Glogster

In week 5 it was all about the video. How can we use videos in a classroom to teach or support what we are teaching. We learnt about a lot of exciting sites that allow us to make or use videos in an educational way. Some of these sites we could make our own clip and add auditory to it or pick a handful of photos or pictures to make a short clip out of. Some of these sites included Animoto, Glogster, Claymation, blabberize, Xtranormal and Goanimate. Each of these sites allows the user to do something a little bit different.

We can use videos that we have made, in a classroom, to arouse the students attention levels. If the teacher walks to the front of the room and starts to speak the students don't listen because it is what happens every other day. If the teacher walks up to the front of the room and says to the students everyone watch this video and we will have a class discussion on it at the end they will immediately engage the students in 2 ways. The first way is that the students will say 'yes a video' and they will be keen to watch it and the second is that they already know what will happen after and will subconsciously pick out key points to talk about with the class later.

We can also use video to show students information that we may not be able to give a physical demonstration of. If the PE teacher can not do the Frisbee Flop or a science teacher is talking about the way that two substances react violently to each other and can not show it to the students a video is the next best thing. It also allows the teachers to bring a professional into the classroom with out that person actually being there. The teacher can fast forward, rewind and pause the image at certain points to talk to the students or to impress a safety feature or technique to the students. It is an interactive way for students to learn.

On the side bar is a page that I created using Glogster that a school may use on an invitational night where they have perspective students for that schools sports program or a page to show students how much fun can be had for both boys and girls by doing sport.