Glen Bull’s article, “Video in the Age of Participation” discussed how users are now allowed to upload video through websites, like the extremely popular site YouTube. You can find video clips of pretty much anything on YouTube including clips from movies or video from somebody’s wedding. The article also examined how the use of videos available on the internet are benefiting teachers in the classroom. The Discovery Education unitedstreaming website was pointed out as a great site with over 40,000 video clips that can be incorporated into lesson plans. Sites like this make videos easily accessible to teachers and do not require that the teachers classroom be equipped with a VCR or DVD player. The Discovery Educators Network (DEN) has also created a program which allows teachers to “remix” videos, essentially taking clips from various videos and creating their own video relevant to the lesson they are teaching.
How could I as a teacher use a program like the one offered through Discovery Educators Network to enhance my classroom?
As a teacher I would love to have access to a program that allowed me to create a video designed for my lesson plan. I think bringing video into the classroom to assist with teaching is very beneficial. Video would allow me to bring in firsthand information into the classroom, for example if I were teaching students about hurricanes I could show them news footage of Hurricane Katrina that way students can connect between the textbooks description of a hurricane and the reality of a hurricane.
How could I make these videos accessible to my students outside of class?
I would like to create a website for my students of videos I remixed to correspond to the material I am teaching in class since there are a great deal of video resources to help students learn. If a student is struggling with a topic or interested they would be able to watch additional videos I did not have an opportunity to show in class at home.
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