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I Remix, Therefore I Learn: I Remix, Therefore I Learn: Educational Applications of Online Educational Applications of Online

Video EditingVideo Editing

Daniel Stanford, DePaul University

dstanfo2@depaul.eduIDDblog.org/presentationmaterials/NMC2008

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IntroIntro

• My inspiration: frustration with state of foreign language education

• Incorporating foreign language media in courses used to be a chore.

• Today, students have YouTube, illegal downloads, foreign news, etc.

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French in Action Pros and ConsFrench in Action Pros and Cons

• Pro: immersive approach • Con: cost of actors and sets and crew• Con: not interactive, not creative

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Indulging an Instructional Design Indulging an Instructional Design FantasyFantasy

• What if students were viewing and producing video/audio content?

• Which process would be best?

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My Instructional Design My Instructional Design RoadmapRoadmap

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What about machinima?What about machinima?

• started using clips from The Sims as visual aids

• good for demonstration of everyday actions and vocab (See Spanish example.)

• Con: limited sets• Con: certain scenarios hard to create and

capture

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What about public domain movies What about public domain movies and TV shows?and TV shows?

• Archive.org has a great repository of movies and TV shows• Includes classics like Merrie Melodies, Betty Boop, and

episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show. • Good for remixing clips from terrible movies like Santa Claus

vs. the Martians (See Planet of Evil Mermaids example.)• Con: no one can tell me how copyright status is verified• Con: very small selection of foreign language content, no

recent pop culture

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What about tools that use What about tools that use YouTube content?YouTube content?

• Stumbled upon Omnisio

• Great for rounding up video clips for discussion. (See Hillary example.)

• Con: No precise control of video inpoint

• Con: No adding or editing audio

• Con: Content is “held hostage” by YouTube.

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What about tools for captioning What about tools for captioning YouTube content? YouTube content?

• found overstream.net

• forces students to listen to same audio over and over

• can caption and embed new version via Overstream’s player (See German and French examples.)

• Con: synching subtitles is time consuming and somewhat clunky

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What about slideshow tools that What about slideshow tools that support video and/or audio?support video and/or audio?

• Recommended tools: VoiceThread and Empressr

• VoiceThread is easiest to use; allows in-browser recording, direct image import from URL or Flickr, and viewer commenting (See Chinese examples.)

• Empressr allows in-browser recording and has most of PowerPoint’s key features

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But wait! There’s more! Don’t But wait! There’s more! Don’t forget circaVie.forget circaVie.

• Great for timelines, can include photos, YouTube videos, and text annotations (See examples.)

• Con: no playback controls on video

• Con: only useful for chronological events

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Hands-On ActivityHands-On Activity

• Go to jumpcut.com

• Log in with username: nmcdemo and password:nmcguest

• Let’s look at the video clips available.

• Let’s listen to a few audio clips.

• Now, make your own soap opera!

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Wrap-UpWrap-Up

• Presentation materials online at: IDDblog.org/presentationmaterials/NMC2008

• my email: dstanfo2@depaul.edu

• one more tool recommendation:– Need to download YouTube videos? Try

Clipnabber.com.