Video and metacognition

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Translated from the original French RECITDP document here:
http://www.recitdp.qc.ca/article.php3?id_article=137

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Title: Video and metacognition

Cycle: Elementary: Cycle 1, 2 and 3
            High School: Cycle 1

Broad areas of learning: T o be determined according to context.

Cross-Curricular Competencies:

• Uses information and communication technologies
• Construction of identity
• Achieve his/her potential

Subject:   Catholic religious and moral instruction/ Ethics

Competency:

• Takes a reflective position on ethical issue.
• Appreciates the contribution of the living Catholic tradition to his/her quest for meaning.

Description:

This project consists of using a video camera to film student responses and comments on various questions regarding ethical issues. After reading and finding the deeper understanding of a story, the students will realize that their answer has changed.  

How to realize this project:

1-    First the teacher will question the students on a subject.
2-    One after the other the students are invited to give their personal response to the question.
3-    Students will work in a group they will read and find deeper meanings in a given story.
4-    Each group will share their understanding with the rest of the class.
5-    Each team will enumerate the key elements of their story, the experiences of each characters and the message that the text is trying to convey.
6-    Students are then invited to answer once again the main question that the teacher asked at the beginning of the class.
7-    Students will then be able to compare their “before and after” answers.

Equipment needed:

-    Video camera

Added value:

-    The students become more familiar with using various technologies.
-    The students will become more interested and motivated at understanding various texts.
-    They will also have an extended vision of the world.