Thursday, 31 March 2011

reflection on digital videos

Making a video was fun! I went through previous photos on my computer and found some that tell a story as that is what I think videos are for, telling a story. In this situation we went fishing, but did not check the tides and got stuck on a sand bank.

 You can check out my first attempt at a video at http://karenwilkin.wikispaces.com

Using Movie maker was quite simple, transferring images, put in transitions, effects, music and titles and credits. The video I have made is quite simple but it was just me playing around with all the features. As some of the photos have people in them I asked them if they would mind if I could use the photos, but would not name them. Making a video is very time consuming but the end product is worth it. I enjoyed producing my video as students will as well. Videos can be created and watched on portable devices like mobile phones, digital cameras and digital video cameras (Bell. L and Bull. G (2010). Using video production in the student learning will encourage Higher Order Thinking, communication, organisation and presentation skills, a variety of literacy resources and teamwork. According to Kearney and Schuck (2006), by using digital video production in student learning students:

-          Develop movie making skills
-          Develop spoken and written literacies
-          Develop media literacies
-          Improve in presentation skills (p. 8).


 Using a thinking routine like the SWOT Analysis will illustrate if the use of digital video production would be beneficial in student learning.

Strengths
Weaknesses
Higher Order Thinking
Creativity
Use of different literacies
Motivation
Active learning


Time
Limited access to digital technology
Threats
Opportunities
Risk of using photos in the video of people who have not signed an agreement form



To create a video that makes meaning
New way of presenting information



Video production in HPE (one of my teaching areas), could be used to film students in performing a skill for assessment or in Science, the use of digital video could be used by taking photos of an experiment over a couple of weeks, and producing a video of what is happening everyday in the experiment.



References

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

Kearney. M and Schuck. S, (2006) Students in the Director’s seat:  A Research Report. Teacher Learning and development research Group, University of Technology, Sydney. P.1-110. Retrieved from: http://www.ed-dev.uts.edu.au/teachered/research/dvproject/home.html


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