Martin Lang

Lang's "Video Production: Capturing Us at Our Best" project introduces students to the world of storytelling and film-making. Through the program, students view classic films and work in groups to write an original screenplay. Incorporating technology to promote creative thinking and cooperative learning, students create storyboards, select camera angles, and film and edit their screenplay to effectively tell their story. The program also gives students the opportunity to help others learn, as they film teachers delivering lessons and transfer that film to CDs for use with at-risk students during after-school programs. This project benefits both students and the community in that it provides local businesses the opportunity to later hire local students for technology positions, rather than out-of-state residents.