This is an important model for the different groups. The teacher should only provide input if a roadblock is encountered. Creating ideas parallels Writer's Workshop in both classes where students generate their own ideas for their writing. The students in both classes keep an ongoing video of themselves. Each student has a tape of themselves which they record on throughout the year.
Students offer positive comments about the video followed by suggestions for improvement.
The students run all the equipment. All of the above is initially modeled at least several times to the whole class using students to role play. The class does several exercises to initially learn the camera with movement. An example is one student holds and operates the camera while the other student sings a song. The camera operator does not look through the viewfinder.