Preservice Teachers & Digital Video:

Learning, Teaching, and Reflection

NECC 2007

Karen Grove, Ph.D.

Essington Wade, Ed.D.

Margaret Thombs, Ph.D.

Ann Cunningham, Ph.D.

Digital Video Background

• Digital video can “turn an ordinary classroom into an extraordinary learning environment” (Dessoff, 2006).

• Students find their “voice” with digital video (GLEF Staff, 2007).

• Challenge: how to create authentic projects (Wang & Hartley, 2003)

• One solution: school/university partnerships (Calandra, Brantley-Dias, & Dias, 2006)

Panel Presentation: 3 Perspectives

• DV - Preservice teacher preparation course– Karen Grove, University of Nevada Las Vegas– Essington Wade - Clark County School District (NV)

• DV - 1 credit university course– Margaret Thombs, Roger Williams University

• DV - Preservice and inservice teacher portfolios– Ann Cunningham, Wake Forest University

• Time for questions