The Metropolitan Police have put together a set of videos about knife crime and posted them onto YouTube. “So what?” you might ask. Well these are videos with a difference. In the first video you see a teenager preparing to go out with his friends. Just before leaving you see his hand stretch towards some pretty lethal looking knives and you are given two options from which to choose: ‘take the knife’ or ‘don’t take the knife’. Depending on which option you have chosen you will be shown the next video in the series. Again, you will be presented with two options.
As well as the important advice and morale implications of these videos the interesting thing for ICT students and teachers is how a series of different videos have been linked together to tell a story whilst giving the reader the chance to branch through different paths within the story.
You will need access to YouTube in order to view the videos:
