Creating Instructional Videos/teaching approach

This activity is a cross curricula⁽ⁱ⁾ activity with a literacy focus, involving a collaborative⁽ⁱ⁾ approach, giving children to opportunity to work together to produce a set of instructional resources. Children were encouraged to engage in group talk⁽ⁱ⁾ and discussion⁽ⁱ⁾ in the classroom to reflect on what they should include in their videos. The activity furthers e-skills⁽ⁱ⁾ through the use of whole class⁽ⁱ⁾ participation. It develops e-safety⁽ⁱ⁾ skills through discussion of the issues relating to posting digital content online. Children were allowed to choose their own subject for the video, although this could be set by a teacher with a specific outcome in mind, or could be tailored to cover a particular topic or subject. It could, for instance, be used to explain their mathematical thinking⁽ⁱ⁾ or a mathematical method⁽ⁱ⁾.