Teacher Training:my brainshark

3. Working with photos and videoWith Phil Longwell

phil.longwell@btinternet.com

Any questions ?

Any new ideas or ways that MyBrainshark could be used with the students?

Today we will look at working with photosand videos.

Reflection on previous lesson

A quick thought about learner autonomy

What do you understand by learner autonomy and the particular context

at CAFA ?

…please spend a few minutes discussion this with the person next to you.

my brainshark

Narrating a photo album

Find some photos or images on your device . Browse and upload some of these first before we add a description and tags.

Watch the following screencast about adding audio to a photo album.

Remember: all the screencasts I am showing are available at the following link:

http://www.screencast.com/users/teacherphili

Any questions or comments at this stage?

Narrating a photo album

Q. What could CAFA students do to improve their speaking skills using MyBrainshark and a photo album?

Discuss this with the person next to you for 5 minutes.

Any new ideas?

Photo Albums…

Narrating a video

What do we know about video formats?

Watch the following screencast about adding audio to a video.

Any questions or comments?

Try it yourself.

Narrating a video

If you have a video on your device that you don’t mind playing with…. Upload it before we add a description and tags.

Q: What could we get the students to do with MyBrainshark and video capture?

Any other questions or comments?

Narrating a video

So what do with think about using photos and videos + MyBrainshark for speaking practice.

What are other possibilities are there using photo and video?

‘Homework’ – to do a 5 minute presentation narrating a photo album or video.

Remember: Screencast videos available at: http://www.screencast.com/users/teacherphili Or clicking on tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/d7prpwp

Next time: working with a PDF or PPP file.

Summary