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Session:
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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Phylm /'film/ n. [physics + film]
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Meeting:
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127th AAPT National Meeting: Madison, WI |
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Location:
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Ballroom A |
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Date:
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Wednesday, Aug. 6 |
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Time:
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2:45PM
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Author:
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David Colarusso, Lexington H.S.
781-861-2320 ext. 3050, colarusso@post.harvard.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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The growing accessibility of tools for the production of multimedia-rich curricula makes it possible for every instructor and student to become a producer.1, 2 Taking advantage of this, instructors have an opportunity to direct student learning away from "plug-and-chug" methods of problem solving. I have developed a "Phylm" unit to do this. This presentation will show how to easily implement such a unit. Students take ANY piece of video footage, real world or fictional, and add their own analysis of the physics presented--answering questions sparked by their viewing. They interrogate the video for data, develop a method for arriving at solutions, and repackage the original footage into a final product which serves to communicate their findings. Final products consist of the original footage overlaid with any combination of narration and pictorial commentary, including student-produced animations and visualizations of abstract concepts. These products can be made available in multiple media formats.
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Footnotes:
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1. Implementations discussed will make use of Apple's iMove software in conjunction with Macromedia Flash MX for output to Apple's Quicktime file format.
2. See http://www.phylm.org
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