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Time: 10 hours Level: Intermediate
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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...
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| | 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...
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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...
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| | 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.
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| | 3. Cameras – what resources do I need?
3. Cameras – what resources do I need?
- The key to success of any lesson is good preparation – and this is never truer than when incorporating a new technology.
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| | 4. Plotlines – what's your story?
4. Plotlines – what's your story? Resource
- Planning is important not only to the success of a lesson but also to the final outcome. Without a clear idea of ‘what, who, why and how’, your project might lose the plot!
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5. And action! Resource
- Getting the cameras rolling is just the beginning – there are endless possibilities you can explore.
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Further reading Resource
- The British Film Institute has a wealth of teaching resources:
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| | References and Acknowledgements
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