Making Movies in the Classroom/teaching approach

This activity is a cross-curricular^(subject) activity, involving a collaborative^(ta) approach, giving children to opportunity to engage in group work^(ta) whilst making digital media in the form of films. The activity furthers e-skills^(topic) and e-safety^(topic). The topic of e-safety^(topic) provided a great stimulus for the video^(tool). Equally, however, this approach could be applied to any topic or subject in school. The use of video also encourage active learning^(ta) as the portability of video recording equipment allows it to be used outside the classroom in a range of contexts.