DIGITAL VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Digital technology has made a great impact in education in most countries in the world. Using modern technologies that implement new capabilities, teachers could support not only their subjects but also general aspects of education as collaboration, socialisation, elimination of technophobia etc. Media Literacy can be used by teachers as a new, alternative and interesting method to inspire all the above mentioned qualities to hers/his pupils. Also it can be used as a tool for expression for pupils with special needs and learning difficulties. This effort was part of a greater project that was taken place in Greece. In this case it was applied to a high school in Rhodes. The students created a short movie about their feelings in the class as part of a video document for other generations of students. The results were very encouraging and improved the relations between teacher and students and the students themselves.