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 * Name ||  || School || What do you Do? || Email || Other email || Blog || Twitter || Skype || Delicious || Flickr ||
 * Kathy Cassidy || [[image:kathycassidy3.jpg width="95" height="102"]] || Westmount school || Grade1 || cassidy.kathy@prairiesouth.ca ||  || Classroom Blog
 * Keith Silversides ||  || Westmount School || Grade 1-2 || silversides.keith@prairiesouth.ca ||   || The Cyberkidz || []silversideskeit ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Alan Stange || [[image:http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/408498/Alan_Icon_January_2010.jpg width="96" height="96"]] || Sunningdale School || Grade 5-6 || stange.alan@prairiesouth.ca || alan.stange@gmail.com || edustange
 * Marilyn Pavier || [[image:http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1143988394/june09JACK_014__2_.jpg width="99" height="71"]] || William Grayson School || Grade 7 || pavier.marilyn@prairiesouth.ca ||  ||   || http://twitter.com/abbeteach ||   || http://www.delicious.com/mpavier || http://www.flickr.com/marilynpavier1 ||
 * Sophie Rosso ||  || Peacock Collegiate || Grade 9 || rosso.sophie@prairiesouth.ca ||   || rosso30390 || [] ||   || [] ||   ||
 * Roger Morgan || [[image:http://learning.prairiesouth.ca/user/pix.php?file=/175/f1.jpg width="93" height="93" link="http://learning.prairiesouth.ca/user/view.php?id=175&course=1"]] || Kincaid Central School || Grade 10-12 || morgan.roger@prairiesouth.ca ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

**Action Research Project - Template**
//We want to be able to share and post your Action Research Projects on the PLP website so that others may learn from you. We want to brag on you! We will be making web pages from these projects, so to make the projects a little more uniform and easier to flip through we are asking that you fill out this form. Don't worry - it's not nearly as daunting as it looks. This is meant to be a snapshot of your project with artifacts and links should a reader wish to dig deeper into your research.//

//For your convenience we have copied and pasted this information into your school's team page. Please delete the directions that are *in asterisks* once you are finished.//

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**Team members Alan Stange, Sophie Rosso, Keith Silversides, Marilyn Pavier, Kathy Cassidy** =====

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**School Three Schools in Prairiesouth School Division** =====

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Five teachers, teaching between grades one and ten, are interested in using video to capture learning in their classrooms. // They all want to be able to use video in some form to capture the learning of their students. // // The work flow to make this happen in their classrooms varies greatly because of their different teaching styles and the ages of their students. As students gain mastery they (and their teachers) discover new goals for themselves. This project is constructivist in nature and therefore is continually evolving. // =====

**Problem, Issue, or Possibility**
All of the teachers involved in this project were already using video in their classroom, but were all questioning the techniques they were presently using and yearning to use the best instructional strategies possible. What exactly does the workflow look like for using video to capture learning in a grade one/five/nine classroom? How can it be more easily embedded in the daily practice of the classroom, especially as a learning tool to assist with assessment?


 * =====Find the most effective process for video workflow at each grade level=====
 * =====Meet regularly, debrief and learn from each other's experiences=====
 * =====Involving the students in the process=====

**Implementation Plan**

 * =====February: Assessed the current skill set of our students.=====
 * March - April: Challenged students to explore the use of video to demonstrate their own learning.
 * February - May: We as a team met face to face frequently, debriefed and learned from each other's experiences. We encouraged each other through words and example to continue to explore this issue.

Lessons Learned:
We are all using video in some form to help us assess student learning in our classroom and we are all continuing to learn more about this and adjust our implementation. The merits of this are incredible. We feel that we have only scratched the surface of what is possible and look forward to continuing it.
 * ===== You need a network. It is difficult to do this on your own. =====
 * The video does not simply record the learning--it IS the learning.
 * Action research is difficult. You need to be able to critically reflect.

**Artifacts and Documentation**
We have all contributed to a Video Workflow Wiki.This wiki includes video from each of our individual classrooms and descriptions of the workflow we have each determined to be the most successful to this point in our understanding.