No Best Kept Secret
Do you want to hear a secret? Well it is not really a secret. In fact, it is common knowledge, and it is easily accessible to the public. The article "Animate Learning with Digital Video" talks about video streaming, and how it is a great educational tool that is easyily accessible to the public. Educators and learners can access educational videos for free or with a subscription from a number of educational video on demand sources. In the article it states, "Accomponied by instructional materials, these databases are searchable by keyword, subject area, or grade level, and curriculum standards." Such video sources include Discovery Education, Classroom Content Click, and Brain Pop.
Video Streaming is an aspect of projected visuals. Projected visuals are defined as, "media formats in which still images are projected onto a screen." The videos provide digital images in the form of online videos. For instance, in a literature class students can view a DVD version of a book that they have just completed. The teacher stops the video for a moment and keeps the images on the monitor for discussion in class. This form of teaching style offers more concrete experiences. Learners can see pictures of the places or ideas that are presented. The ideas are put in to action, and they get a visual picture of what they are learning.
Video streaming provides a number of benefits to learners. Watching videos brings a subject to life. In the article it states videos "Bring Shakespeare to life or animates the working of the human circulatory system." Actually viewing a subject in action makes the experience more concrete for learners. Students are shown to do a frog disection. Furthermore, students can make their own educational videos and upload them to the interent. There are many public sites that allow one to upload videos for free. Students can take what they have learned, and they can put it into a video. In turn, students are making the learning experiences meaningful to them, and they are learning how to better naviagte technology.
I feel that more research is needed to be done on how watching videos increases knowledge. Does watching an education video help students to retain facts and ideas better than reading inormation in a book or hearing a lecture?
If you would like to read the article "Animate Learning with Digital Video" follow this link: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fgcu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=103&sid=a4e24b3e-e298-4831-8e84-7a62e8ea8b87%40sessionmgr106
posted by spot4 @ 4:40 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
I found your article review to be very informative. Since I am not really familiar with all the technology out there every article brings me new and useful information. I liked how the benefits of streaming video were given. It helps to bring an idea from abstract to concrete for children. I think thats great since so many people have trouble visualizing or clearly understanding something. I also liked the notion of turning ideas into actions. But perhaps the best is showing a student new subject matter in an entertaining and interactive way that can better hold their attention. Video streaming seems like a good idea for classroom. Good Article!
I agree with you that I would like to see research done the educational effect videos have on learning. It was interesting to learn about these subscriptions to these websites to get certain streaming video for different types of subjects.
Im excited to become a teacher and use these technologies. I think it is also helpful that all these videos are up to date so the student can apply it to themselves a lot easier.
Before reading your article I had no idea that this was accessible for free. The articles that I found you had to subscribe to their website to get them. Thats good news though! Also, I was not aware that if a student sees a subject in action that it becaomes more of a concrete learning experience. Thats great! Good Job Elizabeth!
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