Hi Barry,

Great work and thank you for sharing!

This seems like it would be a great review tool for students who were in
the class that day, as well as for those who attend class regularly but,
perhaps had to miss that day's lesson. In terms of how this might be
used within an adult literacy context...many programs have rolling
admissions policies. This often makes curriculum planning difficult
because you might begin a unit and have someone join the class midway
through. It could be beneficial to have newly entering student have
access to video based lessons that they had missed. I imagine this might
be most effective with a higher level GED population. It also seems like
it could be a great reinforcement of pronunciation and grammar lessons
for ESOL students.

I agree with you that shorter segments (an intro to the topic, then
pieces based on student prompts or questions) might be engaging. Also,
it would take more camera work and editing (and that could be a
challenge or inhibitor), but some shots of student might be good as well
(students asking questions, or going to the board to work out problems).

 

What do others think?

 

Regards,

Mariann

 

Mariann Fedele

Associate Director,

NYC Regional Adult Education Network

Literacy Assistance Center

Moderator,
NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List
32 Broadway 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
212-803-3325
mariannf at lacnyc.org
www.lacnyc.org

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From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Burkett, Barry
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:25 PM
To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [Technology 745] Excited

 

Hey guys, 

Here is something I am excited.  I am working with the state of KY on
putting VOD-casts of class on the internet.  Here was our very first
piece,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7174474385156197754&hl=en
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7174474385156197754&hl=en>  it
is about using a percent triangle in math.

Here are things I have already learned that will apply to future shots,
1 shorter segments, 2 pre-editing (I would start it at minute 1:13), and
3 short films based off student led questions.

Here is the cool thing, it is WAY easy to put out there.  I used my
gmail account to upload it to the internet via google.  By putting it on
google I am not using up the school's or the state's server (?)
resources. Here are reasons why I like it, I can link to it allowing
online students a quasi class-room feel, as well as it will help people
answers to similar questions.  

So what does this have to do with literacy?  What about group reads on
the internet... book discussions... your student reading to themselves
(video modeling) that can be accessed away from the learning center,
etc.

Well, if you can't tell I am excited about the project.  The biggest
holdup is the cost of the video camera (Sony Digital... no DVD), if a
group of learning centers or programs go in on one together it might be
more feasible.

Any other ideas for how to use this with Literacy? 

 

Barry Burkett, Adult Educator 
Thorn Hill Learning Center 
Frankfort, KY 
502.223.3110 

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