We're thinking of using video for our natural resource crew evaluations
this summer.  Pre test: their answers and manner on video.
Post test: same questions-answers and manner on video.
Va 

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[mailto:focusonbasics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Jacobson, Erik
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:38 AM
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Subject: [FocusOnBasics 326] Re: Discussion: video as a prof. devlpmt
tool.

I think an archive could be useful and it would be great if it were
interactive. Looking at how the videos are uploaded to "You Tube" might
be helpful. Once a video is up at that site anybody that watches the
video can do three things. 

1. Give it a grade (not so useful in this case, maybe, because the
videos would probably be vetted to begin with)

2. Post a comment (and the comments are available for other people to
read and react to)

3. Tag the video with codes (e.g., Nirvana, grunge, Seattle). This code
helps people when they are searching through the 40,000 videos uploaded
to You Tube daily. 

The coding and comments could work together in a really instructive way.
For example, I could watch a video clip and tag it with a code - say,
teacher participation in pair work (a NCSALL study). I think this would
be helpful because any given clip of teaching could be used for many
type of examples (look at what the teacher is doing in terms of body
language, look at how the students are working together, what are the
materials used, etc.) I think having this flexibility would add to the
way people would use the resource. Yes, of course, you should be able to
search by standards and video clips to be attached to standards (i.e.,
here is an example of what has been defined as a best practice), but we
should also take advantage of the communal productive aspect of the
internet and allow for more democratic development of what is called
best practice.  

It would be even better if we could connect the comment section to the
code. So I could look at a clip that has gotten multiple codes - pair
work, intermediate ESL, present perfect progressive - and then click on
a comment section connected to one of those codes. This would help
organize the asynchronous conversation around the multiple topics the
clip would speak to.   

Erik 
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