Perhaps no single technology has brought a more profound change to some teachers’ instructional practices than the evolution of digital video. While the growth of online content, social networking, ...
Rather than showing long videos, teachers should design lessons that use clips as resources to spur class discussion.
As some of you may have seen, the Education Week video team had a piece on PBS NewsHour last week on the increasingly pressing topic of better preparing teachers to work in diverse classrooms. The ...
Teacher residency programs are transformative models for preparing educators for the K-12 teaching experience. These clinically-rich, immersive programs combine mentorship, year-long co-teaching in ...
You know that squirmy feeling you get when you hear a recording of your own voice? Maybe you listen back to your voicemail greeting to make sure it’s really you? Multiply that feeling by ten and ...
Use some of the following techniques to incorporate Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer, 2005) into your videos. The use of on-screen text or symbols to highlight important information.
To address learner preferences and complex topics, it is often helpful to present content in a variety of ways. Instructional videos are an alternative way to present information and are encouraged ...
My first foray into using video in my teaching involved a TV cart wheeled into my classroom, replete with a connected VHS player—and no remote. As a teacher or a student, you may remember a ...