Intervue.me

What is it all about?

http://www.intervue.me is a quick and easy webiste for publishers who are looking to gather short video responses online from anyone with a webcam.


How to use it?

It is simple, easy to use, and appealing.  Just pose a question or series of questions and ask for video responses from students.

You simply have to sign up, create a new intervue with appropriate security settings and set up the questions you intend to ask.  You can then send students a link to your intervue and they can record 60 seconds of video with their webcam whilst flipping through the questions.  The really nice thing is that as well as sharing the video on Twitter, you can download the video in ready to use mp4 format, isn't this tool awesome?

Step 1 : Choose your privacy setting.

Step 2 : Compose your question carefully. You can edit questions later but existing video

responses retain their original questions.

How can teacher benefit this tool in the classroom?

The teacher can go online and write some interviews topics. For example, ‘Social Problems in Malaysia’or more casual topics like ‘Your Favourite Music’, ‘Holiday’. Teachers have to be careful in choosing the topic, level of the students, students’ language proficiency and suitability of the topic have to be taken into consideration.

Firstly, teachers have to decide a general topic to discuss with the students. Then, create a series of questions to be asked. For example, ‘What are the factors that cause social problems in Malaysia?’  Preferably, teachers may ask the students to brainstorm the questions together in the class.

The most interesting part is the way students can respond to the interview questions!

Choice, level, objectives, what have you done in class.

Framework to use this tool :

Theme – questions – practice.

Teacher would do an example first. Teacher would give the students time to prepare and practice and ask the students to write down their points.

Why is it good?

1.       Students are happy to respond since it is private and it is recorded video and improve their video since students can do it at home.

2.       E-portfolio,  e-record

3.       Oral exercise at home. It is very hard to ask the students to speak English at home. This will enhance their accuracy.

4.       Real communication is happening between teacher and students. Some students will tell their private stories and opinions  in response to the questions given.

5.   Student will self-correct themselves because they know they have an audience.

6. Students enjoy talking, when we do it in class we are even smiling.

7. Teachers do not have to do a lot of work. Teachers have the chance to build personal connection with their students by listening to their stories.

The weakness of it...

1. Not all students like the chosen topic; some may think that it is boring.

2. This tool is not suitable for low level students as they might find it hard to speak in English.

3. Recording should not be done in the class because it will be very noisy and interference of others students.  Students prefer to do recording at home because they will be shy and intimidated by other students. At home, they can write it out and make an effort to make a perfect video. However, it is not spontaneous.

4. Not everyone are comfortable talking in front of the camera.