Sunday, March 30, 2014

Chapter 9

Chapter 9


Focus Question: How can teachers use video resources in their teaching?


Teachers can use this resource in an abundance of ways and it has many advantages. Many educators credit video resources to a unique way of learning, and being able to reach their students and deliver the information "multimodally" (Maloy.) It is also an opportunity for the teacher to take the attention off of themselves and move it to the screen, and help their students keep their focus and attention. In the current world of technology, it is also a relative way to teach the material to students.


There are several video resources available for lesson plans which include the infamous YouTube, Webcasts, streaming videos through various types of software like QuickTime, or Windows Media Player. Some additional advice that Maloy gives in the text is to pause and rewind, ask for students to write responses, and turn off either the sound or the picture itself.





















Tech Tool 9.2: This Tech Tool helps give some more resources for my focus question, "Streaming video resources for teachers."  There are many tools, websites, and more that offer streaming video for lesson plans. PBS Learning Media, Youtube for schools, SnagLearning, and Common Craft. One of these resources that I have not heard of before is that of Common Craft, (www.commoncraft.com.) These videos use handcrafted cut outs or other drawings to help teach the information, and is a cute easy way to help relate the lesson plan. (Maloy.)


There are many resources available for teaching lesson plans using multimedia technology. These resources are also a great way for the teachers to allow the students to take the lesson plans into their own hands, and create projects using these resources to help present their knowledge on the subject at hand. In a recent student observation in a fourth grade classroom, the teacher was teaching on the subject of Metamorphosis. The teacher integrated a YouTube video showing a caterpillar going through the stages of metamorphosis and turning into a butterfly. The video was a hit among the students, and really helped to teach the information. This chapter is a must read for teachers looking to help find resources for student projects and creating lesson plans.









































Maloy, R. W., Verick-O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2014). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston, MA: Pearson


Scott, Duncan. Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Web. Youtube.

1 comment:

  1. This chapter is usually popular among students - not only for the relevancy of content, but all of the neat ideas! :) As you say, 'it is a must read'! I wonder what you might do with some of these resources? The CommonCraft videos were very popular a number of years ago. Though I haven't seen that much of them recently, the concept is pretty easy to replicate and a great idea/template for having students create their own to demonstrate something they know/learned.

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