DVD in the classroom.

Author: Stafford, Roy / Lacey, Nick
Published: Riddlesden, Keighley, 2001
Source: http://www.itpmag.demon.co.uk [12.09.2003]. Originally published in: itp 41 (Spring 2001).
Publisher: itp (in the picture). Media Education Magazine

Abstract

In their article, Nick Lacey and Roy Stafford give detailed information on DVDs, how to handle them, and the advantages they bring to classroom teaching. "So, for example, on the Sony/Columbia Tri-Star disk of 'Lola rennt' ('Run, Lola, Run'), it is possible to show the same sequence in German, subtitled in English, 'dubbed' into English without subtitles, in German with German subtitles (useful for German language students)…" Compared to other media, such as VHS cassettes, DVDs are much easier to handle and offer more flexibility, the authors argue. They consider them a useful tool in media education at school.

Stafford, Roy

Roy Stafford works as a freelance provider of media education services and offers training for teachers wishing to increase their knowledge and understanding of media education in schools and colleges. He has extensive experience at all levels of formal education, but primarily 14-19 and adult education. Roy Stafford and colleagues from 'in the picture' run the Media Education Certificate course at Trinity All Saints College, Leeds.

Publications: The Media Student's Book (2002), Reading Films (2002)

Lacey, Nick

Nick Lacey has been teaching Media Studies since 1990, after working for a
variety of media organisations including Times Newspapers, EMAP, Yorkshire
Post Newspapers and Yorkshire Television. He graduated in Film/Literature
from Warwick University in 1983. He has written three textbooks for Palgrave
Macmillan and film guides on 'Blade Runner' and 'Seven'.

Publications: Narrative and Genre: Key Concepts in Media Studies (2000), Media Institutions and Audiences: Key Concepts in Media Studies (2002)