Have your students reflect on the difference between two or more formats.
Steps
- Before students watch the Playlist of Explanatory Videos, have them write a brief reflection on the difference between a blog post and journal article (or choose another pair of formats.)
- Assign the Playlist.
- Have them answer the same question again after watching the videos. How have their answers changed?
- Alternatively, students individually or in groups can reflect on the following questions for the formats most important to the work of your course:
- What are your experiences with [format]?
- What kinds of information is [format] likely to contain?
- Who typically writes or publishes [format]?
- Who typically reads/uses [format]?
- What is the purpose of [format]?
Considerations
These reflection questions could work well as in class discussions rather than written assignments.