KET School Video Project
Prize Winners | Video of Past Programs | Curriculum Connections
The annual KET School Video Project broadcast program spotlights
videos produced by students, classes, and groups from Kentucky schools. For
2007/08, we asked for examples of feature stories produced for school news
programs. A two-hour selection of some of the great entries we received is
now available for online viewing (Windows Media® or RealVideo® format).
Congratulations, Prize Winners!
All teachers who submitted entries for the 2007/08 KET School Video
Project were entered in a prize drawing. Congratulations to Leo
Lyvers of Washington County Middle School in Springfield, winner
of the grand prize: a MiniDV camcorder. He is pictured here with his students,
receiving the prize from regional KET Education Consultant Kathy Davis.
Three other teachers who submitted video entries won one-year subscriptions to Videomaker magazine: Donna Evans of Waggener High School, Louisville; Anita Love of Metcalfe County High School, Edmonton; and Mandana Mahdavi of W.H. Natcher Elementary, Bowling Green. Thanks for participating—and for supporting student video production!
Video of Past Programs
For the 2005/06 and 2006/07 school years, the theme for the KET School Video Project was “My Kentucky Home”—and we received exceptional examples from schools all over the state. Selected entries and excerpts from entries are included in the two-hour television programs, which are available for viewing online in Windows Media® or RealVideo® format.
- 2006/07 Menu of individual entries »
Watch the program (2 hours) - 2005/06 Menu of individual entries »
Watch the program (2 hours)
Kentucky Curriculum Connections
Student-produced videos can be useful as instructional tools and are positive examples of blending technology and Core Content in the classroom for inspiring learning. They can be viewed from a variety of perspectives:
- Core Content instruction
- examples of ways to embed Core Content within video production units
- instructional tools or how-to guides for video production
- sources of inspiration for new lessons or units
- sources of ideas for video projects or documentaries, especially ones with local color, interest, and/or historical significance
- instructional openings for discussing health and other safety issues, including public service announcements
- examples of formats, features, and interviews for expanding or updating news programs
School-produced videos also demonstrate correlations to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations:
- 1.1: Students use reference tools such as dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, and computer reference programs and research tools such as interviews and surveys to find the information they need to meet specific demands, explore interests, or solve specific problems.
- 1.11: Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.
- 1.12: Students speak using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.
- 1.16: Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas.