EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
For my
inquiry I looked at using the Internet, You tube, video feedback of students
own work, power point, DVD clips and Cinema. I
strived to discover the effectiveness of using technology and media in the
dance and education sectors.
Reading literature brought new ideas to my attention about how
technology can be used effectively in dance training. I managed to find some
good evidence to support my arguments for my inquiry. For example I observed a
dancers working day at the Royal academy of dance that they had posted on
YouTube. (See RAD link). This gave me the idea to post my own students work onto the
schools website (under the secure learning section). Students can then observe
and evaluate their own performance, catch up on work missed and self-reflect to
make further improvement to their own work.
I completed two surveys, a student
survey and an on-line survey for other professionals to take. On-line survey - Results
from this survey showed 95.7 % of people (twenty two out of twenty three people)
believe that media can distribute dance to a wider audience. Such media could
include cinema, the worldwide web and dance films. The same number (twenty two
people) agreed that showing students a DVD clip of professional dance work would
be beneficial to their learning. A large percentage of nineteen out of twenty
three people (82.6 %) also think that video feedback can benefit the training
of students in a dance class.
As predicted technology tools can help support teaching and
learning in dance, when used appropriately. Showing a DVD clip was a good use of time management as my students
could observe and analyse professional dance works promptly. Through use of
video feedback they had greater opportunities to
improve their dance work. Every
student could recognise their own strengths and weaknesses from the video
footage of their own performances. From this, they were then able to set
individual targets for each individual pupil to achieve in the lesson.
From my inquiry findings I have decided
to devise a scheme of work for my sixth form groups called “Creating a pop
video”. I have chosen to use a Power point
for my Artefact as I can add links to ‘You tube’ clips, add photos of my dance
students and upload video footage of their dance performance, to clearly show
my target audience examples of how technology can support dance learning. This
style of Artefact will be suitable for my target audience and to benefit my students
and other teachers at my institution. Also it can be distributed to a wider
audience through the Internet, being loaded onto my SIG groups and social
networking sites to share among a broader audience of professionals.
I took on this inquiry, as it will
encourage me to continue to use the technology tools, which I find most
successful within my own practice, securing greater student progress and
increasing student’s grades within my workplace. I will be using evidence for
the positive outcomes of using technology in class to request new resources to
be purchased for my dance studio at work.
