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  • Time: 10 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • This unit explores the role of digital media as a teaching tool, focussing on video in particular. We will examine the process of how you can start to use digital video in the classroom, and how to manage...
 

Lights – can DV illuminate teaching?

  • Lights – can DV illuminate teaching? Resource
  • TV, mobiles, gaming consoles – students interact with digital media every day. Indeed, inbuilt digital cameras on mobiles have become increasingly popular with a generation that demands the freedom to...
 

1. Starting to use DV

  • 1. Starting to use DV Resource
  • DV, therefore, is a learning and teaching tool that has a lot to offer and one we cannot afford to ignore. Increasingly, DV will become an essential part of the teacher's ‘toolbox’, but it is one whose...
 

2. Direction – find your inspiration

  • 2. Direction – find your inspiration Resource
  • Bringing history to life, filming field trips, creating a video montage of class – the ways in which you can incorporate DV into your lessons are endless and limited only by your imagination.
 

3. Cameras – what resources do I need?

 

4. Plotlines – what's your story?

 

5. And action!

  • 5. And action! Resource
  • Getting the cameras rolling is just the beginning – there are endless possibilities you can explore.
 

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References and Acknowledgements

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