Digital Storytelling

The Video


VIDEO PROJECT


Get Serious Stay School is a video targeting truant behavior and to bring awareness of the social issues facing educational institutions around the nation of Antigua and Barbuda The product compilation is suitable for adolescents and all interested parties. 
 


VIDEOS IN THE CLASSROOM


A good movie can leave you with a volume of information and evoke a range of emotions. A video for classroom instruction can encompass all of the above.  Using this creative technological tool can appeal to all the different learning styles, visual, audio and tactic. The use of sound, imagery and play on emotions are strategies to keep the students interested and engaged.

In addition to appealing to your audience, the video can be an excellent recall tool and can spark interactive discussion within the classroom. Teachers could get a variety of assessments from using the video in the class for examples written summaries, roleplaying and active debates. 

Incorporating a video as a learning tool is a fun and creative way to get across information to our class sessions.

REFLECTION


The short film (Get serious stay in school) geared for students to be viewed at an assembly gathering to bring awareness of Truancy and Absenteeism in the schools space.  This mode of communication is one way of trying to reach the secondary schools students about this social issue facing our education system.

The challenge encountered was attempting to understand the Movie Maker computer program and to operate within its limitations.  When working on this project one had to think constantly about catering for the designated audience, is this boring? Is it appealing? Can we keep their mind engaged? All these questions surfaced.  From focused research and viewing other ideas, one was able to stick to the line and keep the final result short and to the point.

Overall all the video is satisfactory and is insightful to adolescents. Improvement could be made on the quality of the videos incorporated and the overall length of the short. A more catchy title could have possibly been considered. Once again the use of technology was a tool for communicating for active social awareness.  

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