In my humble opinion, the discussion this week needs to be more about how we can get our students involved in using video for authentic assessments. Students are used to video cameras and don’t tend to shy away from them the way many adults do. Most students have cell phones that can take short video clips. For the most part, they own the technology to perform the task.
Hall Davidson said, “Learning means assimilating information in a way that matches our wiring: responding to the terabits of information in motion and sound. Technology brings education access to the transformative visual tools of an image-based society--- a move closer to the way we truly learn.”
We need to encourage project-based learning and meaningful student work that incorporates movie making. Our students can become journalists and interviewers. They can create documentaries. Our students are capable of high-level work using video. Video and multimedia should be integrated into the regular subject-area curriculum.
Start considering the possibilities of how to engage students in creatively demonstrating their knowledge.
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absolutely! I'm not sure if I forwarded this link previously, but a colleague of mine in San Francisco did a great project with the student having them record oral history from Holocaust survivors with video clips to accompany. http://www.tellingstories.org/
Thanks Demetri. That is a terrific project! Barb
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