Enabling Real-World Engagement using video in Keynote

How can we create opportunities for real-world engagement and deep learning within Keynote using video?

In this blog post I’m going to show you how to simulate the building of a TV  remote control which links to a series of TV “channels”. Each TV screen or channel acts as a placeholder for literally any content. I recently ran this activity with year 1 & 2 students who were investigating older technologies and objects from decades past as part of a unit of study entitled, “Old and New”.

I’ve run this activity a number of times with students ranging from year one to year six and they really enjoy it. 

Why it works…

• It’s creative and open-ended (students design their own remote using the shapes library in Keynote)
• It’s high in terms of real-world engagement (students are familiar with remote controls and how they work)
• It connects directly with the teaching of coding concepts (conditionals)
• Students can share their creations (authentic purpose)

Here are some ideas for creating some video content to appear on each TV channel…

• Perform a persuasive piece of writing as a video. Students could read or perform various points-of-view and add them to different TV stations.
• Each channel contains a video explanation of a particular object from the past or present and explain how it works.
• Each channel contains an advertisement

More information

Here’s a link to Apple’s Everyone Can Create (Video) book (free via Apple Books) for some great ideas for working with video in the classroom. 

Here’s a link to the royalty-free Creative Commons old-style TV image for use in Keynote.

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Engaging Students with Video in Keynote (Resource).key

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