I wanted to shared this infographic of the benefits of using videos in the classroom to help illustrate my point that we need to use videos in our classroom. At the very least, use various multimedia tools in our class to enhance our lesson plans and our in-classroom (and outside the classroom) activities and lessons.
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Like the infographic says "videos can make the impossible possible." The use of videos in our classes only enhance the lessons that we're giving our students. It allows the class to feel more lively than just giving out information in a lecture or presentation. Students need to be able to connect learning to the outside world, in order to see a purpose.
What will my classroom look like in terms of video and multimedia use in the classroom? That is actually a very simple answer. Videos will be shown in my class on daily basis and if I can't find a video that fits with the lesson message, then I will be using some type of multimedia tool for an interactive study in the classroom. I would like to tie in a video or multimedia tool to really drive home the content. Many times teachers will put together they're on video content, and I intend to do the same if time permits me to develop and create quality video content for my students. If time doesn't permit, teachers have access to content created by DPI and special content that is available on teacher websites. We also have access to any other content that is available across the web on sites such as YouTube and Vimeo. It's also a good idea to have students create content to show in class. I'll be using some students create videos in my own class. That way you have students engaged in the class, but also allowed to showcase their own work in the class.
It's almost scary to think how very far we've come with technology in schools. It was only less than 4 years ago that I was in grade school and teachers we're excited to even get laptop carts for the class or finally getting the outdated SmartBoard that they've been asking for since I was in 7th grade.
I've worked with tablets for years now, but I've never used them inside a classroom nor have a ever thought about having tablets be used as a top resource in my classroom. After working with them in my Technology for Educators class, the answer to the question "do tablets pose a amazing resource for students?" is a resounding yes. The possibilities are almost endless. Just think - formative and summative assessment can now be engaging, unique, and customized to your class. You can easily grab their attention. This generation of millennials, Gen Y, or whatever we our calling our kids today, thrive on technology. It's part of their daily use. Traditional ways of teaching, just aren't enough anymore, we can do more.
We even see in the current ads on television, we're now introducing tablets as competitors to your traditional laptop. Granted, I come from a very technological background and work for one of the largest computer technology companies in the world, Dell. I'm supposed to say that tablets can never compete with laptops, but then again I need to make sales. However, in the direction that we're going, I have no doubt in my mind that soon tablets, because of their versatile functionality, will be able to rival to traditional laptop, desktop, and mobile computer systems. I have to say that we'll soon be using tablets more and more in our classroom for assessment, note-taking, class assignments, and just about anything that we can do electronically. Soon we'll be able to do almost anything on tablets and electronically. I'd prefer to have tablets in my own classroom because of their so many useb
I touches base on the fact that tablets are so very versatile and can be used in classrooms to do pretty much anything from recording lectures, taking notes/photos/videos/etc, turning assignments and providing further engagement for our students to get involved in class and stay engaged.
This is also a cool video that I found about the differences between tablets and laptops, but it also includes advantages and disadvantages:
