Videos in education, what a weird concept. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, videos in education were limited to Crash Course, Bill Nye, Khan Academy, and the occasional "ahead of the curve" teacher. However, as we enter a post-COVID world, education has the perfect opportunity to spring forward with videos.
One of the most important ideas that surrounds using video in the classroom is the ability to make an educator versatile. Now, what I mean by this is that educators have the opportunity to teach through a video, and then be able to teach students who are struggling with individualized instruction. The hardest thing to do as an educator is to help a student who is struggling while you are giving a class lesson (in person). Video instruction allows educators to free themselves from the class instruction. Now, there is a thing as too much video instruction. Video Instruction needs to stay within the time frame of five to seven minutes. After five to seven minutes students will begin to drift.
Another great reason for video instruction is for the ability of flexibility. Whether your school become shut down or you need a substitute teacher, video instruction allows for a flexible classroom. If COVID-19 has taught the education system anything, it is that the system needs to become more flexible. In turn, substitute plans (from what I have heard) are the bane of existence for educators. Thus, using video instructions eliminates long substitute lesson plans.
Here is a perfect example of an instructional video (social studies example):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DxELjuRec
My children were 6 and 8 when Khan Academy first started. It used to be cutting edge since the videos used a stylus and different colors. The quizzes were the first that I saw to use adaptive questioning. At the time it was a fun place to learn math. Now 14 years later there are tons of subjects, but for the most part the videos are still the same. From today's perspective they are long and slow. The original purpose was to bring education where there was none and unfortunately now it is being used by schools "cuz technology!" and it really doesn't serve them well. The key for us as teachers is to have our own personal videos, and don't let them get too old.
ReplyDeleteThanks Thomas for your post! What a crazy concept for education that we would incorporate videos as teaching tools. I think being well versed in the different platforms of media education is very important because of our ever changing world. The pandemic showed us that the world can shut down fast, and we as future educators have to ready for when the time comes to teach virtually. This post and the class have also taught me that video media is a great way to get students engaged and participate with each other and the content. As educators, we can create fun videos for them to watch anytime so that we can have one-on-one time with students during the school day. Also, by giving the power to students to create a video, they will be engaged and they become their own teacher.
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