Using Google Slides and/or talking to the camera(optional), create a 1 minute promotional screencast video for your science lesson using Loom ( https://www.loom.com/ ). Post the link to the video on Blackboard.
The purpose of the video, other than getting used to the tech tools, is practice in expressing the rationale for your lesson- why should kids be interested? What questions will it answer? What will they come away learning
(If you are more comfortable using another video create tool, such as ScreenCastify or I-Movie, that is OK too.
Loom is free, it seems to be the easiest, and it also hosts the video on its server. You can sign in using your Google ID).
Don't be embarrassed if it is rough; you get better with practice!
Fluency in creating video is now a basic literacy skill for both teachers and students- it is how the world communicates these days.
Links and Tutorials: https://blackboard.aic.edu/webapps/blackboard/execute/content/blankPage?cmd=view&content_id=_1282529_1&course_id=_24984_1
Steps:
(1) Write out a short script(one paragraph) of what you plan to say- this can be:
A series of questions
What you will explore in the lesson
Why it is interesting or important
What students will come away learning
See sample script below.
(2) In Google Slides, create a short slideshow consisting of text highlights, images, or both;
(3) Log in to Loom using your Google Identity or login;
(4) Start Recording;
(5) Present your slideshow while recording your voice-over;
(6) Trim extraneous bits from the beginning and end;
(7) Share your Loom video link on Blackboards.
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Professional examples:
https://www.masterclass.com/categories/science-technology (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)
https://youtu.be/GvYYFloV0aA (Crash Course AI)
https://youtu.be/yqt6Oa6q6sQ (EdX)
Sample Script:( https://youtu.be/FsYdgKO4AQU (CS50)
"..Computer Science 50, otherwise known as CS-50, is Harvard College's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science, and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike...."
"...I took CS 50 last year as a freshman in the fall and it absolutely blew my mind I had never taken any programming classes before and never came with any computer science experience at all, and just, I heard the buzz about the class and decided to take it. It's taught me how to think in a whole new way, it's taught me how to reason better and look at the world and sort of a very programmatic and rational way...."
"I would say CS50 in one word is essential."
"My name is David Malan and this is CS50"