This past week our class went on an exciting journey and started and wrapped up making a short video for an assignment. It was actually pretty neat seeing 12 university students get started immediately and have ideas flowing non-stop! Our group could not stop talking about all of our ideas and one thing lead to another and things were getting wildly out of control with laughter and ridiculousness. After all the giggling and brainstorming we decided on an Olympic themed video. It was lots of fun to shoot (because I got to be the athlete.) As I look back on the filming of the video and as we finish up the editing I think about how I could use this in MY classroom.
I believe video in the classroom can be extremely useful. For starters it gets away from straight pencil paper work. It brings in technology (ipods, ipads, video cameras etc) and uses a very different form of expressing ones self, besides drawing, or writing or typing. You have to use a whole different side of yourself to portray meaning. It can be a serious video, it can be a silly video, it can be an interview, there are endless possibilities! In my experience with making video, IMovie is super easy to use and it has templates for various kinds of videos.
Mike (our professor) has created a nice reference page for video in the classroom. Below is the link to the site. Take a look, and use it!
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