Monday, November 22, 2010

Digital Video and Teaching : Suggestions for each subject

Bell, L., & Bull, G. (2010). Digital video and teaching. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 10(1). Retrieved fromhttp://www.citejournal.org/vol10/iss1/editorial/article1.cfm

Subject Area
Student Activity

Social Studies

  • Watch video clips of people and places outside of students’ local experiences and historical reenactments.
  • Analyze video as a historical artifact or scrutinize political ads or product commercials to encourage critical thinking.
  • Create mini-documentaries about historical events to hone research and interpretive skills or make movies about current cultural customs and traditions to broaden students’ perspectives.
    (Hammond & Lee, in press)

Science

  • Watch video clips of phenomena that engage them in scientific questions, elaborate on or apply a concept, or invite observation and inference.
  • Analyze video to make predictions, find patterns, take measurements, or determine classifications.
  • Create video of events and scientific phenomena that students have an interest in exploring further or that present students’ understanding of a concept.
    (Park, in press)

Mathematics

  • Watch video-recorded events to visualize mathematics in nature and art and to set contexts for mathematical inquiry.
  • Analyze motion mathematically or examine the pattern and symmetry of choreographed dance, for example, or marching bands.
  • Create video that enacts a specific function or solves a mathematical problem or demonstrates understanding of a mathematical concept.
    (Niess & Walker, in press)

English Language Arts

  • Watch video that engages students in meaning making and interpretation.
  • Analyze video to consider the effectiveness of combinations of spoken word, print text, soundtrack, image, and motion.
  • Create video as a multimodal text to express ideas and connect with an audience.
    (Young & Kajder, in press)

Reading

  • Watch video as a prereading visualization activity that builds prior knowledge and engages students in the topic or view video renditions of fiction and drama for critical comparisons.
  • Analyze students’ reading performances for self-reflection and feedback.
  • Create videos that demonstrate reading and composition skills or reading comprehension.
    (Michael McKenna & Carrie Simkin, personal communication February 16, 2010)

Physical Education

  • Watch video of others’ skill performance to learn techniques.
  • Analyze students’ skill performance for both self-evaluation and teacher feedback.
  • Create digital video clips of others’ skills or performances to demonstrate understanding or make fitness/wellness advocacy/public service announcement videos for an audience.
    (Jennifer Krause, personal communication, February 13, 2010)

Languages Education

  • Watch video clips of everyday conversations in films or television broadcasts or music that can be replayed and processed in multiple ways.
  • Interact with native speakers through live video conferencing.
  • Create video of student conversations or skits or narrations of past events that demonstrate language mastery.
    (Ruth Ferree, personal communication, February 16, 2010)

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