How might you use video to support learning?
Videos in the classroom can be used for a variety of reasons such as when you have something you need to show or explain to the kids that you do not have the resources for like science experiments that the school does not have the resources, for language if you are teaching a language unit which you do not have the ability to teach such as pronunciations or grammar rules. Videos can be used to give students different perspective or voice to listen to and watch instead of it being the same teacher’s voice and perspective the entire time. Videos can also be used to look at things that the students cannot see themselves either for it taking too long or for it being too far away such as in the case of erosion during an earth science unit or watching different environments and their ecosystems. Videos could also be great for situations such as desynchronized learning like during covid for teachers to be able to record videos for students to watch on a topic at their own pace as they work through projects or for a student to rewatch if they are behind on a project and need to review information about the assignment.
Also, videos are just fun like the stop motion videos we did in class, creating something like that as a class is a great way to teach students some different types of creative work or showing them what went into making some of their favourite types of media including the YouTube stop motion videos.