BLOG POST 7

Comprehensively discussed at least 2 social impacts on students’ learning, making explicit links with your project’s rationale. 

The topic on film techniques covered in the project can have at least one social impact on students. Students may develop a greater appreciation for the complexities and intricacies that go into filmmaking as they gain greater awareness on the fundamentals that go into shooting a scene. Also, the content has been linked to a current film that students are familiar with and can relate to. The animated film, Madagascar, is not only a great example to illustrate film techniques but is also an entertaining, non-monotonous resource to use. It complements the lesson as pupils can observe it from a different perspective, i.e. instead of only following the story, pupils may begin to decipher the different film techniques deployed in creating the movie.

Another social impact is the benefits of using ICT to deliver the lesson on film techniques. The project complements integrating special-needs children such as students with dyslexia, into regular classes. In addition to the availability of the entire range of alphabets on the keyboard which reduces the time needed to remember the right letter shape, the privilege of being able to rearrange, drag and type out answers into the correct blanks or boxes and receive immediate advice from the corrector function can assist in alleviating certain difficulties which these students may face in a regular class. It can also help these pupils understand the content better without getting over consumed by the fear of making mistakes when writing. This also assists in creating a more positive learning environment for the students where they can be more self-reliant as well.