video


 * VIDEO **

I wouldn't say that video is an essential component of language learning, but I'd say that it adds motivation and a personal touch, because we see the person addressing us. It's as if we're face-to-face (f2f) with that person.

Video can be used to record different activities: a welcome message to a course, an announcement for a class, an answer or comment to a question or topic, an interesting activity carried out in or outside the classroom, a specific lesson or part of it, an activity taking part outside the classroom (in the school grounds or on a field trip, for example), a videoconference with a guest speaker...

[|Eyejot] is a user-friendly tool to record videos and send them by email or embed in a wiki. Here's an example of a video by Rosaliya, one of my Yakutsk workshop participants.



[|Winkball] does the same as Eyejot, but it has an added attraction. You can create a "video wall", something I compare to a threaded discussion, but in video. Below is what a video wall looks like.

Here are two tutorials: Eyejot and Winkball. Hope they help you.
 * Tutorials **