5 ways to use Video in Education

Lifehack.org posted an articletoday in which they declared this year the year of the InternetPresidency (in light of all of the recent announcements from UScandidates for president). They then went on to list five ways we couldall take advantage of the internet video. Great article… highlyrecommend for promoting your thinking caps.

Joining in the spirit of the year edutechie.com have put together a quick list of Five ways to use Video in EDUCATION this year!

• Record Class Presentations - Record classroom presentations.Your lectures will be a great resource for your students to look backon what was said in class. Make your lectures available to thestudents, but for heaven’s sake, don’t charge them for it.If you record student presentations keep those around (with thestudent’s permission of course) and show the best one’s toyour students in coming years of what a presentation or project shouldbe.
• Video Projects - Nothing motivates a student like usingexciting technology to create something amazing! Let the students havethe option of using that excitement in their projects for the class.You’ll be amazed how some of the students grab onto somethinglike this. If they post them online they will also be able to sharetheir work with family and friends.
• Instructional Video’s - Do you have a special topicyou are teaching that would be useful to take a little field trip. Goout a day or two in advance and record an on site explanation of thetopic. This will work great with science, history, archeology, and manyother subjects.
• Video Blogs - Create a class blogand have your students record their reactions to literary or otherassignments and post them on the blog. Give them specific assignmentsand have them post those on the blog.
• Use Online Video Already Available - There are massiveamounts of video already available online in all sorts of topic areas.Utilize that video in your curriculum. It will increase thestudent’s retention of the subject and encourage them to seek outeducational video’s as well. As more and more teachers get intomaking video’s there will also be more resources available.