfill come to chat with our sixth graders and she stayed after her presentation for an interview so our next episode will feature that conversation. Every time we meet someone new we all have the chance to learn something. I'm so glad that this school lets us have these opportunities and that we can share these videos with our school and community.
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