1. Using Video and Technology in the Classroom: Using Video

2. Group Discussion
What are the biggest challenges you face integrating technology into your teaching?
Preview
Facilitate a preview activity with posters and black and blue markers.
Put participants in groups of three or four and designate one person to be the leader for each group. The leader will facilitate the group discussion and then record the answers on a piece of poster paper. Only give out black or blue markers. The leader will designate one group member to present the group’s challenges to the workshop participants. After each group presents their challenges, put their posters on the wall to use at the end of the workshop.
Now let’s see if the video addresses the challenges that we have integrating technology in our teaching.

3. Watch the Video
Video
Watch the video.

4. Complete the paragraph with the correct words
Complete the paragraph with the correct words. Video is a powerful __________ that can bring the world into your classroom and your classroom to __________. In learning __________, video is especially valuable because it can provide a real-world ___________ that helps students experience language in a natural and dynamic way.
Review 1
Call on participants to complete the paragraph. Drag their responses to the blanks or have a participant do the activity on the screen.
Answers: Video is a powerful tool that can bring the world into your classroom and your classroom to life. In learning language, video is especially valuable because it can provide a real-world context that helps students experience the language in a natural and dynamic way.
language
tool
content
context
life
animations

5. From the beginning to end without interruption All at once
When using the Our World Video program or any other video with young learners, it is recommended to watch the video:
In short clips
From the beginning to end without interruption
All at once
Review 2
Ask for a show of hands for each answer. Be sure that participants can explain why the correct answer is "in short clips."
Explanation: to keep young learners' attention; to be sure students comprehend the video.

6. __________________________________________________________
The Our World Video program has been divided into short manageable clips. What are the five different types of language content that are present in these clips? List them below.
__________________________________________________________
Review 3
Ask participants for answers and type their answers on the screen.
Answers: vocabulary, grammar, songs, video clips, story time