Today in class we discussed 4 different main kinds of education video. Instantly, this reminded me of what my mentor teacher explained to me about the importance of a hook and how using a video is the easiest way to engage a class. In fact tomorrow I will be teaching a class about pollution using a nat geo video as a hook (video embedded below).
When talking to my mentor teacher about using video her main tip was to pre-watch videos twice before you show a class! she also suggested looking through children’s youtube first.
In class today with Michael we looked over the use of time-lapse videos (useful to show things that take a long time), slow-motion videos (useful to slow down a complex visual), 360 – VR video (useful to give students an interactive connection with education video), and GIFs (useful for repeated videos, also for entertainment). I decided to find a few versions of slow-motion videos and 360 videos that could be used as hooks or provocations.
For my slow-motion video, I found a video with 9 different cool everyday slow motions, but I decided that I wanted to focus on the milk diffusing into coffee so I played around with the settings so the embedded video would start there. I also thought it was a little too fast so I played around with the playback speed and slowed down the video even more!
I found a super cool animation of the human digestive system that has a fun roller coaster feel. This makes me also think about the importance of animation as a tool for education video especially to appeal to young children!
another point of interest in this lesson was the big timer which Michael used during the break, I think this might be a useful tool for time-sensitive activities like quizzes. (bigtimer.net is linked below)
https://www.bigtimer.net/?minutes=10&repeat=false
We finished today looking at digital curation for better note taking and organization, to be honest, I prefer things on paper and physically organizing my resources. That being said, my favorite digital curation format was “seek, sense, and share” because it seemed simple and is fun to say.
Thanks to Jakob Owens for the featured image.