Popcorn Maker. TED-ED: Creating a Flipped Lesson. I love using TED videos in my classroom to get students thinking about issues related to what we are studying. When I heard that I could wrap video content in an online lesson with TED Ed, I decided to check it out. The process of setting up my first lesson was refreshingly easy!
1. Go to TED-Ed to check out the collection of educational lessons. You can search by: Series – Collection of related videosSubject -Arts, Business &Economics, Health, Literature & Language, Mathematics, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science & Technical Subjects, Social Studies, Thinking & LearningBest flips - Exceptional user created lessons (or “flips”) 2. The first lesson I used with students was titled “Exploring Language: The Art of the Metaphor.” I was able to tailor the language to explain the lesson objectives. Questions can be multiple choice or short answer. 3.
This is a great way to get students thinking beyond simple questions to extend the lesson. 4. 5. Flip Any YouTube Video. YouTube Just Launched A Site Specifically For Teachers. There are thousands of inspirational and educational videos on YouTube right now. Many are perfect for your classroom. Knowing this, YouTube has created a new site that curates these videos and organizes them into an easier-to-find system that’s perfect for teachers. YouTube Teachers is a brand new channel that displays helpful videos on teaching and learning about basically everything. If it’s a lesson plan or teaching tool, it’s probably on YouTube Teachers. As you can see below, the splash page to YouTube Teachers resembles a chalkboard background on top of a notepad.
I have really been enjoying the new site and have tried to put it through it’s paces. You can sign up to become a part of the new YouTube Teachers community and get regular e-mails about popular videos. YouTube Teachers is really all about playlists. Don’t know how to make a playlist or other finer points of YouTube? This is the first of two big ways YouTube is reaching out to the education community. How To YouTube Your Classroom. How To YouTube Your Classroom by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated from a crazy old post we forgot we published and nobody read anyway because we were only weeks old and had zero traffic so yeah.
YouTube is popular. How popular? More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each monthOver 6 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube—that’s almost an hour for every person on Earth100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute Over 3 billion videos are viewed each day. A trillion. Whatever mechanisms YouTube uses to deploy content works. 1. This is among the most important to YouTube’s success. Possibility for Teachers: Make processes and procedure as simple and transparent as possible. 2. While largely passive, there is opportunity on YouTube for active participation, including forming video responses or video annotation. Possibility for Teachers: Model decision-making with learners. 3. “Suggested Videos” change everything. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 15 Great Video Sites for Educators. YouTube: The undisputed king of all video sites.
Whilst all the others are great and offer you a little more safety in regards to content, pretty much all the great content from those sites can also be found here in most cases. TED-Ed: From a site that’s long been known for big ideas, you’ll find TED-Ed, videos specifically designed to act as highly engaging and fun lessons. TeacherTube: This YouTube for teachers is an amazing resource for finding educationally-focused videos to share with your classroom. You can find videos uploaded by other teachers or share your own. Edutopia: An awesome place to find learning ideas and resources, Edutopia has videos, blogs, and more, all sorted into grade levels. YouTube EDU: A YouTube channel just for education, you can find primary and secondary education, university-level videos, and even lifelong learning. Classroom Clips: Classroom Clips offers media for educators and students alike, including video and audio in a browseable format.
Browse Videos tech angels Videos on Sandhurst TV. EDU. TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing. 11 Important Ways To Use Video In Your Classroom. Any company, organization, or individual hoping to take advantage of digital video (see TeachThought’s related piece, How To YouTube Your Classroom) to educate or entertain the populace or promote a product should have a video strategy in place before springing for the time and equipment involved.
Educators, of course, are not exempt from the core tenets of solidifying a viable video strategy — especially when it comes to how exactly they plan to take advantage of everything the medium offers. 1. Online and open source Because both the online and the open source movements within education have been enjoying steady growth, it behooves any adherents to fire up their cameras and film a few lectures or other helpful videos. Educators who upload for public consumption on a personal site, iTunes U, YouTube Education, or other hosting resource reach a range of students beyond their rosters. 2. Accessibility 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.