The Article “It is not television anymore: Designing Digital video for learning and assessment”, provided an enormous amount of information on integrating the use of digital video to further enhance instruction and research. It presented many interesting ideas on the importance that video could have in education and also pointed out that this resource is being underutilized.
I think back on my own education and I know that the use of video in education was beneficial. I attended Carlsbad High School where the use of video to enhance education was a priority. We were offered classes that we could take, there were video projects built into the curriculum, as well as a daily news show. I did not get to personally participate in the daily news show but had friends that did and saw how much they got out of their experience. However I really enjoyed watching these every morning, and creating videos in other classes.
I was interested by reading through the section titled the four common learning outcomes. It presented the topic cricket and then asked what the motivation was in creating the video. Was it so that someone could play the game? Explain the history of the game? Recognize a good play? Or to want to learn more? Depending upon the answer to the question you had the style of video that you would be creating.
I think that this article addresses a tool that would support the NETS standards. The standard that I have chosen to focus on is standard 2- Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessment Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. I think that this one is particularly important because the use of digital video coincides with the idea of incorporating contemporary tools to maximize content.
