" Biggest issue for us was dealing with VHS and how to capture off-air broadcasts. We originally had MonD but when the company ceased operation we had to decide whether to go with either the Marcom Product or
ClickView. We chose
ClickView because it offered a solution to VHS issue rather than just a library of material. Our teachers are high video users and we record many off-air broadcasts for them. More deamand for visual information eg English we’ve captured episodes of Veronica Mars and Smallville Last point – cross-curricular view "
ClickView- Solution to capturing video material with the demise of VHS
- Provides teachers with a range of resources from their desk
- Also provides others with access to materials outside of their subject area
- Students not able to borrow video material – owned by departments
- Videos can no longer be lost
-AISWA Library, Australia
Using Technology to Support and Address Integrated Curriculum, Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated InstructionSpeaker: David Harris, Principal, Gwandalan Public SchoolPowerful learning and multimedia
- how to infuse multimedia into differentiated lesson plans (page 8-9)
Dara Rosen makes the following observations about multimedia applications. Multimedia and Hypermedia Multimedia applications combine video, sound, text, animation and graphics. In cases where multimedia is used learning becomes an active process involving students and teachers and students can use the technology to learn and communicate their understanding of a subject (Townsend, 1992).
When creating multimedia reports, students must use all learning modes to gather the necessary information. In their article, Frank and Catherine Townsend identify six benefits of using multimedia based lessons to meet learning needs:
- Multimedia reaches a variety of senses. This allows the individual to tailor or focus their learning to their individual style, whether it is verbal, auditory or physical.
- Multimedia projects validate self expression by allowing students to decide how they want to create a project or assimilate information.
- Technology gives a sense of ownership to the user. The students actually create evidence of what they have learned, which can later become part of a portfolio.
- Multimedia creates an active rather than passive atmosphere for learning, which forces student participation and makes them think.
- Technology fosters communication among students as well as between student and teacher. They discuss the content, organization of content, and how to present it to others (topics which may not have otherwise been discussed).
- The use of technology and multimedia makes sense because it is already built in to the everyday life of all students.
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Our school has just purchased a whole school license for
Clickview.
Clickview is a reliable, easy-to-manage digital video delivery platform which provides on-demand access to your school's video library wherever learning is taking place. It comes complete with an extensive video library which is fully editable from any workstation. A capture card records from TV.
The new version also can subscribe to any podcast such as the ABC or BBC Radio for an automatic download of audio files. Students can make their own movies or add movie clips to presentations and assignments. More information on
Clickview is available at:
http://www.clickview.com.au/home.php
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