Five Ways YOU Could Use Video in EDUCATION
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Lifehack.org posted an article today in which they declared this year the year of the Internet Presidency (in light of all of the recent announcements from US candidates for president). They then went on to list five ways we could all take advantage of the internet video. Great article… highly recommend for promoting your thinking caps.
Joining in the spirit of the year I have put together a quick list of Five ways to use Video in EDUCATION this year!
- Record Class Presentations - Record classroom presentations. Your lectures will be a great resource for your students to look back on what was said in class. Make your lectures available to the students, but for heaven’s sake, don’t charge them for it. If you record student presentations keep those around (with the student’s permission of course) and show the best one’s to your students in coming years of what a presentation or project should be.
- Video Projects - Nothing motivates a student like using exciting technology to create something amazing! Let the students have the option of using that excitement in their projects for the class. You’ll be amazed how some of the students grab onto something like this. If they post them online they will also be able to share their work with family and friends.
- Instructional Video’s - Do you have a special topic you are teaching that would be useful to take a little field trip. Go out a day or two in advance and record an on site explanation of the topic. This will work great with science, history, archeology, and many other subjects.
- Video Blogs - Create a class blog and have your students record their reactions to literary or other assignments and post them on the blog. Give them specific assignments and have them post those on the blog.
- Use Online Video Already Available - There are massive amounts of video already available online in all sorts of topic areas. Utilize that video in your curriculum. It will increase the student’s retention of the subject and encourage them to seek out educational video’s as well. As more and more teachers get into making video’s there will also be more resources available.
These are just a couple of ideas, but there are surely dozens of other ways to use online video in the classroom. What other ideas do you have? Specifically, how can we, as educators, utilize the budding social ramifications of internet video in the classroom?
Chris Brogan...
These are great recommendations. There are some schools (Duke comes to mind) who are using podcasting in audio form for reports, and they have some fascinating findings (I have contacts to those folks, if you’re interested, just drop me a line).
I think you’ve got some ideas here. Here’s another:
*Foreign Exchange- swap educational presentations by YOUR classroom with someone in another part of the world. Do “walking tours” and exchange them, etc. : )
Jan 23rd, 2007 9:09 am
Jeff
Great idea with the foreign exchange Chris. It brings to mind Vicki Davis‘ very successful flat classroom project that she recently did (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/). I’m sure video would really enhance the project. Maybe she even used it… I’m not sure.
Jan 23rd, 2007 10:37 am
Suzanne Cadwell
Hi, Jeff. Couldn’t resist linking to the Ur site of “Online Video Already Available,” The Internet Archive Moving Image Collection: http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Feb 8th, 2007 12:42 pm
Jeff VanDrimmelen
Suzanne, thanks for the link. This looks like a great resource for finding video that might be useful in the classroom! Cheers!
Feb 8th, 2007 12:45 pm
Paula Finnegan
Excellent website. I am currently studying a Masters Programme in e-learning in Dublin, Ireland. I am specialising in the use of ICT within the RE Syllabus, with specific reference to video. I came across an interesting quote, that for me sums up the essence and ability of video in the classroom.
How can I visualise the verbal, and how can I verbalise the visual?
Video facilitates making ‘real’ the many abstract concepts in RE. I have been getting very positive feedback from colleagues here in Ireland on the use of video in RE - it is a scarce commodity.
Last year I made a video which I have been using a lot recently.
There are two points I would like to make in response to you ‘Five Ways’ above.
1. Video Blogs. I created a blog in light of your recommendation above. It has been a very successful venture - for both myself and the students.
2. Video Projects. This is something I intend to do with a First Year group in the New Year. I can only imagine how much motivation/enthusiasm this would provoke.
Thanks for the recommendations that I endeavour to continue on in my practice…..
Paula Finnegan
Dec 8th, 2007 11:12 am
Jamar
I have to admit that using video for class presentation is a great idea. I know of a tool called AzoocaCapture.com. It is a great resource for students who have recorded video.
They allow you to upload your video and place it anywhere on the internet. This tool is ideal for students who want to record class room lectures. I have a macbook with a webcam built into my mac. I just recorded one of my course lectures while i was in class. The only thing is you can only record up to 10 minutes at a time. But other then that it is a pretty cool tool.
Dec 27th, 2007 12:57 pm
Ernest Porps
How can one obtain permission to record and show YouTube video’s within a university classroom?
Feb 26th, 2008 1:31 pm