Here's the challenge....you assign a multimedia project that require students to work in groups, using mobile devices or desktop computers. Students are recording audio and video for their classroom presentations but have to deal with background noise and common classroom/library/lab interruptions and distractions. In the end, you look at the presentations and see that the background noise truly distracts from the student's work.
Programs such as Flipgrid, Seesaw, Book Creator, iMovie and Screencastify offer many benefits for giving students a voice and sharing ideas with a broader, more global community, but how do you get quality recordings in a middle / high school educational setting with limited resources/areas for students to work effectively?
Here are some options:
- send students out of the room to find a quiet spot or create an area within your teaching/learning space
- give students this part of the project to work on at home
- build your own mini-recording booth or order one online through Amazon to keep in your teaching/learning space.
Frankly, I like option #3 for PBL, but just something to think about......
In looking at classrooms of the future, these types of teaching / learning obstacles need to be addressed to accommodate project-based learning, collaboration and student presentations skills. If we are giving students a chance to use their voices, we need to hear them!
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