Anne McGrathEducation Manager

ANZCED 2013

Beyond access – using captions to teach skills and concepts

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Why access to multimedia is so important

• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities asserts the right of people with a disability to participate fully and independently in all aspects of society, including the internet and access to information.http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html

• Access to media through technology empowers people to be independent, gain knowledge, make their own choices, and be active members of our society.

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Beyond access…

…the case for captions as an important part of a teacher’s toolkit

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Universal Design for Learning principles and captions

Multiple means of representation: to give learners various ways of acquiring information and knowledge

• Combination of image, text and sound allows students maximum opportunity to understand the information presented

http://www.cast.org/udl

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UDL and captions

Multiple means of action and expression: to provide learners alternatives for demonstrating what they know

• Captions provide context for learning, allowing learners to demonstrate their knowledge

http://www.cast.org/udl/

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UDL and captions

Multiple means of engagement: to tap into learners' interests, offer appropriate challenges, and increase motivation

• Captions provide the access to information which allows the student to be fully engaged

http://www.cast.org/udl/

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Accessing the Australian Curriculum

• The use of captioned audiovisual material is relevant and necessary across the areas of the Australian Curriculum that are taught using digital, online, multimodal texts or via DVD or video

Captioned multimedia

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The Australian Curriculum

• provide the means for communication. They can be written, spoken or multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms Multimodal texts• combine language with other means of communication such as visual images, soundtrack or spoken word, as in film or computer presentation media

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Content-structure

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Content-structure

Texts

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The Australian Curriculum

Audio, visual or multimodal texts produced through digital or electronic technology which may be interactive and include animations and /or hyperlinks. Examples of digital texts include DVDs, websites and e-literature

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Content-structure

Digital texts

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Captions can be used for teaching and learning

Have you considered using captions to teach these skills?

punctuation

inference

spelling sequencingidioms

colloquial language

sentence construction

context

new vocabulary

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A quick accessibility checklist before you get started

• Check that the multimedia is captioned – if not, choose another that is captioned

• Prior to the lesson preview the multimedia

• Pre-teach any new vocab before screening video• Consider the seating arrangements of the room

• If required, explain what captions are and that they make the message clearer and stronger for all

• Allow enough time for pausing and re-watching relevant parts of video, if required

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ABC Splash

How would you use this captioned content as a teaching tool?

http://splash.abc.net.au/media?id=28656&source=search

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Using closed captions (TV text) to understand TVAustralian Curriculum Content Descriptions: ACELY1708 and ACELY1732

ACELY1708

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Brain POP videohttp://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea

Australian Curriculum Content Description:

AELY1719

Supporting resources:http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/activity 

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ClickViewAustralian Curriculum Content Descriptions:

ACELY180 and ACELA1544

Apostrophes and Quotation Marks

http://wmv-webplayer.clickview.com.au/?p=FkOuv

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The captions in this screenshot have been highlighted using Smart Notebook

http://smarttech.com/http://wmv-webplayer.clickview.com.au/?p=FkOuv

• Captions give context and information• The text can be used as a teaching point• Individual words can be manipulated on IWB

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Teaching with captioned multimedia

Purpose• Access• Teaching tool

Accessibility checklist

• IWB or related resources

• Pre-teach vocab

Outcome

• Integration of other lesson elements

• Using captions directly to teach

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Teaching with captions - using an Interactive Whiteboard

• Use the snipping tool on your PC to screen capture a captioned video image

• Import into Smart Notebook / or use Screen Capture feature in first instance

• Circle relevant captions with pens

• OR just use snipping tool and use the coloured pens (without the use of IWB software)

• Now you have text to discuss and teaching points to develop

• Numerous relevant teaching points (with captions) can be prepared prior to lesson and be held in Smart Notebook (or similar)

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Ways to utilise Screen Capture of captioned content on IWB

• Create mind maps for main points alongside highlighted ‘Screen Capture’

• Print out ‘Screen Capture’ or snipped version with captions for group work

• Make classroom books - reading aids ,create workbooks, comprehension

questions

• Link out to the internet, thesaurus, mind mapping tools etc to further refine

teaching points

• Individual and group work with ‘Screen Captures’ of various text and

relevant worksheets or tasks can be used to reinforce concepts

• These techniques can be used across subject areas when using

captioned audiovisual content

Teach concepts and language structures explicitly

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Ways to use captioned contentScreen shade feature on IWB

http://wmv-webplayer.clickview.com.au/?p=FkOuv

Utilise this feature to focus student attention on certain parts of the screen and text - move screen shade to reveal further information when timely