Digital Video

Digital videos are a great tool that can be used in the classroom. They are great because they can include audio, pictures, video, graphs and pretty much anything else you would want to include.

There are many ways that digital video can be incorporated into the classroom. Firstly a teacher can create a digital video at the start of the unit to show students an issue or provide engaging information. The other way which I prefer is for students to become involved in the making of digital videos as a way of documenting their journey through a unit of work. When the unit of work is finished students create a video in small groups and show their own interpretation of the unit.

There are many different programs that can be used to make digital videos but I prefer to use Windows Movie Maker. I prefer it to other programs because it is easy to insert pictures and video clips along the timeline. I have created a short movie that is a collection of last summers adventures with my friends to demonstrate my skills or lack of skills in movie making. ENJOY!