http://www.libraryvideo.com/articles/article13.asp
By Lori Griffin, Curriculum Director, Library Video Company
There is substantial research promoting the use of video in the classroom as a dynamic resource for supporting curricula. According to a recent teacher survey, 94% of classroom teachers had effectively used video during the course of an academic year. And most teachers were using it frequently - on average, once per week. But why?
Benefits of Using Video:
As educators, our goal of course, is to get students energized and engaged in hands-on learning experiences, and video is clearly an instructional medium that generates excitement. Using sight and sound, video is the perfect medium for students who are auditory or visual learners. Video taps into emotions which stimulate and enthrall students, and it provides an innovative and effective means for educators to address the curricular concepts.
Consider the classroom in which students can hear the cry of a nearly extinct species and see the colors and hear the sounds of animals that thrive only in a remote wilderness half way around the globe. Envision teaching with the voices of the past by introducing young learners to great historians, political figures and famous people who lived centuries ago. Imagine conveying the laws of motion, sound and energy transfer by viewing the launch of the space shuttle on a journey into outer space. Think about how much easier it would be to understand the diverse cultures of people who live in other areas of the world if you could encounter them in their own environments - hearing their songs, observing their rituals or listening to their silence. Video provides another sensory experience that allows concepts to actually be “experienced” and come to life while you guide your students on each adventure.
We all know from experience that the more engaged your students are, the more interactive your lesson is, the more your students will enjoy, learn from and retain information from your lessons. It may surprise you to think of video as a means for interactive instruction, but video is a very flexible medium. The ability to stop, start and rewind it can be invaluable. You can stop the video and challenge your students to predict the outcome of a demonstration, or elaborate on, or debate about, a point of historical reference. You can rewind a particular portion of a show to add your own review or view a segment in slow motion to ensure that your students understand a key concept. Furthermore, you can ensure interactivity by replicating activities, workshops, demonstrations and experiments in your classroom environment.
Effectively Using Video:
Current research reveals that the most effective way to use video is as an enhancement to a lesson or unit of study. Video should be used as a facet of instruction along with any other resource material you have available to you for teaching a given topic and you should prepare for the use of a video in the classroom the very same way you would with any other teaching aid. Specific learning objectives should be determined, an instructional sequence should be developed and reinforcement activities planned. And of course, no video should ever be used in the classroom until it has first been previewed by the instructor.
Resources:
There are a lot of excellent videos available, but a video produced for educational purposes - created with the needs of the classroom in mind - will be structured in a way to most effectively meet your needs. There are over 500 Schlessinger Media programs that have been produced specifically for the classroom - they have been correlated to state, regional and national standards, most come with Teacher’s Guides and 3 minute video clips are available online for previewing purposes.
There are over 14,000 education titles on our web site and each program has been carefully reviewed by our experienced and knowledgeable staff to ensure its appropriateness for use in the classroom. We welcome any additional ideas you may have about using video in the classroom or feedback regarding the resources we can provide to make it efficient and easy to find educational media for an educational setting.
Note: For information about Public Performance Rights and the copyright issues concerning using video in the classroom, see the article, Can These Videos Be Shown in a Classroom or Library Setting?
What we think:
Summary
Arwen Barr-Yip (aebarryi)
As an educator, the goal is to get students engaged in hands-on learning experiences, and video is clearly an instructional medium that generates excitement. Using sight and sound, video is the perfect medium for students who are auditory or visual learners. Video taps into emotions which stimulate and enthrall students, and it provides an innovative and effective means for educators to address the curricular concepts. Video also provides a sensory experience that allows concepts to actually be "experienced" and come to life while you guide your students on each adventure. Using video, you can ensure interactivity by replicating activities, workshops, demonstrations and experiments in your classroom environment.
Sarah Molinari (semolina)
Using video in the classroom is an increasingly popular strategy used by teachers to support their lessons, some as often as once a week. The reason this is becoming so frequently used is that students get more excited about lessons when it is through video. Videos provide students with experiences they would not normally be able to see. Videos also provide a more engaging lesson for students. One piece of advice: Always preview your videos before bringing them into the classroom.
Thinking/Reflecting
Alison Francis (amfranci)
I agree with the article that video is a great educational aide for teachers. Students usually are more engaged when watching a video versus reading a text book. The use of the video helps bring alive what is being read and taught from the textbook. The use of video helps the students who learn visually and also helps the students' imagination come to life. I enjoyed how the article made the use of videos in the classroom sound so exciting. I can see why using a video aide in the classroom would excite and engage students in learning. I agree it is very important for teachers to preview the video they will be using first and provide supplemental materials and reinforcing work related to the subject and video.
Mariel Jacques (mejacque)
Using streaming video is a great addition to any lesson plan. It helps to enhance a lesson and bring more insight into a particular subject. However, teachers have to be careful in the way they use their videos. In highschool, teachers use to use videos during the whole class period. While it was a break from class, it began very tiring to watch it for the entire time. I think the video should be used alongside course material, but never for the whole time. It becomes hard for the student to pay attention and lights off make an atmosphere of relaxation.
Further Research
Kimberly Legendre (klegend)
Scientific research states that it is good to show videos in the classroom. This is in compliance with The No Child Left Behind Act. There are websites that help teachers with showing movies. teachwithmovies.org is a website that offers help with movie lesson plans. http://www.libraryvideo.com/articles/article18.asp?mscssid=MHJ64J8M3MLP8KX9LE6NSD6ATN9R4556 No Child Left Behind Article http://teachwithmovies.org/
A study found that certain ESE student can actually hear the sound of video, or even people talking into a microphone better than a normal voice. They felt this was because children of today use iPods to listen to music, watch a lot of tv and movies, and they have train themselves to hear in this way. So using video in a classroom is a great learning tool for these students.One place to check out for video that shows kids in action in the classroom www.edutopia.org/
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12 comments:
WOW! First of all, your article must have been 4 pages long!!! You had so much information it was sort of overwhelming to look at at first!! Although I thought your blog was very well written-I would suggest you try and break up the information a little bit more.
I really liked how you added a "What We Think" section. It definately personalized your blog!
Overall, I really, really liked your blog and ALL its information, but again, try and break up that awesome information next time!!
Good Job!
I like how you summary was very informative and thorough. I thinnk that ir could have been broken up into more parts so it was easier to read. But I like how you gave the initial summary and then your even more summed up version. I also like the way you included your thoughts. You made very good points and I agree with you that students seem to be more engeaged when they are watching something rather than reading it. Over all good job.
I was confused when I first started reading your blog because I thought that your article was what you guys had summarized. Although I like to read everyone's opinions I also think it would be interesting if the opinions went more into depth with the concepts of the article. My favorite part was definitely the research at the end. I did not know that any study had shown that ESE students respond better to recordings, how interesting! Good job guys!
Really interesting post. I did not think that teachers, according to your summary, used video on average once a week. You are right, as educators we need to get students excited about learning and the use of video is a great way. I like how you outlined the benefits of using video in the classroom
Although your blog was very informative, I think that it would have been more helpful if you had broken it down more. When first viewing the blog, it felt a little overwhelming, but after reading it, you included some great information.
This blog is very informative with a lot of good information. However, it was a bit long and toward the end of the article, I was a tad bored because of it's length. Maybe filtering out some of the unnecessary information could help or even using bulletins to break up the information. Good job though.
This blog had SOOOO much information in it!!! It was overwhelming but after going through it little by little i learned a lot from it! I liked reading your summaries and reflections. They presonalized the blog and let me know waht you all thought of the topic. Great job!!
Nice job group four! I was surprised to learn that 94% of classroom teachers used video in their classrooms. I liked all of the different ideas, sounds, places and people the students could hear, see and experience through video. I also liked the "What we think" section, that was a nice touch. Good job!
scoobydoMy belief exactly is that teachers need to find as many ways as they can to make learning exciting and your points on how video can do this falls right in line with that. I think it would be better if you didn't make the blog so narrow. It made it seem alot longer then it was
I totally agree with what Kimberly Legendre said "Scientific research states that it is good to show videos in the classroom" this is true because alot of students are visual learners and this is a big help for them when having to remeber what they are being taught.
I thought there was an interesting fact about the ESE student who could hear better with the video and microphone than a normal voice. it really shows how videos can help children in general and children with specific learning disabilities.
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