TWU Pre-Service Teacher Created Teaching Videos

The Site

This site is a compilation of teaching videos created by TWU pre-service teachers studying a variety of content areas for EC-12th grade students. Videos are organized around the grade level TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) for Texas students in Math, English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR), Science and Social Studies (SS) and Specials or Electives areas. Videos are posted within the appropriate grade levels above or linked here: K - 2nd , 3rd - 6th, and 7th - 12th grades.

The Technology

Students used a variety of digital tools to make these videos including: Google Slides/PPT, Educreations, Voicethread, Loom, Screencastify, Nearpod, EdPuzzle, YouTube, and QuickTime.

The Purpose

The videos on this site were intended to be used in conjunction with face-to-face instruction as part of a flipped class teaching method. TWU Pre-Service teachers had to incorporate the following components in their videos:

• State the TEKS/objectives/learning goals for the lessons
• Review previous learning to help bridge the gap between previous learning and new learning
• Modeling/Explanation of new content
  • Vocabulary, definitions, examples, formulas, applications, etc.
• Closure & Summary of what was learned
• Viewing proof or mini-lesson activity that goes with it - in other words, something for students to do during or after watching the lesson video to use as a quick formative assessment.

The Flipped Classroom Model

For more information about the flipped classroom model see:

• https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/