Thursday, January 29, 2009
Using video to teach
The presentation by Scott Hacke was very thought provoking. The level of creativity shown in the video clips was quite impressive. Given the proper equipment, time, and guidance, students can express themselves exceptionally well. A concern I would have is that, while providing an outlet for a student's creativity, the intentional teaching of specific language arts standards would have to be carefully and intentionally planned. in other words, bridging the "wow, cool" and "meaningful instruction and learning" gap. The vast majority of these students would not be submitting their work for san award, but ALL should learn important concepts applicable to state standards. In fact, the video project would offer an amazing opportunity to teach multiple subject areas...language arts, science, social studies, math, as well as the creative arts.
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I think its power is in its cross-curricular appeal. I agree this needs to be intentionally planned and coordinated carefully with teams of teachers. I've seen a model of this when I taught overseas where one full time teacher was the "collaborator" for technology to do exactly this--planning, co-teaching, and the like during the course of the unit. It worked, but unfortunately, our current economic fallout won't allow for this luxury now. It would be a job I would love to do!!
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