An Introduction to the Video Poem
an Inspired Word Café teaching module
Welcome to the Intro to Video Poetry module! In this module you will:
Work through some of the basics of what a video poem is.
Learn some possible types of video poems.
Work through one method to create a video poem.
Upon completion of the module you will receive a digital badge to mark your achievement! In order to receive the Intro to Video Poetry badge you must:
Read and review this document.
Move through and complete the three sections of the module (see below).
Read and review the tools and resources.
Send a completion notice and receive your digital badge!
Have fun and happy creating!
RECEIVING YOUR BADGE
Congratulations on completing the intro to video poetry module created by IWC!
After you have moved through all sections of the module and submitted the three google forms, please follow the steps below to receive your Intro to Video Poetry digital badge.
Send an email to the email address: cole@inspiredwordcafe.com
Use the subject line: Video Poetry Module badge request
Copy and paste this into the body of your email:
Dear IWC,
I have successfully completed all the requirements for the Intro to Video Poetry Module. Please use this email (insert email) for my digital badge.
Then you will receive a digital badge (administered through Badgr) to your email account within 72 hours.
You are then invited to create a Badgr account, which will allow you to create your own backpack, or simply save the badge to your device.
We wish you all the best in your video poem endeavours!
Acknowledgements
Firstly, I would like to thank Erin Scott for writing the grant for this project, conceptualizing it,
and providing key editing. Without her hard work IWC, nor this resource, would exist. Next, I
would like to thank Shimshon Obadia and Michael V. Smith for their generosity with sharing
their own video poem curricula. Sections of this resource rely heavily on their contributions. I
want to thank the poets and producers Shimshon Obadia, Emmett MacMillen, Craig Carpenter, and
Mark Bertolutti for creating poems that bring this resource alive with powerful, local work.
Finally, I want to thank Amy Thiessen for her hard work turning this resource into a Badgr
program so that we can share it all with you. I hope you enjoyed working with this content as
much as I enjoyed creating it.
I hope you all stay safe and healthy out there. And remember: Be gentle with yourself, so you
can learn to be gentle with someone else.
- Cole Mash, module author and Co-ED of IWC
