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This paper reports on an experimental project in digital video editing with 10 year olds in the UK which explored their interactions with creative digital technologies. Data on the pupil’s interactions with the software was gathered on video and analysed. A theoretical framework drawn from second generation activity theory was applied and tensions resulting from mismatches between pupil’s approaches to the task and the ways the task were framed are reported on. The paper argues that pupils exhibit a number of behaviour based roles in relation to the technology dependent on compliance with the instructions of the teachers, creativity and their desire to explore the affordances of the technology. The paper concludes by asking questions about how new forms of cultural production such as digital video work can be incorporated authentically into school settings, and how a pedagogy to support learning with new types of technology can be developed by drawing on insights provided by socio-cultural approaches to understanding technology use in human activity systems.
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Pearson, M. Splitting Clips and Telling Tales: Students Interactions with Digital Video. Educ Inf Technol 10, 189–205 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-005-3000-0
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