Monday, October 6, 2008
Using Digital Images and Video in the Classroom
What kid doesn't love to watch movies or look at pictures? I know that when I was younger, I used to love when my teacher would use videos or pictures to teach a lesson because visual aids always helped me gain a deeper understanding of the material. Integrating video projects into classroom content keeps student engaged and interested in what is being taught. This process has become easier with the increased availability of low cost video cameras, video editing software tools, and digital cameras. Visual aids do not only need to be used to teach lessons, they can also be used as projects for student assessment. I found one website <http://www.teachingk-8.com/archives/how_to/how_touse_digital_images_and_video.html> that mentioned certain examples of projects for students to complete and listed some different websites for even more options. These projects emphasize the importance of group work in the classroom in addition to individual work. The student must fulfill his or her task while still working with others to collaborate the final project. Although there are a lot of really good aspects of assigning digital projects to students, there are also some negative aspects of it. Some of the negative aspects are that each assignment takes a lot of time to create and that there is always the possibility of having the equipment or technology break down before the project is completed. Despite these problems, I think that integrating video and other visual aids into the classroom can teach students in a more interesting and entertaining way.
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I totally agree with you that digital images and videos in the classroom help engage the students in the topic and allow them to gain a deeper understanding of the material. I am definitely a visual learner and associating videos, pictures, or powerpoints with certain topics, always helped me learn a topic to a greater extent and give me better understanding of that topic. As elementary school teachers, we need to be able to use various materials to teach one topic in order to engage students who learn in different ways, and I think that digital images and videos is one great resource to use.
*Ahren Lewis*
This seems like a really useful website for me because as a teacher I'd like to show some interesting videos to my students too.
-Katie
I agree that using movies and images to enhance lessons is a great idea for all classrooms. These videos however have to be relevant and interesting to the students. Teachers should incorporate them but remember to use variety in their lessons and mix it up all the time to keep students engaged and wondering what will happen next.
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