Session 7

Task A

Identify and review one App that can be useful in production of Digital Videos.

Adobe Spark Video is an app that is designed to create digital videos on the iPad and iPhone. This is an app that I have been using for the last two years with my students in secondary school. Its main aim is to provide users with the ability to create interesting videos very quickly. It provides soundtracks that can be added as well as your own voice to videos. It provides templates, backgrounds, and images or one can even upload images, videos and sounds.

My students find it easy to as they can collaborate with each other to produce videos. A teacher can create a single account for all students, where they can save their videos, which the teacher can review from a computer or mobile device. Its simplicity and easy to use interface are what have made the app very popular on the App store in addition to the possibility to create a video in minutes.

Task B

Identify and review one Google Glass App that can be useful in production of Digital Videos.

VideoBlack App for Google Glass

This is an application that allows users to record videos, albeit with the glasses display screen turned off. This means a user can focus on the task at hand and yet know that everything within the Google glasses vision is being recorded. An additional benefit is substantial battery savings resulting in the ability to record longer and use the glasses longer. Moreover, there are no time limitations on the length of recordings unlike most other applications. It almost makes the entire process of creating videos easy for children as well.

Task C

Explore these innovative technologies in 6 and 7 above. Search the internet and see if you can find some interesting educational possibilities related to these. Make note, provide some link and recommendations.

With the advent of drones, many possibilities that could not be imagined have borne reality. In the educational field, it is now possible, for a researcher to provide a live broadcast to students in a classroom of his journey walking towards a volcano, and thereafter of the volcanic eruption and what liquid lava looks like close up, an experience that is extremely engaging. It also allows for two-way communication for live storytelling.

Link to a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EblBKqcFaYY

A high school in USA has actually introduced a course on Drones for students to learn about their uses, privacy issues, and the science behind them thus, inculcating an early interest in technology and photography at the same time.

Link to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVHGOWYQB8E

This is an amazing possibility in education, as students can experience events and visit places instead of reading about them in books and online. It can be used to show children animals in the wild, different extreme sports from many angles, etc. Incorporating drones in education would be extremely beneficial to students of all ages. Furthermore, many drones incorporate the use of action cameras such as Go-Pro which are able to function in extreme conditions.