Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Using Video in the Classroom

I do like to use videos in the classroom, sometimes it helps break up the class, get students re-focused, and there are so many out there that we can use to help engage our students. Videos can help us reach our more visual learners. One of Youtube channels that I have used in the classroom, and I enjoy watching myself is Crash Course. There are so many videos in lots of different subject areas. The videos are easy to understand and presented in a fun way.
I have used the below video during a lesson about the war of 1812. Crash Course is American, but it was still a useful video, and it gave the students a different perspective.

Many of the videos are taught by author John Green, if you haven't read any of his books, I would highly recommend them.  The other videos I have looked at are the literature courses. I would suggest checking the video "How and Why We Read"




Creating videos are fun way for students to be creative and show their learning. I also feel that because people will be seeing their work that they may put in a little extra effort. Below is a video from one of my student teaching placements, the students were doing common craft book reviews of the books they had finished reading. I posted all of their videos to my youtube channel, and we took one class to have a viewing party.




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  1. Unknown27 February 2014 at 10:12

    Great videos Sam, it's nice to see videos that are used in older grade classrooms as I don't really look into them as much as I do for the younger grades. I actually used video a lot and I love it, kids love it! I wish to also make videos with my future classes, I will need to learn how first! yikes

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  2. Unknown1 March 2014 at 17:25

    Thanks for the great ideas for videos, as I often find it challenging to find good videos for some classes. I had not heard of the Crash Courses, but they look awesome.
    Also, it is awesome that you got your students making videos, as I have not had the opportunity to do this yet, but definitely want to try it.

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