The joy and frustration of grassroots video
I have been experimenting with so called grassroots video, as in YouTube, heralded as the current big thing. Here is my most recent opus on learning about ICT – aimed at teachers, but I expect the principles are the same for students.
It has taught me that simplicity and brevity is vital. I think this one is too long. But it is all done on a digital still camera, with a 15 cm tripod. A very affordable technology given that only a small part of the time requires the camera. I found that getting my little speeches ready without hesitation of loss of fluency was really difficult, and tried some writing and filming as I went, but the pre-prepared postit notes are the solution for me, since I don’t imagine that looking at me is a great idea for the viewer.
