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YouTube Snippets for ICT Education and Assessment?
Just before the summer break, one of my colleagues, John Monk, put together a series of short video clips (voiced over images and short animations) that describe various ICT related concepts. In his own words:
I produced a number of short videos to assess what was involved in asking students to produce media clips as part of their assessment, whether or not it would add to learning and what would be involved in marking. My conclusion is that a combination of media clip and story board used in the preparation of the clip has some potential. (It is quite taxing to explain a concept in a few seconds and you really get to the essence of things even if it does not quite emerge in the finished product).
Information: symbols Threatening technologies are symbols of intent that aim to affect people’s behaviour more by their symbolism than their capabilities.
Information: intentions Information technologies inform us and also help inform others of our intentions and desires.
Information: records Record keeping of fleeting events is one of the roles of the information technologies.
Information: perceptibility Instruments convert physical occurrences into perceptible forms such as sounds and images to inform us of hidden events and patterns.
Information: context It is impossible to react to a sign in a way the sign writer intended without being aware of the context of the sign.
Information: environment Information systems, signals and signs consume resources such as energy. With dispersed systems it can be difficult to assess which are the best options.
Information: ethics What makes a “good� item of ICT? Sign systems impose themselves on our lives culturally, physically and psychologically. How can we balance the good and bad effects?
Information: icons Iconic signs have been described by some writers as signs that bear a resemblance to the form and function of some other object.
Information: keys Often information is accessed indirectly so some signs do not give you the information you seek but guide you to where you might find it.
Information: carriers Signs are constructed and are often constructed from smaller elements that help project, support or distinguish the sign.
Information: models Models are objects that inform and aid, stimulate and structure discussions about another object, organisation or system.
Information: social states Many signs report or establish a socially defined state. They are performative and declare something to be so and depend on their projection of authority.
Information: surrogates Some instruments provide information by mimicking the behaviour of something else. Occasional connections are necessary to synchronise the mimic to the imitated.
Information: salience Signs are useful only if they are noticed by the intended audience but lose their effectiveness if they overwhelm their setting.
Information: infrastructure The technology of signs has to include the infrastructure that makes the sign available, durable, perceptible and decipherable.
If you've been experimenting with student submitted video as part of an assessment strategy in ICT education, I'd be interested to hear how you've got on...