Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Activity #5 You Tube Channel

Finally something that I have actually done! I set up a you tube channel last year so that I could have students produce and upload a news cast (which was their final speaking assessment for the semester) to my youtube channel. In groups of 4-6 students created a newscast and filmed using Ipads. I had already logged into my youtube channel (on the Ipad) so when the students were done with their presentation they simply hit upload. I checked my channel and then deleted them from the Ipads. They completed.the task during 1 class period. (They were to be ready to go with their news story before class.)

I had a lot of feedback from my students. Many loved it because they did NOT have to present in front of class. Some HATED it because they kept on trying to get a perfect take and got really anxious. All in all it was a decent activity. It took a while to grade, but wasn't too bad.

I did also link the videos to moodle so they could use the videos as a listening activity. We did watch some in class, but mainly they did the listening outside of class. It was a nice review of lots of different vocabulary.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2013 at 10:06 AM

    Brilliant. This is an excellent success story. This is also a really great way for your students to practice being reflective about the process.

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  2. Michelle MorseJuly 23, 2013 at 8:36 AM

    Super fun! Now I know who to ask if I want to set something like this up for one of my classes.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 1, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    I can see where YouTube could be especially valuable in a foreign language class. From either perspective (student or teacher) the ability access content, stop and replay seems like it would be really valuable.

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  4. Justin BenolkinAugust 21, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    So you are the one that always needs the camera from the library? :) I really want to incorporate students using recording in my classes more. I like that you have done it and found an easy way to organize it. Thanks for the example.

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