Splicing Video into the Writing Process

I have recently read "Splicing Video into the Writing Process” by Tammy Padina-Scot and Diane Harding for my 422.  It was a incredibly useful and inspiring article on how I as a teacher can incorporate student video projects into the regular curriculum.  The idea is that if you have a topic, such as a history lesson, you can have the students make a short movie on the subject.  The idea is that students can learn a content standard in an untraditional manner.  Students these days are brought up in a technologically advanced society and require a little more interaction in their learning experience than elders like myself may have had.  By researching the material, they learn it.  By separating the students into small groups, you can assign them different subject areas.  By having the students share their movies with the class, the individual learning experiences are shared with other students.  The article pointed out that there are plenty of other lessons that can be taught through the use of movie making, such as science, social studies, and even literature.  I say literature as it would be so easy to do what Hollywood does, turn very good books into movies.  Important scenes, or chapters could be assigned to separate groups and together, the class will have a better understanding of the subject.  This  seems like this could be one of the most useful ways to reach, extra-personal, visual, and hands-on learning styles.  I have no doubt that I will happily be utilizing this viable and recently un-tapped teaching/learning experience in my classroom.