Journal 3

Video in the Age of Participation
By Glen Bull.

This article discusses the use of digital video in the classroom as a tool for learning. It states, “digital video is the next frontier in the technology world.” Teachers have been bringing videos into the classroom for years, but it is hard to tag the specific parts of the video that may be relevant to whatever the lesson may be about. Digital video allows the teachers to cut up the video and use the parts that pertain to what they are teaching. As of yet there is no direct connection between digital footage that can be found on the web and teachers’ instructional objectives, therefore it is up to the teacher to link these learning resources and learning objectives.

Questions:

How could a teacher incorporate a digital video into a lesson plan?

I feel that it would be fairly easy to do this. For example, a teacher could be having a Geography lesson on Africa and they could incorporate digital video of different places or people. This could be a video that shows a native ritual dance therefore the teacher is bringing an element of African culture into the classroom.

What are some of the positive on incorporating digital video into the classroom?

It allows the teacher to bring an element of media into the classroom that may be more engaging for the student. It also allows the teacher to clip videos and show the relevant parts. I can not even begin to recount the numerous times I have been forced to sit through a whole video that was uninteresting and half of it did not really apply to what we are learning.