My Digital Video
The use of digital videos in the classroom provides an opportunity to engage with students through another different and exciting medium. In particular visual and auditory learners can benefit greatly from their usage in the classroom. As with podcasts, these could be incorporated into the classroom, both as a means of accessing information, as well as disseminating knowledge in a variety of ways to help different learner types. Junior home economics students could be asked to work in groups to create a digital video on creating healthy eating meals in the format of a popular television program, such as Masterchef or Ready, Set, Cook!. Students could also use the digital videos to create a summary presentation of the coursework of the semester.
Digital videos also allow students who are more timid to
pre-record their oral presentations, so that the student is not disadvantaged
in front of a class. However, a downside to digital videos is that there is the
potential teachers use them in a way that does not benefit or engage the
learner, or develop their self-direct learning. Teachers must ensure that activities relating
to the digital video involve some form of observation, analysis or reflection
activity.
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