Using+Videos+for+Digital+Storytelling

Using video stories is a nice and big motivating push in the 21st century classrooms. It engages our learners into their own learning while boosting their listening, speaking and writing skills.

You can try the following ways of using video stories in class:

1. Record - Edit - Post

Language, Camera, Action! Motivating Young Learners with Video (by Dave Dodgson) using videos in class:
 * gives students a sense of purpose – the idea that this will be in audience, that this will go beyond the classroom
 * students want to put more effort into it, they want to get themselves ready
 * they don’t have to worry too much about getting it wrong because if something goes wrong, they can restart it again or edit it later

You will need: For recording you can use a camcorder, a flipcamera, a laptop with a webcam, a mobile device, a digital camera with video functionality etc. For editing: Windows Movie Maker, .... For Posting: a class website / blog / wiki media type="youtube" key="zY20fvU_GfQ" height="315" width="420"

What you can record:

students performing a roleplay students’ presentations of their posters or PowerPoint projects an interview 'talking heads' students reading a story / text etc. shadow puppet shows

Examples made by Dave Dodgson and his students:

media type="youtube" key="49VrhxXPeyo" height="233" width="446" || A roleplay (an interview) media type="youtube" key="2fyNh8iJz38" height="233" width="417" || media type="youtube" key="RXW8oo1QTKk" height="301" width="401" || 'Talking head' video media type="youtube" key="qIYFkaAapO4" height="296" width="395" || media type="youtube" key="9_XTEZ7kw2s" height="239" width="440" ||  || BC LearnEnglishKids 'What's your news?' video competition - Video Gallery Watch this cute video about guinea pigs sent by Ukrainian pupils.
 * A project work presentation
 * Students' video story created outside the classroom with a mobile device.
 * 'Gingerbread man' - shadow puppets show