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Video is a great way to deliver instruction! Start wherever feels most comfortable for you. The first few challenges will help you create videos. The later links will challenge you to use videos in an interactive way. Because students have responded well to videos created by their own teachers, all teachers should know how to produce a video.
Video is a great way to deliver instruction! Start wherever feels most comfortable for you. The first few challenges will help you create videos. The later links will challenge you to use videos in an interactive way. Because students have responded well to videos created by their own teachers, all teachers should know how to produce a video.
Getting Started with Video: Using Screencastify to show ANYTHING!
Getting Started with Video: Using Screencastify to show ANYTHING!
Here are some quick video courses on how to use Screencastify. They are rich with ideas and instructions. Learn at your own pace and to your own depth.
Here are some quick video courses on how to use Screencastify. They are rich with ideas and instructions. Learn at your own pace and to your own depth.
Video Best Practices
Video Best Practices
- Show yourself! - Kids love seeing their teachers' faces
- Lighting - Make sure you're in a well lit room and your face has some soft light on it.
- Voice/Audio Environment - Consider using a mic to cut outside noise and distractions.
- Check your background - What book titles are readable? What items are behind you? Will someone accidentally walk through your shot?
- Use headphones - Many headphones have microphones, and this will help really reduce extra noise.
Why Video?
Why Video?
According to students' surveys, they like learning from videos overall. Furthermore, they overwhelmingly prefer certain aspects of videos. Here are some tips from students:
According to students' surveys, they like learning from videos overall. Furthermore, they overwhelmingly prefer certain aspects of videos. Here are some tips from students:
1) Get Shortie! Keep your videos short (3-5 minutes). Several short videos strung together into a playlist is better than a single long video.
1) Get Shortie! Keep your videos short (3-5 minutes). Several short videos strung together into a playlist is better than a single long video.
2) Teacher Feature! They want to hear their teacher's voice and see their teacher's face. While it makes sense to share video-making duties with other teachers, you'll want to be mindful about how often you include your own voice and face.
2) Teacher Feature! They want to hear their teacher's voice and see their teacher's face. While it makes sense to share video-making duties with other teachers, you'll want to be mindful about how often you include your own voice and face.
What else can you screencast?
What else can you screencast?
When people think about screencasting, often they think about narrating slide shows like PowerPoint or Google Slides. You can screencast so much more! Here are some great ideas to consider.
When people think about screencasting, often they think about narrating slide shows like PowerPoint or Google Slides. You can screencast so much more! Here are some great ideas to consider.
Tour a learning resource
Tour a learning resource
A Walkthrough of your learning checklist or Schoology page
A Walkthrough of your learning checklist or Schoology page
Demo the writing process: Live edit a written document.
Demo the writing process: Live edit a written document.
Annotated Reading: Walkthrough how to do a close read and take notes
Annotated Reading: Walkthrough how to do a close read and take notes
Science Demo (in a safe environment, of course)
Science Demo (in a safe environment, of course)
How To: Use software tools, equipment, strategies
How To: Use software tools, equipment, strategies
Create and Collect Interactive with Videos
Create and Collect Interactive with Videos
This tool allows you to add pauses and critical questions into a video. You can see quick DEMOS on the WEBSITE and their SUPPORT SITE
This new tool allows students to create videos to submit to you. Anything you can screencast, they can too!
FligGrid has become a go-to in many classrooms. Some students can become shy when sharing to a whole group, but this remains an easy to use tool.
Did you know padlet lets you upload videos? You and your students can use video to create brainstorms and co-create Padlet boards together.
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