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Monday, April 16, 2007
"Video-on-Demand" and the Technorati
With the onset of "Videos-on-Demand" in classrooms, it seems to me that the blogging Technorati tracks will continue to increase in numbers. Videos in classrooms, at least ones accessible right at their fingertips, allow educators to create new lessons and activities for students to participate in; by joining one form of technology with another (especially technology students have some interest in), teachers will gain students' focus and interest. Students can blog about the videos, or, even better, create video blogs in relation to the class videos. Many students already have a familiarity with most of this technology; bringing into the classroom would 1) make school work more relatable to their lives, and 2) make it more interesting and fun.
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I just hope that teachers don't rely too heavily on these teaching tools. I know teachers already who play videos for far too long, so as long as these videos are used for good purposes (not to occupy a week's worth of material), then I think they will be meaningful resources to use in the classroom.
I agree Jami. Teacher's should not rely on videos to teach the class. Rather, videos should be used to enhance the material being taught. I was giving one suggestion of how to use the videos with blogging productively, that may-- or may not (who knows)-- interest the students. But I'm glad you brought that point up. Educator's who use videos consistently throughout their classes are missing the reason for the videos in the first place: give a better, or more indepth--not full-- understanding of part of the material.
You both have a great point regarding the reliance upon video's in the classroom.
I'd really hate to see them overused as well, since this could in turn lead to students tuning them out.
It's always that way once someone gets used to a new technology, that is usually when people begin to take that technology for granted and it is no longer a new or novel item. Kind of like the Power Point presentations that are overused in the classroom now.
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