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VIDEOS IN THE CLASSROOM
Uses And Guidelines Based on web resources By: Romdhani Faten
Why?
Videos are powerful communications medium and can perform a vital role in modern education
The affective learning and motivation may be influenced strongly by the choice of media
This may influence, in turn, how enthusiastically and successfully students engage in learning activities
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Thus, video can be an important media for motivation
It can also help to promote discussion and reflection about personal values, or personal connections to the topic under consideration.
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Strengths of the video
Video can present visual information that is difficult to convey in other ways
It provides a sense of “being there”
A student who hears and sees the suffering of African famine victims will likely be more affected than one who reads simple textual information about it.
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According to Fisch, 2003:
“Viewers outperformed non viewers in solving problems and produced more sophisticated solutions.”
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How can use videos in the classroom?
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• Can be used to illustrate how sth works
• Provides information in detail that text and graphic cannot
2- • Can show real life examples
• Grab students’ attention
3- • Stimulate discussions
• Appeal to the learning styles of visual learners
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• Enhance problem-based learning
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However
video viewing without proper instructional practice and planning can have all of the potential weaknesses or deleterious effects of TV.
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Uses of Videos
Travel to different places
Travel through time as well
Events of the past can be brought to life
Can provide visual access to situations or experiments for students to experience personally
Simplify complex ideas using media specific techniques such as animation, computer graphics
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Model positive behaviour and motivate students
Useful for introducing a topic or reviewing material already studied
Can provide messages about issues critical to the lives of learners
Can have a strong emotional appeal
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Help to promote learning in students with high visual orientation in their learning styles
Provide diversion. They promote learning through active engagement of students’ mental processes
Students learn best when they are actively (physically and/ or emotionally engaged) in the learning activity
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The Principles of Active Learning
Encourage group activity and learning through talk
Allow for curiosity and speculation
Allow learners to make their own input and demonstrate autonomy
Allow the learners to use the knowledge they already have
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Emphasize the process of learning
Allow learners to use higher order thinking skills such as: evaluation, hypothesis, pattern making, problem recognition and solving
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General Principles of Video Use in the Classroom
Video viewing is seen as one third activity portion of a sequence:
Pre-activity/ activity/ post-activity
Pre-activity: Learners need to have a sense of ownership
and value for a learning activity
Very directive
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Involve more open-ended activities
Involve a variety of cooperative or learner-centred activities to attain the goals
Relate the video viewing to the topic
Have students brainstorm or summarize their understandings of the topic
Use word webs, concept maps to visualize relationships between concepts
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Have students prepare a glossary of the words
The activity:
It is possible to edit a precise sequence of video clips from several videos to meet the needs of a presentation
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Using Videos to Promote Active Learning
Viewing Strategies will vary from video to video and will be specific to the learning objectives desired
List of possible strategies:
1-Focus Questions
Used to improve viewer’s attention to details or larger concepts of a program
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2-Viewing worksheets:
Should focus on the critical vocab and concepts of the video topic.
Viewing sheets requiring higher order thinking skills can be effective
For videos involving dramatic performance, role playing or simulation, students can be asked to provide a series of descriptive
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words about characters, or they can be asked to describe actions or thoughts of characters as the drama unfolds.
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View with Stops
View a video with carefully chosen stop points can greatly enhance attention and engagement with the topic.
Questioning Strategies can allow learners to predict the following actions
Allow learners to make inferences or formulate hypotheses
Allow learners to make discriminations regarding important detail
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Allow students to creatively formulate an ending to a video they have not previously seen
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View without the soundtrack
This will make the students quickly notice the emotional aspects of the program conveyed by the music and sound
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Post-activity
Activities to consolidate the video viewing experience
Encourage the students to use the information they have gathered to explore concepts or ideas
Hands-on activities such as drama, art, poetry
Research projects on ideas, topics brought up in the video
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Class or small discussions on ideas discussed or issues raised
Students write about their response or compare their personal situation, to that of the video characters
Activity to analyze the issues or data from the video
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Flags to look for during video evaluation
Excessive use of talking heads
Illegible or poorly designed titles
Outdated footages
Unnecessary recitation of facts
Over-dramatization of music and soundtrack
Visual does not support narration, narration does not support visual
Pacing issues
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Excessive use of still frames or slides
Poor role modelling
Over-simplification
Lack of relevancy
Overuse of special video effects and transitions
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It’s up to the teacher to develop processes and circumstances to get the most “interactive learning” value from video and to help bring the video experience into the real world of the student as learner
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Challenges
Lack of equipment
Lack of required software
Technical problems
Time constraints
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Strategies to enhance the use of video in the classroom
Predicting: With picture and audio on
With audio off
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With picture off
Viewing comprehension
Before watching: give specific things to look and listen for
While watching: Freeze frame and check the students’ understanding
After watching: Answer comprehension questions / cloze scripts
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Listening Practice
Video dictogloss
Cloze scripts
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Speaking Practice
Role plays
Interviews
Discussions
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Resources
Video hosting sites:
YouTubeVideos hhosted and shared on any webpage
TeacherTube
Videos produced and/or uploaded by educators for the purpose of education
Yahoo Video
Video hosted and shared on any webpage
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Vimeo
A community to share, collaborate and watch video made by others. Tools and features provided to present videos to others.
Photobucket
Upload all your photos, videos, and images for free. Make photo slide shows to share pics with friends.
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Video Editing and Presentation Tools:
Animoto
upload a video - Animoto analyses the video, feels the music, customises the video. Publish to any webpage
Sliderocket
Upload your slides, keynote or powerpoint and video. Publish to any webpage.
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Dvolver
Make a movie in a few simple steps. Use customised themes and characters.
Xtranormal
If you can type, you can make movies. Make animations from preset characters. Put in own actions and script.
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PRACTICE: The Know How
1-How to download a video from youtube:
Go To google
Write: download free youtube downloader
Look for a safe site
Click download
Click the exe. File
Install on your computer
Run ( Copy/paste the links you need to download)
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Movie Makers
Animoto can create presentations incorporating images, video clips, music and text. There is an array of tools helps you automatically create unique video pieces.
Kerpoof - Explore, create, and design at Kerpoof. Make a picture, a movie, a drawing or a card by selecting a background and then dragging and dropping your selected additions. There’s a host of activities that you can do at Kerpoof
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Masher – You can “mix, mash, and share” video clips, audio files, and photos into polished movies, it’s all free ; also free media content from students own content as well as from the BBC Motion Gallery are available.
Movie Maker – The Microsoft version of Apple’s iMovie, a free and easy to use video editor. It can turn photos and video clips into digital movies with special effects such as transitions, captions, sharing features, and more.
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Creaza is an online video editing tools other than Windows Movie Maker, and a comic creator
Vimeo is a place for sharing video, there is a video school full of tips of making good video.
Voki is a free service for educators to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profiles and email messages, Teachers’ Corners and Lesson Plan Database are collaborative resources for teachers.
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Bibliography
Video in Theory and Practice , David Denning
(Faculty of Education University of Victoria)
Clark, R.E (1983) Reconsidering research on learning from media
Plowman,L, (1988) Active Learning and Interactive Video
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THANK YOU
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