Video Evaluation: I teach fourth grade at a Baltimore City Public School. The Baltimore City math curriculum follows
one created called Engage NY that follows Common Core Standards. They have
posted the YouTube several instructional videos. I am currently on the seventh lesson of my
unit. I found the corresponding instructional
video online. I know that students
benefit from seeing and learning different ways to solve a problem. Watching this video will introduce a new strategy
to students that I may not have taught, or perhaps executed differently during
my lesson. I find KhanAcedemy.com
lessons to be very similar in purpose. I
will actually show both as an introduction to the lesson (engagement) and as a
review/conclusion. This will also expose
them overall to more expose and ability to practice as they follow along. I
would stop the video after the introduction of the problem. I can walk around and check to see who can
solve the problem before it is solved on the board and who still needs
assistance.
The first of the ten factors to consider when evaluating a
podcast is that the content should be appropriate for the current area of
study. Since this video was made
specifically for my lesson’s curriculum, it is obviously appropriate. Another factor is that the video should hold
the student’s attention. This is the one
area that I don’t think that the video does as well. This may seem odd, but there is something I
find unpleasant about the speaker’s voice. In comparison, I find the voice on Khan Academy
to be more pleasant and engaging. To
counteract this, pausing the video and giving additional instruction for me
will make it more interactive for the students to increase engagement. I feel that the Engage NY instructional video
meets all the ten factors of evaluating a podcast/video.
Works Cited: Bard
Williams. “Choosing the Right Podcasts
for Your Classroom” an excerpt from Educator’s Podcast Guide. International Society for Technology in
Education. (2007). Pages 1-8.
Creating Video:
Use
in the classroom:
Common
Core Standard: W4.5. With guidance and support form peers and
adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and
editing.
Objective:
Students will learn proofreading marks in order to peer edit classmates’
writing.
I will
show this video to students at the beginning of the year as a reminder of some
proofreading marks they will use when editing peer’s writing. This video can be used for a range of upper elementary
classroom including my fourth grade class.
Students also need to know the meaning of the marks so they can
interpret and fix their own writing.
I would
like to be able to create more engaging video and other multimedia
materials. I would also like to
encourage my students to be able to create similar materials for projects. My concern is the time it takes to create
these projects. The multiple hours it
take me to create these object would be multiplied for the students. Also, students only have access to a minimal
amount of computers and other electronics.
Application:
This
supports creativity in the classroom because it engages students. I would be able to show this video without standing
up in front of the room and giving the same mini lesson which can be boring. I think my students would also find it a
little humorous (since it is a little cheesy), which will make them more engaged and thus bringing out their own
creativity. I tried to remember the redundancy principal
when creating my video. The video doesn’t
expect students to do any instructional reading, but to just watch and listen
as I model the editing. This way it isn’t
information overload.
Reflection:
My
thinking has changed because I remembered how important it is for students to
be creative in class. I don’t think that
my lesson topic necessary fosters creativity within the students as much as it
forced me to be creative as a teacher. However,
I would like to encourage students to be more creative when completing projects
or when writing. I think that setting an
example of creativity through the lesson helps.
I also used to be really good at projects in school and hope that
sharing those ideas with students helps them feel confident in expressing their
own creativity.
Although creating the video was fun, it still
takes too much time for me to be able to do something like this
frequently. I was additionally happy to
discover this week that I can record my work through Active Inspire, although I
didn’t use it for this assignment. I
would like to be able to save video and audio of a lesson for reflection and
for students to be able to watch if they are absent or need a refresher of the
lesson. Overall I liked the assignment;
but as I mentioned before, I don’t think I will able to create videos like this
much during the school year. I would
however like to have a goal of creating some more videos and other artifacts
over the summer for the upcoming school year.
