Description
In this task, learners created short video clips describing the content of their school bags. The primary motivation was to share these videos later on with a remote class in France. With the help of their teacher, the learners decided to use the iMovie app since it is easy to use and it enables the user to combine photographs, audio recordings and text. The learners worked in pairs to ensure peer support and active collaboration. Apart from providing a model and explaining how the app works, the teacher only monitored the learners’ work enabling them to complete the task at their own pace and relying on their own resources. In the post-task phase, the finished outcomes were presented to the whole class using the IWB.
Clips
(answering the question if the same task could have been done without the use of the iPad)
…they could have made like little scrapbooks with pictures and write to them, but as a task… they could have made little presentation, get in front of the class and say: ‘This is my pencil, these are my scissors,’ but that’s like…the motivation is kind of missing. And here you had a real purpose, you had an outcome, you had this product which was very versatile, you could, as I said, we could have sent it to the French kids, we could have gotten something back if I wasn’t 8 months pregnant!
This sequence shows the post-task phase of the task when the finished outcomes that the learners had created were presented using the IWB and Air Server tool of the iPad.
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Details
| Pedagog | Learners using their own resources;Real-world outcome |
|---|---|
| Target Language | English |
| Learn Language | German |
| Technology | iPads/Tablets IWB |
| Area | Life and Culture Listening / Viewing Oral Interaction Vocabulary |
| Age | 7-11 |
| Level | A1 Beginner |
| Education Sector | Primary |