Friday, 23 January 2015

Videos in the Classroom - TT #9

Video is something that I really like to use in my classroom lessons. I have taught health, social studies and history, all of which I have used video. I think it's very important to mention that videos need to be beneficial to student learning, as opposed to a crutch for the teacher. Many teachers abuse the unlimited video options and try to let the videos teach students. Teachers can use video to engage students, activate them at the beginning of a lesson, wrap up a lesson, just to name a few. I 

I have a few playlists on YouTube that are prepped for a few units. These include: Grade 10 Health: Drugs and Alcohol, Grade 7/8 Social Studies: Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, Grade 11 History: Canadian History.

After a presentation about Copyright, I am unsure about how I will use these videos in the future.. However, there is no harm in showing an example of what I had put together. 



I also have a playlist that is strictly for activating students, called Kid Snippets. I highly recommend that all teachers should check them out! Students LOVE them!





2 comments:

  1. Love Kid Snippets! Good point about not letting the video do the 'teaching'.

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  2. I agree 100%. Teachers tend to let the videos do all the work, and they assume just because you are using videos it makes the lesson better. We tend to get caught up in the technology and think we should use it all the time and it does become a crutch, when we really should be using it as a tool. Great post Drew!

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