Training future teachers to implement communicative activities in educational videos

Abstract

One of the prime directions in the development of a modern system of education is the implementationof information and communication technologies. Using them is bound to provide additional opportunities fororganizing the educational process and promoting its quality. Now, the most modern technologies for theproduction and implementation of educational videos are screencasting, video support for PowerPointpresentations and video tutorials. The article analyzes the specifics of creating educational videos (the name ofthe technology, possibilities of using it in the educational process, as well as the transition of the necessarysoftware and technical features are given). On the basis of the analysis of scientific information,recommendations for the development and implementation of the communicative activity in videos arepresented. It is concluded that a teacher should possess a number of skills, with such groups of skills beingsingled out: skills of communicative forecasting, skills of independently regulating one’s emotional state; skillsof using non-verbal means of communication; speech-related skills; skills of pedagogical artistry and stagingeducational classes (educational events). In order to form the mentioned skills, a methodology is presented,which contains the following components: purpose (formation of future teachers' skills in the implementationof communicative activities in educational videos); content (methods of self-regulation of one’s emotional state, implementation of nonverbal means of communication in educational videos (facial expressions, gestures,pantomime, static expression), stage speech technique, pedagogical artistry, staging classes (educationalevents); didactic principles (scientificity, interactivity and modeling in teaching); methods (case studies,trainings, exercises); tools (videos, video clips, electronic presentations, video recordings). The developedmethodology can be used in higher education institutions to prepare future teachers for the implementation ofcommunicative activities in the development and application of educational videos.