Scenario: Video is misused/misunderstood in the classroom

• The teacher presses “Play” and grades papers
• Snoring students
• No idea how to break down the video (creating video literacy for the teacher)
• How to weave the video into
• Reading/Writing
• Math (logic, problem solving)
• Social studies
• Science

Environment (with technology classes):

• Limited funds (one player, one camera per building
• Teacher not used to engaging students with video
• warm up questions (e.g. Have you ever seen a movie that was totally misrepresented by the trailer? What’s the worst commercial you’ve ever seen?)
• Video seen as blow-off class

Solutions

• Creating video literacy
• Breaking down a video segment
• camerawork (Why did the director do this?)
• editing techniques
• audio’s importance
• graphic arts
• Knowing when to pause and talk
• Linking video to subject matter
• Identifying a theme in subject matter
• Linking the theme to a film/TV segment
• Quick linking tables
• Discussion prompts
• Essay topics
• Presentations that engage
• Cross-curricular Work
• Enlisting other departments’ input
• Co-departmental projects