In a previous post Screencastify was discussed as an easy way of producing a peer modelling video - basically just screen recording a presentation of Google Slides. Perhaps an even easier way of producing a video is to use the online app Adobe Spark. Still photographs are uploaded onto slides and audio is recorded for each slide directly from within the app. Here is an example made using Adobe Spark:
Short video clips can be used instead of photographs. However, if you can use video, I would recommend simply editing the video in a video editor. In the example (above) the audio quality is not great. This would be improved with a microphone. The user interface of Adobe Spark is perhaps the simplest possible:
Clearly, moving picture videos are preferable to these slide type videos - students will get a far clearer idea of the art that is being made, and how. However, if the choice is using Adobe Spark, or not making a video at all, I would highly recommend it. Most senior high students will need no help whatsoever in using Adobe Spark, and even younger students will pick it up in minutes. Perhaps these types of videos could be made on a regular basis as evidence of progress at different stages of a student's project work, and added to their online journal.
All peer modelling videos are valuable as they add diversity to the archive and this is invaluable.
All peer modelling videos are valuable as they add diversity to the archive and this is invaluable.
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