Aims: •Learn about a range of free digital platforms that can be used to create video content •Understand how the use of video content can transform learning, as shown by the PIC/RAT model •Learn how to create their own videos or templates to scaffold tasks for pupils From TikTok to Teams calls, many platforms offer video editing software features for free, therefore creating video content has never been easier.
‘If you truly understand something, you can teach it to others’ Getting pupils to make their own videos gives every learner a voice and develops a variety of additional transferable skills, ranging from literacy and oracy to collaboration and digital skills.
Join Dr Ben Scott as he showcases examples of pupil’s work that demonstrate their understanding of science ranging from digital lab report videos, creating models of atomic concepts and revision videos. These tasks engage and challenge learners to be more creative in how they express their understanding. Apart from showcasing some of his favourite go to tools, he will also demonstrate how he uses rubrics to design and mark these types of assessments.
Outcomes: -Be more confident about harnessing video editing software in their own classrooms -Be able to design rubrics to create and mark their own pupil video assignments -Record their own videos to help support their own lessons and learners
Since Covid, Ben has been passionate about the use of technology in teaching and found many digital tools remained in his classroom when he returned to face-to-face teaching. This led to him becoming a digital research and development coordinator as part of the Teaching and Learning school team. Ben has been selected as a UK Adobe Innovator for the last two years, recognised for his creativity in science teaching. He is also a founding member of the National PedTech Partnership, a UK focus group of digital thought leaders who are developing a pedagogy first, technology second approach within their school institutions. Using a variety of digital tools, he continues to implement innovative ways to challenge pupil’s learning, through engaging and creative means, to assess their knowledge and understanding. Creating YouTube style video content has been particularly powerful.
