Video Making

Electronic or digital portfolios provide durable records of children’s work using a variety of ICT tools that include writing, presentation and multimedia authoring. A good multimedia presentation made by the children can provide an interesting tool for reinforcing learning. They can also be useful for motivating children both at the time of their making and when it comes to view the final product.

As with every ICT project, the older the children the more of the technical elements of the process they will be able to contribute towards. With a younger class the children may just appear or provide voice-overs but much of the recording and editing will need to be done by the teacher or SNA. With older groups the camera work can easily be done by the children and they can make a larger contribution to the editing. By the time video making is attempted in secondary school nearly all work can be done by the students provided initial training is provided.

SAMPLES

For more of  our excitting video samples, please check them out at our TeacherTube Channel!

Possible Curriculum Links

Subject

 English

Geography

PE

Music

Strand/S

Competence and confidence in using language

Environmental awareness and care

Games

Composing

Strand Unit/S

Learn to use questions as a mechanism for expanding and developing a story

Examine a number of ways in which local and other environments could be improved or enhanced

Create and develop games with a partner or with a small group

Select sounds from a variety of sources to illustrate a character or a  sequence of events