Here is a "No Future Left Behind," a video created by Peggy Sheehy's middle school students for a keynote address she was asked to give at the Net Generation Education Project.  Rather than create the address herself, she got the idea of having her students create it.  What a great way to give students voice!  Click here to read her description of the process of guiding her students through the making of the video. 

Another prize-winning student video about the educational uses of technology.

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Here is a joint project that was done around the issues of teen girls. It was produced in a year-long workshop with girls aged 14-17, using the media to explore their own lives and the world around them. In their own voices, the girls cover topics such as violence, stereotypes of women, sex, relationships, reputation and the future. Certainly a similar project could be undertaken in a classroom.

Girls Theory: Me-search Research Promo from Beyondmedia Education on Vimeo.

And consider this project: The Empowered Fe Fes (slang for female), a group of young women with disabilities, hit the streets of Chicago on a quest to discover the difference between how they see themselves and how others see them.

Beyond Disability Trailer from Beyondmedia Education on Vimeo.

Student video projects

Here is a great video put together by middle school students ranting against the way fashion magazines try to shape their views of themselves and their own bodies.

What Real Looks Like-RANT from james valastro on Vimeo. (James Valastro is a Burlington, VT, based videographer and media literacy expert.)

Here is another Vermont video by students on advertising.

This is a short media literacy film in three parts. Total run time is 5 min. No students or teachers were harmed in the filming of the last segment called "The Gauntlet". Part One- Hey parents, we see them but you don't. Part Two-Advertisements contested and deconstructed. Part Three- The GAUNTLET (using light sabers and Jedi skills to deal with the 3000 different advertisements we Americans see each and every day)

Here's a student-done documentary that teachers can identify with.