Michael Campbell teaches across a number of disciplines at Scotch College and is keen to encourage his students to transform their learning experiences using creative approaches across each of the learning areas of Science, Mathematics and Physical Education. Michael uses Clips with his class to create instructional videos and for the students to create and share their learning. Students can redefine their learning by using multiple environments and spaces to leverage deeper learning within each subject area. The ease and functionality of the Clips app enables students to achieve a creatively published video in a short period of time.

Michael Campbell, Middle School Physical Education specialist, realises the importance of students being able to see their practice in action in order to be able to identify strengths and weaknesses in body movement.  Michael harnessed the potential of the iPad as a mobile device to organise students to record themselves and their peers in collaborative activities looking specifically at their physical skills and practice in slow motion.  Recording the student’s tee-ball striking skills challenged them to improve their execution by viewing and discussing their slow-motion action.  The boys used airdrop to share their footage to their collaborative partners which they then analysed and would screenshot the particular image which would provide evidence of the area to focus for improvement. A Keynote scaffold was used to organise the images and the students then added audio recording of what they felt were their strengths and challenges.

Working with clay in visual arts takes continued and consistent practice to finalise an artwork which matches the image in a student’s imagination.  Utilising the options and opportunities the iPad presents, Year 8 students, working with direction from Visual Arts teacher, Scott Bycroft, were given the opportunity to practice and create their sculpting skills through the app Sculptura; giving endless opportunities for change and redesign.  Student learning is redefined in approaching their inquiry through research communicated through video and audio in their Numbers documentation and presented their final sculpture through the medium of 3D printing.