Blended Learning Example - Junior

Using Videos to Improve Writing (Personal Example)

I have used this for my grade 6 class and it was fun way to engage students in writing and improving their writing. I had students watch the opening scene of the movie the Lion King (Circle of Life) in 2 different versions. The first clip is the regular theatrical version and the second clip is exactly the same scene but for visually impaired which has a narration of the actions occurring.

Version 1:




The task is simple, students will observe the about 2 minutes of the theatrical version then gather their thoughts and write their narrative after they have watched the watched the video. Students will be encouraged to focus on descriptive words. What’s great about this activity is that if a student has a Learning Disability or is an English language learner they can still participate and benefit from this blended learning activity with just using more support such as assistive technology with a notebook and applicable apps. Once the first version is done, I will have students watch the second version which is rich with descriptive words. The students write words down as they hear them and once the video is finished have them repeat the exercise and then compare and contrast their writing samples with their peers.


Closed caption video




To extend this further on I can just have students view a separate video that might only have one version but have them write two different samples, then compare and contrast with their peers. Thoughts?