Poll: Have you ever wanted to create original content for your classroom? What stopped you?
Have you ever wanted to create original content for your classroom? What has stopped you? For many teachers, the issue is time or knowledge of proper video production experience. Other factors include buy-in from the administration who tend to push back on everything and anything they didn't invent. I hope you can use this blog as a resource and help you produce your first original video for your classroom. Until then, I'd like to poll my readers and see what is stopping you from creating original video content for your classroom. Please use the poll below. Thank you and I look forward to seeing the results.
What is the main thing from preventing you from creating original video content for your classroom?
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A few years ago, we were given a brief training on how to do screencast videos. It looked manageable, but it didn't seem to be the most beneficial use of my time. I have nearly two hundred students to plan and grade for, and there are already a very large number of videos that I could use for my classroom.
ReplyDeleteHi Melissa. That's definitely understandable. Time is really important and it does take a lot of it, especially if you want it done right. I do believe that technology is getting better or should I say smarter. I've seen some excellent videos created by non-video professionals. We help capture content for our faculty and produce anything from MOOCs to simple interviews. Some faculty are even producing their own content. Maybe one day, you could have students produce content for your classroom. That would be be cool!
DeleteIt's interesting, I guess I'd never thought about creating videos for my classroom until yesterday. During a math training we watched a TedEd video and the presenter talked about making math engaging and one of the ways was shooting short videos with our phones. For example, if the context is how long it will take to fill a big tank of water, we could film ourselves filling the tank with a hose. He said that simple act of including a video, opens up students to talking about math. While they may not all know the algorithm to figure it out (which might prohibit them from talking about the problem), they can all talk about filling something up with water. It was a huge ah-ha for me.
ReplyDeleteI believe the power of video is its ability to active multiple senses. Sometimes we just can't understand concepts just by reading. I know I have to right things down or look up references just to gain understanding of certain concepts. What's great about video is you can share your ideas and students can respond to your videos in apps like FlipGrid. It's a very dynamic medium. I believe video production has come a long way in recent years. With smart phones and applications, you can shoot, edit and share in a matter of minutes. If you go a little further, you can share it on your class blog and tweet about it too. The possibilities are endless. Good luck.
DeleteI have actually created many instructional videos for my classes. I love doing it, and my students have benefitted from it greatly, especially if I am out. It can be very time consuming, and I don't always have the time to do it as much as I would like. I am hoping to be able to do more this year. I purchased the ShowMe application (a whiteboard recording app) for my Chromebook, and it has helped me create instruction videos for my lessons.
ReplyDeleteThat’s great.where do you post your videos for your class? Do you use Google classroom yet. I’m sure it would be great to use for emergency lesson plan or unexpected time off. I remember during my first year of teaching, I got really sick and had to do an emergency lesson plan from scratch. This was hard because none of the faculty or substitute teachers knew anything about video or film production. I wish we had resources like this back in the day.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of last year, I created a couple videos using Screencastofy and Screencastomatic. It worked out well, but with it being the end of the year, there was not much more I could do. This year I decided I will do them more regularly and I will continue saving them so that they can be reused. For me it is just a matter of time that impacts whether I do them as well as my comfortablity with recording.
ReplyDeleteTo me, the hardest thing about creating videos, especially lectures, is being in front of the camera. It isn’t easy at all. I do multiple takes and can’t stand hearing myself on camera. I’ll be posting a few reviews soon and share some helpful tools for self capture. There are affordable TelePrompters and Gimbals that allow you to film by yourself and produce professional looking videos.
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