Using Video
for Teaching and Learning
As educators, our aim is to get students energized and
engaged in the hands-on learning process, and video is clearly an instructional
medium that is compelling and generates a much greater amount of interest and
enjoyment than the more traditional printed material. Using sight and sound,
video is the perfect medium for students who are auditory or visual learners.
With the added use of subtitles each child then has the choice to watch, listen
to, or read each presentation. Video stimulates and engages students creating
interest and maintaining that interest for longer periods of time, and it
provides an innovative and effective means for educators to address and deliver
the required curriculum content.
The more interested and engaged students are, and the more
interactive each learning session is, the more students will enjoy, learn from
and retain information from the lesson. Video provides a means of interactive
instruction and is a very flexible medium. Having the ability to stop, start
and rewind is absolutely invaluable. It provides the option to stop each video
and challenge students to predict the outcome of a demonstration, and elaborate
on, or debate a point of historical reference. You also have the option to
rewind a section of the video to review a segment to ensure that children
understand a key concept. You can ensure to add further interactivity by
copying activities, conducting discussions or repeating demonstrations and
experiments in the your classroom.
Minimum Equipment that You Need to Produce a Video :
·
A recording device (webcam, camera, or
screencasting software).
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Access to editing software (iMovie, windows
movie maker, or an online tool).
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Computer, laptop, or tablet.
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An online presence to post videos like YouTube,
SchoolTube, or Vimeo.
There are many ways to apply video technology in the
classroom. One very simple could be to make an "introduce yourself"
video, and show it to our students the first day of class. We will look more approachable when we use video
instead of the standard introduction speech. We can incorporate our credentials,
hobbies, and favorite music all in one video. I am pretty sure that most of our
students are going to be surprised with this idea. After our self introduction
video, it could be a good idea to have our students create a 30 second video
about themselves so they can all get to know each other, and as the first class
assignment for them. We can help our students with ideas for the content. What
did they do over the summer? What are their hobbies?. Other idea could be to
create a "moving flashcards" video. We can make the memorization fun
again. We can have our students create an Animoto slideshow of vocabulary
words, historical dates, the periodic table, etc. Students can integrate music
and images which I am sure it will help students better absorb the
information and it is a lot more fun than index cards. Animoto is an
easy-to-use website where we and our students can create 30-second videos for
free. As educators, we can sign up and get a free Animoto Plus account. The
Plus account allows us to sign up 50 of our students for six months with the ability to
create videos of unlimited length. A final idea could be to create a
"virtual field trip" video. It can be logistically and economically
challenging to get the entire class out
on the open road to experience the world. We can have students pick a local
attraction like a national park or monument and create a video about it. It
will feel like you are actually there.
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