Digital Video Workshop

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Digital Video Workshop

• OU CALL Conference
• April 9, 2010
• Aaron Schwartz, MA
• Barbara Schwenk, MA
• Kathryn Plath, MA
• Ohio University

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Background

• Ohio Program of Intensive English
• Inexpensive Flip Camcorders from Pure Digital
• TESOL Electronic Village Hardware Fair 2009

Barbara Schwenk, Dee Gephart, and Aaron Schwartz
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Pedagogical Implications

• Digital Video as we believe, has many
  pedagogical benefits inside and outside of the
  classroom. Aside from lending itself well to
  pair/group projects, which is has been identified
  as an effective method in the ESL classroom the
  camera allows the teacher to allocate for
  authentic learning/communication situations.

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Pedagogical Implications

• Furthermore, this device enhances language
  learning as it can
• Decrease learner anxiety
• Allow for active roles of all group members
• Create authentic language environment
• Create authentic language opportunities
• Motivate
• Complement the communicative approach
• Engage with digital natives

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Folk Tales
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Example A Better Place
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Example Bug the Locals

• Level Beginner
• Teaching Point Question Formation
• In groups, students made lists of questions they
  could ask people in Athens.
• Groups went to our student center with cameras to
  find people to interview.
• They returned to class to analyze the videos.

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Example Tongue Twisters
First Try
Third Try
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Example Commercial

• Level Advanced
• After some academic readings about effective
  advertising techniques, students took cameras
  around campus to film commercials for OPIE
  Cola.
• Students used Movie Maker to edit the commercials
  afterward.

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Student Presentations
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Example Prepositions Movie

• Level Beginner
• Students learned a list of prepositions
• In teams, they set up examples of each one
• They filmed the examples
• iMovie used to insert slides and combine clips.

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Integrates With Other Technology

• Computers/Projectors in the Classroom
• Video editing in the computer lab
• Classroom Management Systems Blackboard,
  Moodle, WebCT, etc.
• Social Networking Sites Youtube, Facebook

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Flips and Other Camcorders