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FEA Conference - The Classroom Lens Competition

Overview

In this group competition, students will form a group of 4-6 members and develop a 3 to 5 minute video to highlight creative and engaging teaching at your school.

Topic: Highlight creative and engaging teaching at your school.

Guidelines

Groups should be comprised of 4-6 students (and students who are participating in the individual competitions cannot participate in this group competition).
Each school may submit only one video.
Videos are to be created by the students.
Collaborate as a chapter to highlight creative and engaging teaching at your school.
Conduct research on the teaching strategy and interview students, community members and local education leaders (teachers, principals, assistant principals, deans, coaches) about the impact these teaching practices have on the school.
Length: 3 to 5 minutes; points will be deducted for videos that do not meet the length requirement.
Multimedia elements must adhere to copyright and fair use guidelines. Submissions that include ANY copyrighted music, footage or images will NOT be accepted. Entries that violate copyright or fair use guidelines will be disqualified (please see additional information below).
Student creator(s), sponsoring teacher(s), and the source of any non‐original, multimedia elements (images and sounds) and permissions must be identified in the credits (credits may be provided as a last, single frame).
Include a title screen (may be a single frame) with the title of your project and school and/or chapter name.
By submitting your video, you are releasing publication and talent presentation rights to the University of North Florida (UNF) and are certifying that the work is free of copyright violations. All accepted submissions may be featured on the UNF website.
The video must be submitted via a YouTube link (please see the directions below).
UNF judges will score the video using the rubric below.
The top 3 winners will be announced during the closing session at the conference.

Use of Copyrighted Material:

The video you submit for the FEA Inside Our Schools competition must be an original work. No copyrighted material (music, images, etc.) or trademarks (company names, logos, brands, etc.) may be used unless you own or have a license to use the material for this contest. Written permission must be obtained and provided with your video submission for all copyrighted or trademarked materials.

Music purchased from Amazon or iTunes for listening DOES NOT include the right to synchronize your images and repackage as a video. Those rights are called synchronization rights and commercial music synchronization rights are expensive. Some people assume that the use of commercial music for nonprofit or school use is ‘fair use’ and that is not true. The ‘fair use’ exception to copyright is rather limited and does not include a submission to the FEA Inside Our Schools competition.

Music you create yourself:

Garage band — http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Music generators — http://www.anticulture.net/MusicGenerators.php

Commercial music tracks that can be bought for use as background track:

http://www.killertracks.com/

Creative Commons agreement music:

http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos

Keep in mind that ‘Creative Commons’ licensing is not necessarily free music. There are usually attribution or credit requirements, and the artists may specify what kinds of works their music may be used.

CREATING A YOUTUBE LINK:

Go to www.Youtube.com.
Create a YouTube account by clicking at the top right of the screen. You can use a Gmail account that you already have to create your account.
Click the arrow at the top right of the screen to upload your video.
When the upload screen pops up, be sure to click the dropdown arrow to change it from public to unlisted.
Click the arrow to select your video file to upload.
Select the video file you would like to use for your submission.
Wait for your video to completely upload. You will receive a link to your video submission.
Email the completed link to j.yuen@unf.edu on or before __________________________.

The Classroom Lens Competition Rubric

Overall Score is out of 16 Points
Points Available	Accomplished 4	Commendable 3	Developing 2	Needs Improvement 1
Content	The video is comprehensive with extensive research, provides an in‐depth explanation, and is expertly organized.	The video shares research on the strategy, provides an explanation, and is organized.	The video is on‐topic, but inconsistent with the research, explanation, and organization of the chosen strategy.	The video struggles to stay on‐topic and does not provide research or an explanation of the chosen strategy.
Clarity	Throughout the video, the chosen strategy is the focus. Understanding of the strategy is evident through clear, specific, and compelling language and storytelling.	The chosen strategy is mostly the focus. Clearer and more specific language and storytelling would increase the understanding of the chosen strategy.	The video is inconsistent in its delivery about the chosen strategy.	The video is confusing or unclear about the chosen strategy.
Creativity	The video conveys its message in creative and inventive ways that expertly maximize the engagement and impact for the audience.	The video employs creative ideas to convey its message though the choices do not maximize the impact for the audience.	The video would benefit from more inventive or creative choices to better engage the audience.	The video needs significant improvement in order to engage the audience.
Professionalism	The video production value (picture and sound quality, editing, composition) reflects professional‐caliber work.	The video production value (picture and sound quality, editing, composition) reflects student‐caliber work.	The video production value (picture and sound quality, editing, composition) reflects developing work.	The video production value (picture and sound quality, editing, composition) is limiting and distracting.

Is the video between three and five minutes in running time? YES or NO (If no, subtract 2 points from total score)