Videos

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I chose an instructional video on a subject that I’m discussing right now in my French I class. It’s about how to conjugate one of the most important verbs in the French, être. It’s the first verb they’ll learn and can be difficult for some beginning language learners. I have a wide range of ages in my French I classes. At the high school, I have 9-12 graders, between 14-18 years old, in each of my two classes. At the junior high I have all 8^th graders, 13-14 years old.

The video is appropriate for my content as it aligns with the curriculum for level I. I like this video because it is extremely easy to follow, and the narrator very clearly explains the information and concepts. The video also enhances the lesson that I prepared in class. The video is a good example of a few of the principles for design. First, it uses the Temporal Contiguity Principle. As the narrator is explain how to form the conjugation of the verb, the words and letter show on the screen. Secondly, she presents the information that follows the modality principle by speaking the words as well as showing them on the screen. 

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Using video in a world language classroom can be a useful too. I would like my students to use video to record them selves having conversations on a variety of topics. It’s important for students to be able to hear themselves speak to correct themselves. It also allows me to evaluate their pronunciation and can go back and listen to them several times. The students can write and create their conversations using their creativity. The only factor that could influence the success or lack of success of the idea would be a student’s lack of access to technology, but if I sign out the language for a day, that should be sufficient time for them to complete it.

The video that I created will be used as an introduction to our crepe food day. This follows The Pre-Training Principle which says that students can make better connections to material if they are already exposed to the key concepts beforehand. This supports creativity in the classroom by allowing the students to focus on the design aspect instead of the comprehensive aspect.

I thought this week was a helpful experience. I never knew about the free online software that is available to use. I really liked using Adobe Spark to create my video. It was exceptionally easy. I didn’t want to use a program which would have taken a long time to learn. I just don’t have the time right now. Now that I know that there’s those programs out there, I can start to plan some different lesson plans in the future.