Hi Everyone,
A colleague who runs a health center for Chinese immigrants is interested in finding ways to share patients' stories through video or social media. The point is to let people hear from others who are going through similar issues. Although this request was to help share patients' stories, I can see how this could also be a good way to help adult learners to feel that they are not alone. Also, adult literacy classes could be good places to do some kind of video project, even for a health center. The benefits to the learners would be having their voice heard and used to help others, and a way to use their English and public speaking skills. Stories could also be used as a writing activity before the filming.
So I'm wondering if anyone has done a video or other social media project with students. If so, please let us know how it worked and share any tips!
Thanks very much,
Julie
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Hi Julie,
I would be glad to talk with your colleague about making videos of students. A few tips:
If you/anyone would like to see authentic adult education classroom videos that my colleague and I have made, including in English language learning classrooms, go to http://mlots.org . We haven't made a health literacy video yet, although we would be interested if there were a health literacy teacher who wanted to have us come to her/his class. If the class is within an hour of Boston we might do this pro bono; If not, for expenses and the cost of editing the video.
David J. Rosen
djrosen123@gmail.com
Thanks, David, this is very helpful!