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Ch.

8
Enhancing learning
with audio and video

Goal

Utilize a variety of audio and video


materials to enhance PK-12 student
learning

Audio/Video literacy

Audio literacy: attentive listening and


deciphering messages to connect with
prior knowledge

Video literacy: knowledge and skills to


view video meaningfully

create own production based on


understanding

Hearing/Listening
Hearing

Listening

physiological

psychological

sound wave outer ear eardrum


inner ear brain

awareness/attention to
sound/speech
identification/recognition of signals
comprehension

physical process

active mental process making


meaning of what we hear

unconscious/accidental/involuntary/
effortless

focused/voluntary/intentional

receiving a verbal message

encoding decoding
understanding

Developing listening skills


Guide listening
Give directions
Ask students to listen for main idea,
details, or inferences
Use context in listening
Analyze the structure of a presentation
Distinguish between (ir)relevant
information

Audio in the classroom


Advantages

Challenges

portable, simple to use/store


inexpensive
reproducible

copyright concerns

stimulating
broadcasts(live)
good for SL

Use of audio books, CDs, recording

Use of Video

Manipulation of time
(compression/expansion)

Manipulation of space (macro/micro view,


AR)

Animation

Video in the classroom


Advantages

Challenges

Motion
Risk-free observation
Dramatization
Affective learning

misinterpretation

Problem-solving
Cultural understanding

Aligning segments with lesson


Engagement, motivation, cooperation,
collaboration

Youtube
MP3: www.youtube-mp3.org
Animated Gif Maker: www.GIFyoutube.com
MP3/MP4/FLV: www.SSyoutube.com
Repeat: www.REPEATyoutube.com
www. youtubeREPEAT.com
youtubeonrepeat.com
Weekly best: http://vidstatsx.com

Useful Resources
Radio

TV

http://www.npr.org/

https://www.ted.com/

http://www.pbs.org/

http://www.cnn.com/video/

http://www.voanews.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews

http://www.shoutcast.com/
http://www.accuradio.com/

Story

Audio

http://www.fullbooks.com/

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.loudlit.org/collection.htm

http://www.audioenglish.org/

http://voicesinthedark.com/content.p
hp?iContent=50

http://repeatafterus.com/genre.php?
g=childrensstories&s=a

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