Saturday, October 10, 2009
You Tube Web 2.0 tools
This is my third post for researching and using Web 2.0 tools. I researched many movie making sites, however, several had fees attached to them in order to subscribe or utilize their tools. We are a Title 1 school and therefore cannot pay for subscriptions. I really liked www.eyespot.com but it is a fee-based site, incorporating pixie flash.
YouTube is free. With YouTube, you can upload movies created in the classroom with digital cameras, web cams or even create a slide presentation and incorporate music from programs such as Garage band. It has many capabilities. There again, will your school districts allow YouTube? I have loaded YouTube movies onto a flash drive and shown them to my students, totally educational, of course. It is a great way for students to see what other students are doing around the world. I think the possibilities are endless for using this Web 2.0 tool in the classroom. Maybe you are having a little difficulty getting a particular point across in your lesson plan. You could create a slide show, or a movie explaining that point. Since most students are visual learners, and, they like movies, you will be able to demonstrate the point visually. I want to create something that will demonstrate mean, median and mode to my students. I was shocked yesterday when half of my class failed a math test covering this content! I suggested to the math teacher and the math coach that perhaps we could create a slide show or movie that would explain it in graphic animated detail. They jumped at the idea, so that's what we are working on next week. I'll let you know how it works.
I have found the perfect YouTube movie to incorporate into my presentation to our school board to further illustrate why Web 2.0 tools are needed in the classroom. The movie will follow this composition. It is entitled "Education Today and Tomorrow." It was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County Schools in Virginia. He has granted permission to incorporate this movie into my blog and for use in presentation for educational purposes. I couldn't say it any better. Let me know what you think.
I have learned how to use YouTube because in our last course with Dr. Deason, we had to produce movies in our group project. I was so intimidated at first, but now, I love it!!!!!
As you know when you visit YouTube, you can view movies from any category in education.
For all of your curriculum, there will be a movie to help illustrate a point. Our art teacher has a collection of movies on art museums, mediums of art and demonstrations of everything from face painting to murals. The students love to view them.
We may be the most fantastic teachers and speakers in the world, but we all know that people of all ages will get more out of a presentation if you incorporate some type visual aid, and make sure it is colorful!
2 comments:
I loved the idea of creating something to demonstrate mean, median and mode! I think that including real world examples of using those concepts that the students can relate to will give it the relevance that they need to even want to know. I would be very interested in seeing your video when you are done! I'm sure it will be fabulous.
@Patricia
I really enjoyed reading through your research on Youtube and Movie tools. I to agree that youtube makes it easy to share videos. It is probably the best way to share along with teacher tube. Some times I find my students trying to view other videos, but they won't listen to the teacher when I say "you are blocked, so don't try." Good Work!