I just wanted to compliment you on your educational video, which
I purchased
from Monarch Watch last spring. My adult son and I previewed it
when
we first got it and thought it was quite good. Last week I
finally got
around to using it in my classroom. We invited another classroom
to
watch it with us. Approximately thirty kindergartners through
second
graders were totally engrossed for the duration of the film. YOU
had
them spell bound, Thank you for illustrating the perils of the
monarch
caterpillar so well. The detailed and close up images of the
life cycle
were also amazing. The day after we watched it, we had the
pleasure
of witnessing two caterpillars pupate, and it was the kids who
noticed
it was happening. They were thrilled to have what they had seen
in your
video verified by a real life experience. So, thank you for
supplying
a really great teaching tool. I will recommend it to other
teachers
I know. I assume you still get some profit from it. It was very
nice
to meet you at the IBBA release earlier this month. Now I am
really
looking forward to our IBBA video.
Sincerely,
Velma Begley (K-2 multi age classroom teacher and the library manager of
the South
Shore Charter School in Hull,
Massachusetts.)
Awards
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Television Award,
1995
David Orlin Prize for Best Creative Senior Thesis- Syracuse University
Honors Program, 1995
Fuji Film Award for Best Senior Thesis- SI Newhouse School of Public
Communications, 1995
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Syracuse University
Chapter) Award for Best Documentary and Best
Senior Thesis, 1995
