Introduction
- Usually used at the high school
- Equipment
- iOS, PC, Mac, etc.
- Microphone
- Topic: script or keywords
- Media
- Options to record
- Screencast-o-Mac
- Jing
- Screenr
- EduCanon
- Educreations
- Teach by Knowmia
- Camtasia ($)
- Snag it ($)
- Combining technology
- Younger students, watch videos at school while teacher works with other students
- different types of media: pictures, videos, PDFs, etc.
- Put the video on an iPad, place the iPad at the back of the room
- students create own screencasts
- distribution
- Twitter, shortened links, qr codes, LMS
MS examples
- 8-12 min
- Paper and pencil only
- Put little secrets into the audio that the student needs to know so you can verify they watched.
- Help when students are absent
- Homework is not a grade; it’s a behavior.
- Students lost lunch with their friends if they hadn’t watched videos
- Be consistant
- Short 3-6 question formative assessment
- Put into one of three groups based on assessment: relearn, practice, enrich
- “I want to know what they know right now”
- Asked principal to co-teach by having all the students with IEPs in the grade level
- Or use centers
- Or team with another classroom
Differentiated assessments
- same standards, different levels
- Every page is a different standard
- five levels of questions
- low: 1-3, middle: 2-4, high: 3-5
- “The definition of teaching is to ensure learning.” Jim Connell
- Don’t let students off the hook, 81% on a test means they don’t know 19%
- students like to hear their own teacher’s voice. Can be tailored to their needs
- Very good for students on IEPs, able to watch at their pace
- Good for parents
What would I do different?
- embed video in Google form for easy formative assessment
- Sophia – create lessons/tutorials
- Complete Chrome lesson, get a free tshirt
- Flipped classroom and ipad certification available
Pitfalls
- stick with it. There is a learning curve for everyone
- Create a system that works for you and your students when they don’t do it
Results
- Teachers have started at the high school
- satisfaction, doing the right thing every day
- more time in class to teach and troubleshoot
- Actually took less time