Using videos in the classroom

Patricia Edwards

VIDEOS

“No longer is it enough to be able to read the printed word: children, youth, and adults, too, need the ability to critically interpret the powerful images of a multimedia culture.”

Thoman, E., & Joll, T. (2004). Media literacy: A national priority for a changing world. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(1), 18-29.

School use of VideosAdvantages/Disadvantages

Availability/SecureLess variety

More varietyLess security

www.teachertube.com

www.youtube.com

Classroom application

Demonstrate/Illustrate abstract conceptsDemonstrate/Illustrate abstract concepts

Math – Powers of Ten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

Supplement instructionSupplement instruction

Periodic table of elements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM

References

EamesOffice. (2010, August 26). Powers of Ten [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

Bongboingvideo. (2009, September 8). They Might be Giants [Video file). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM Kebritchi, M. (2010). Factors affecting teachers’’ adoption of educational computer games: A case study. British Journal of educational Technology, 41(2), 256-270.

Klopfer, E., Osterweil, S., Salen, K., Haas, J., Groff, J., & Roy, D. (2009). Moving learning games forward on=btsacles opportunities and openness. The Education Arcade. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://educationarcade.org/

Morain, M., & Swarts, J. (2012). YouTutorial: A framework for assessing instructional online video. Technical Communication Quarterly, 21 (1), 6-24.

O’Neil, C. (2007, May 12). TeacherTube is a YouTube for educators. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-tube-educational- video-resource

Schrader, P.G., Lawless, K.A., & Deniz, H. (2010). Design and implementation of educational games: Theoretical and practical perspectives. In Video Games in education: Opportunities for Learning Beyond Research Claims and Advertising Hype (chapter 20). doi:

10.4018/978-1-61520-781-7.ch020

Smaldino, S. E., Lowther, D. L., & Russell, J. D. (2012). Instructional technology and media for learning (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Thoman, E., & Joll, T. (2004). Media literacy: A national priority for a changing world. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(1), 18-29.