Online Video Course for Educators
Posted on July 18, 2008
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This summer my writing and blogging has greatly decreased. This is mostly because I have been fully engaged in learning and acquiring new information. You could say that I have been in student mode for much of the summer break, either in a formal class or self-exploration on various technologies.
Last month I took a K-State online course “EDCI 786 Digital Video in the Classroom” about video production and editing. Taught by Kay Murphy and Vaudene Field, this course is an excellent introduction to getting started with video as a teaching tool. (I have seen this course listed the past few summers, if you are interested in taking it check K-State’s Distance Education site to see when it will be taught next.)
Although I have been an amateur video enthusiast for many years, I still learned a number of things in the class. I will try to share a little bit of that new knowledge with you here.
Zimmertwins
The first week of the video class I was introduced to the Zimmertwins website. It provides a very basic introduction to timeline based editing. It’s very cute, and my 6 year old loves it. I think it would be a very good starting place for working with primary school children on concepts of digital storytelling needed for video making.
Video in the Classroom
Matthew Needleman’s excellent Video in the Classroom website is a tremendous resource for learning about digital storytelling in the classroom. For those interested in digital media projects as learning tools for any subject area, you don’t want to miss his reasons for integrating video technology. One of the most important reasons listed here is:
Higher level thinking.The revised Bloom’s Taxonomy puts creating at the highest level. Most traditional teaching asks students to memorize and recall information whereas filmmaking asks students to analyze and synthesize information from multiple sources, decide how to illustrate that information, and make decisions about presentation. (Needleman, 2008)
SchoolTube
I had already heard about and tried TeacherTube before, but this class introduced me to SchoolTube. Both are education friendly video hosting sites similar to YouTube. I have not used either very much and cannot be considered an authority on which is better to use. However the SchoolTube interface seems overly complicated and it’s search engine couldn’t find my video. As a college level educator, YouTube is appropriate for what I do, so I’ll probably continue using the original.
Video Tutorials
There were a couple of video making tutorials shared in the class. I bookmarked them for future reference to share with my students and I’ll share them here. They are:
- Video with Professor Monkey
- How to Shoot Like a Pro tips on filming a field trip
- Flick School
- Beautiful Transitions: Having the guts to cut
Video Terminology
Baffled by the jargon of video? Here are a few glossaries of terms:
Equipment Purchasing Assignment
One assignment dealt with purchasing equipment for videomaking. As it turns out, my summer job had me spending a great deal of time researching video equipment. So my equipment list was a bit more sophisticated than that of the average classroom. Two pieces of gear to check out if you already have a video program in place and want to expand:
- NewTek Tricaster Studio - A slick video studio in a box supports editing, mixing, virtual sets. Check it out!
- Panasonic AG-HVX200A A high definition video camera supporting solid state & mini DV tape recording
That’s all for now. I’ll try to be better about posting more often, but right now it seems I’m too busy learning new stuff to spend a lot of time writing!
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I have started using YouTube exclusively and then connecting the videos to edublogs.tv to get by the school filter
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