Emily Kincer, A high school teacher at Letcher Central in Whitesburg, Kentucky received an ARI LEARNING INNOVATION GRANT from the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). She was one of over 100 instructors who presented at the Forging Innovation in Rural Education FIRESummit, a multi-district K-12 educational professional learning event October 25 in Pikeville, KY. You may view Emily’s presentation here:
In the past, the processing of filming or creating a video was an intricate and complicated process. The equipment was expensive, hard to learn and just took too many steps to get a finished product. The digital revolution paved the way for accessibility to cameras and easy to learn editing software. The technology allows digital editing to create amazing special effects and there is no loss of quality between shooting, editing and posting the finished work.
In the video below you can see how the quality of the video differs from what you would see now on TV or Youtube. The video is from Emily’s childhood. While growing up in Whitesburg, Emily and some of her friends participated in the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP). Martha Jane Potter Elementary won the statewide STLP competition during Emily’s 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade years for best narrative video at the high school competition level.
Emily now works with her high school students using a Padcaster kit to craft stories and make personalized digital portfolios. The initiative will design, develop and implement a targeted approach to serve special education students. By building and implementing a personalized digital portfolio it will improve special education studentsā ability to attain the necessary confidence, demonstrateĀ learning success and that they are strongly connecting academic achievement,Ā 21st-century skills and transitional skills in a personalized career pathway designed to increase graduation rates.
