Video School. Booktrailersforreaders. Video in the Classroom. In addition to being fun and motivating, video projects teach students to plan, organize, write, communicate, collaborate, and analyze. A successful video project has undergone a process of researching, scripting, organizing, filming, editing, and publishing. Students also have the opportunity to apply artistic and dramatic skills to their academic work. With the proliferation of webcams, phone cameras, flip cams, digital recorders, and editing tools, video has exploded in the media lives of students. Many of them spend as much time, if not more, watching YouTube as opposed to television.
In fact, video has become so prolific that some colleges even include video submissions as part of their application process. As this media further matures, students may need to be able to express themselves as effectively through moving imagery as with the written word. Video Curriculum Video Recording, Filming & Editing Digital recorders have made video creation significantly easier than it used to be. The New Boston - Great Videos for Learning Computer Science and More. The New Boston is an educational website and YouTube channel that I recently discovered while reviewing the EduPort Android app. The purpose of The New Boston is to share instructional videos and tutorials in the areas of computer science, computer programming, mathematics, science, robotics, and much more. Think of The New Boston as Khan Academy for computer science.
For students who are interested in programming, The New Boston offers an active discussion forum in which they can ask questions. One of the channels within The New Boston that jumped out at me is the Android app development series which contains 200 instructional videos. Here's a sample from The New Boston. Applications for EducationThe New Boston could be a great resource for students who want to learn programming on their own. Virtual Tours and Fieldtrips from The Teacher's Guide. Virtual Fieldtrips, Virtual Tours Virtual Tours of Museums and Exhibits Tour The American Museum of Natural History You can find 360 degree tours of dioramas, pictures, and video.
Tour an Ancient Roman Villa In this virtual tour, you can see the villa from all sides and enter the inside rooms. Tour The Collection at The National Gallery of Art You can perform a search by artist, title, or subject. Museo Galileo Institute and Museum of the History of Science The Online Catalogue of the museum presents the more than 1,200 objects on permanent exhibition through color images and detailed descriptions. Holocaust Museum Tour Find pictures, video, and art from the Holcaust Museum.
Tour The Museum of Unnatural Mystery Tour the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, learn about geology, and some strange things. Online Exhibitions from the Natural History Museum in London Explore art themes, botanical illustrations, and save images of your favorite exhibits. Virtual Gettysburg. 5 Interesting Virtual Museums and Activities for Students. As field trip budgets are increasingly trimmed at schools everywhere, teachers will need to find some alternative virtual activities for students. Here are five museums that offer excellent virtual tours and activities for students.
The Vatican Museums website hosts a fairly detailed virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The tour allows visitors to zoom in on small areas and details of the interior of the Sistine Chapel. Visitors to the virtual tour can turn 360 degrees to view the interior of the Sistine Chapel from various angles. In addition to the tour of the Sistine Chapel the Vatican Museums host virtual tours of five other places and exhibits. The European Virtual Museum is the product of collaboration between twenty-seven European museums.
Tenement Museum is a resource for US History teachers that can best be described as an interactive virtual museum. The JFK Presidential Library and Museum website has four interactive exhibits for learning about John F. Geologylink - Virtual Field Trips. Building Career Skills in Video Production Class (Tech2Learn Series) Jim: The look on a kid's face to realize that three or four weeks ago, they had nothing but an idea, and now they've impacted kids emotionally. They've literally had an emotional experience watching their film. I love that kids have the opportunity to get that from a classroom like this. Jim: And then you guys don't go on until Friday, right? Student: Nope. Jim: I teach three different classes. Jim: Here we go in, three, two.
Student: Better get biking. Student: For sure. Jim: I also teach an advanced media broadcast class. Student: What's up, Miners? Student: Hey, guys, hope everyone's having a great week. Student: It went well! Jim: And then I teach an Advanced Video Production class, and that class is where kids really get into video production. Student: What if we interview some seniors that do have a job? Student: Yeah, yeah, yes. Student: Ask them like... Jim: Every kid in the class has a job, and we rotate those jobs out. Student: Okay, so where am I starting from? Student: Yeah. TED: Ideas worth spreading.
TeacherTube - Teach the World | Teacher Videos | Lesson Plan Videos | Student Video Lessons | Online Teacher Made Videos | TeacherTube.com. Khan Academy. Software training online-tutorials for Adobe, Microsoft, Apple & more. TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing. Videos, Common Core Resources And Lesson Plans For Teachers: Teaching Channel. New Presentation Tool Lets You Easily Keep Students Engaged. From Prezi to Google Docs to PowerPoint , there’s no shortage of ways for teachers to put together a dynamic presentation. But Klowd wanted to take a different approach to help improve the presentation experience for both the person at the front of the classroom and in the back row. SlideKlowd is now available for your classroom and it could be the much-needed tool you’ve been looking for.
It’ll wake up your students and get them engaged and interacting with the lesson. Personally, I think this is the type of stuff we’ll be seeing in TED talks in the very near future. So what are the features of SlideKlowd aside from the misspelled name? “There are some fantastic tools out there to help create great presentations, but they don’t address the core of the presentation issue, the skills and engagement capabilities of the presenter or teacher. ” says Ken Holsinger, Klowd.com’s Founder and CEO. Will it work? 37 Crash Course History Videos. 7 Useful YouTube Channels for Science Students and Teachers.
Last month I posted a list of useful YouTube channels for history teachers and students. That list proved to be popular so I thought I'd follow-up with a list of useful YouTube channels, not named Khan Academy, for science teachers and students. The Periodic Table of Videos is a YouTube channel produced by The University of Nottingham. One of the more useful playlists in the channel is The Elements. The table features a video demonstration of the characteristics of elements in the Periodic Table of Elements. In all there are 390 videos divided into 24 playlists about the work of chemists at the university.Science Bob is a helpful website featuring science fair project ideas for elementary school and middle school students. I covered this a couple of weeks ago, but it's worth mentioning again.
Science/Math Concepts with Mr. Bright Storm is a company that I've covered before when writing about online mathematics help. Create a Video Star on Your iPad. Making Student Videos on the iPad. Most people who are Mac users would probably be familiar with iMovie. It's an easy to use app for making professional looking movies to share with others or for students to show their understanding of a concept or issue. iMovie is great, however, it is not the only app for making and editing movies on the iPad. There are numerous apps that do this job admirably - why don't you find one that matches your workflow or the learning styles of your students. Here is a small selection; iMovie: $5.49 AU Designed for the Multi-Touch screen, iMovie puts everything you need to tell your story at your fingertips. Browse and play projects in the Marquee view. Make a movie in minutes by adding video, photos, music and sound effects.
Then give it the Hollywood treatment by adding a theme, titles and transitions. ReelDirector: $1.99 AU ReelDirector is a powerful, easy-to-use, and fun app for creating videos with titles and effects. Videolicious: FREE. 22 Filmmaking Apps for the iPad & iPhone. The iPad and iPhone have taken the world by storm. Only very recently have filmmakers started to see their potential in a production environment. The iPad has only been out a few months and we are already seeing it used in some very creative ways. For this feature we have rounded up some of the best and most useful Filmmaking Apps that our Deal Leader Steve Jobs has approved for the App Store.
As more filmmakers explore the possibilities with these powerful mobile devices, we are sure this list will continue to grow. iMovie Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app only for iPhone 4. Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 4. ReelDirector Full-blown video editing for iPhone and iPad. Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
DSLR Slate DSLR Slate is the perfect companion for the DSLR Filmmaker. Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Movie Slate Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. PocketLD. Wordia - Vocabulary Videos and Games.