Bringing online video into the classroom

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Jamie Keddie. Bringing online video into the classroom

Introduction

Part 1. Components and competencies

1. Hardware

2. Software

Part 2. Video content for the classroom

3. Characteristics of online video

4. Finding and selecting videos

5. Creating your own content

Part 3. Using video in the classroom

6. Basics

7. Deconstructing video

8. Using spoken texts

9. Using video narratives

Part 4. Video cameras in and out of the classroom

10. Privacy and permission

11. Cameras in the students’ hands

12. Cameras in the teacher’s hands

Glossary

Appendices

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It’s Monday morning. A group of seven-year-old boys are sitting at their desks in an exclusive public school in London. They are singing Waltzing Matilda, a song sometimes referred to as the unofficial national anthem of Australia. Dressed in shorts, shirts, stripy ties, and V-neck sweaters, the boys don’t seem to be completely at ease with the task in hand. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that they are singing the song in Latin. Or perhaps they are apprehensive about the cameraman at the front of the classroom who is filming their performance.

This comical moment was an opening scene from a well-known 1964 British TV documentary series called Seven Up!, which followed the lives of 14 British children, who were chosen to represent a range of social and economic backgrounds from across the country. As well as footage from the classroom, the filmmakers included playground fights, ballet classes, and a trip to the zoo.

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This book aims to address and explore these possibilities. It considers video in its reinvented form – as an accessible and interactive medium for expression.

We will look at ways of maximizing student interaction with the medium. We will suggest ways in which it can be used as a resource for language input and language study. We will see how a single engaging video can be used as a springboard not just for speaking and writing, but also as a model for students to produce and share videos of their own. And finally, we will deal with the relevant technical, practical, social, and legal considerations along the way.

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