BP 35 Wk3 Discussion Deeper: Video Use in Education

Using videos, streams and such in the classroom seems essential to capturing the attention of today’s audience, breaking up the monotony by diversifying the delivery method and allows for learning for all about technology in addition to the curriculum. My students enjoy the lessons and being able to interact with them (we use smart boards and lots of sites have lessons that are compatible) and get the information in a way that may work best for them (differentiation of the curriculum). Here are a few that I use for everything from lesson builders, radio broadcast/pods, writing skill building, math review, virtual labs, games, video lessons and demonstrations and research.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00stlqg/Science_Cafe_20_06_2010/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/scia/
http://dsc.discovery.com/games/games-tab-04.html
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/?location=klrn - register for your own login- sorry, can’t give you mine!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Mar05_websitings.htm

go to these once inside the scholastic site:
The Yuckiest

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com (middle school boys love this one)

Digital Froggie
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog

A Sickening Site
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection

The Mysteries of Poo (middle schoolers love this one!)
www.kidwings.com

Comment to Lynne:

I too, use Edutopia but for different subject matter. However, I really like the sites you have suggested and the uses as well. This will be really helpful in the effective education area of our curriculum (this is the first school where it is truly apart of the curriculum). This is something that is needed. I am going to check out the larc.sdsu.edu/social media one for information on webinars as my students are really interested in the idea.