Describes an action research project on digital editing being carried out by a group of teachers. Evaluates a conceptual framework for editing digitized moving images, under three headings: literacies and communicative practices; creativity; and social roles and learning styles. Presents three teacher accounts of student projects involving digital…

Explains production techniques involved in making student documentaries on video. Highlights include student research; script writing; narration; the use of interviews; incorporating visual materials such as maps and photographs; camera techniques; demonstrations; editing; and time limits. (Contains six references.) (LRW)