Why is it important to preview and evaluate videos? What tools should you use to be sure a video is communicating the intended message to your students?
There is a plethora of movies and videos available for use in the classroom today. From downloadable DVDs to VHS, virtually every subject in school has some sort of video program available for educators to use in tandem with each lesson. These programs enhance learning and can serve to stimulate the interests of young learners. But with so many choices out there, it can be difficult to choose which video is the best for conveying the desired information.
Previewing and evaluating each and every video shown in the classroom is crucial for a teacher. Although the task may get somewhat arduous, it is vital that educators know what they are showing, if not just to be sure there is not any inappropriate material being shown, but that the material is relevant and entertaining. After all, no student wants to watch a boring video about an uninteresting topic.
There are many evaluation tools available for teachers to use to determine the effectiveness of a video program. Just like with the movies from Hollywood, educational videos often use a five-star rating system for quick and easy assessment. These reviews are often biased, however. To avoid bias, educators should use one of the many rubrics that can be found online or in education resource magazines.
These rubrics take into account subject areas, costs, and relevance and rate areas such as content currency and accuracy, engagement, support materials, and technical qualities. These tools allow teachers to quickly decide which show is right for which lesson and which shows are inappropriate for the classroom. Because of the sheer amount of videos available, no one teacher can watch everything, but he or she must watch what is going to be shown in their own rooms no matter what.
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The one value that is important is top oversee what is the content of all media that is going to be used in a learing environment. Students and teachers have the right to a safe learning class structure. The information is out there. And thanks to people viewing what is out side a learning place it keeps the question from being raised. Somethings have become ever more pervasive, it can be aggregated and collated and turned into a startlingly uncomprehensive to someone in the blink of an eye. Yes, unpleasant schemes are lurking. But that is the price of technology and all that it brings. Great write up.
Video is a new production that was introduced into education area. Using video production in classrooms can help to develop media literacy, higher order thinking skills, project based learning experiences, real world relevancy experiences, and a deeper connection to the curriculum being explored. Video production can help teachers to create a real world environment in classrooms for the purpose of giving students “real” experiences.
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