Get Students Involved Through Videos!
Do you want to build fluency in students' speaking skills? Do you want to access student understanding in one-directional conference? (Muhtaris & Ziemke, 2020). If so, allow students to become involved with recording students' thinking using video tools. This is a fun and engaging way for students to respond to a plethora of ideas. Some examples of student response videos are learning project videos, response videos, reflection videos, and tutorial videos (Sears 2018). They can be very structured to open-ended. There are so many resources of technology now available to make this happen. Especially during the current state we are in with COVID-19, students are becoming much more equipped with technology. Remote learning has become the new norm for the time being, so why don't we allow students to show a snapshot of their thinking and learning in progress through video!
This video demonstrates how students use flipgrid (one of the video tools for students) to create a video response. There are many more recording tools available to students.
Types of student-created videos with examples (Sears 2018)
1. Learning product videos: These are typically summative assignments where students demonstrate their learning. An example of this would be to allow my students to create a video explaining the life cycles of different animals. This way, the teacher can see if the students understand how organisms grow and changes over time.
2. Response videos: These vides are similar to an exit ticket. The teacher will ask a question about the lesson and the students will record the answer. An example of this I could use is after a reading lesson, to ask my students what their favorite book was and why.
3. Reflection videos: This serves as a way to allow students to reflect on the learning process. This will show what strategies did not work for my students and how they were able to problem solve.
4. Tutorial videos: This is a useful way for students to show an understand of a skill or practice. Through this video example, students will not only know how to do something but also teach others how to do it! An example of this could be to have students create a tutorial about building a family tree. These can be shared on Google Classroom so all classmates can see!
All of these video responses will vary with grade level, but remember to have fun with it!
Video recording tools for students can use
Flipgrid iMovie
Here are some tips and a checklist for a student video responses on how to create a video (Muhtaris & Ziemke, 2020). Students can follow these tips and guidelines when creating a video of their own. This way, students know what they should be focusing on. Creating a video can be challenging, but with these tips and guidelines, students can make sure they are creating their best possible video response.
Read this article to see the benefits of student response videos:
Read this to learn more about flipgrid (pros/cons, how to teach with the tool, what is it, and is the tool beneficial for learning):
This blog was very informative on how to start utilizing more technology with children. I love the picture and the expressions on their faces, I do believe that students do become excited to learn and engage using technology. The video was very helpful and I know m y hold back on incorporating more technology is fear and also lack of understanding how to do something. This blog was very helpful to see exactly how to start using different technology ideas with our students. The charts at the bottom would be very helpful to have in the classroom as reminders and guidelines.
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! Your blog post is very informative and provides the reader with great resources to try out in their classroom. I especially liked your breakdown of the types of student-created videos. This helped me to better understand the purposes of videos in the classroom. I never thought of using a student video as a way to formally assess their learning. Typically when I do video responses, they are in response to given questions or peer responses. I like incorporating videos into the classroom as a product of learning because this is a clear indication of how much material the child grasped from the lesson. Overall, thank you for sharing this valuable information!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna, To begin, I really like the physical structure of your blog post. Secondly the topic of this post is extremely relevant and embodies a lot of what digital literacy means. The usage of videos, clips and movies have drastically changed how students view information and learn. In your post you show multiple ways videos can be used, and they can be used to do just about anything in a classroom and even more so when learning online. I like the break down of types of videos you or your students can use. This was informative and gives a clear description of what type of video can be used when or to complete a specific task. In the classroom videos can stimulate what has already been learned or what will be learned, but after reading your post it is clear that when learning online videos can be anything from information to assessment.
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna – great job on your blog post! I really like the ideas behind your blog, and this is the first one I have seen so far focused on how to incorporate video tools into your classroom. I actually haven’t really seen video tools get used at my internship, and I do think it can be fun to have students use them to record themselves to explain their thinking. I love that you included FlipGrid for a way for students to create a video response. It is actually so ironic, because at my internship, that was a focus for this week for teachers to try to incorporate it into their lessons! I actually got to watch a few of students responses from it, and they did such a good job! FlipGrid is a really easy platform for students to learn to use, and it’s even fun because then their classmates get to see and hear their friends! The four examples you included of ways we can have students create videos is a great reference. I think learning product videos, response videos, reflection videos and tutorial videos are an easy thing to include in any lesson if a teacher wanted to. Also, thanks for including those articles at the bottom of the blog, I can’t wait to learn more about how I could incorporate video response into my future classroom!
ReplyDeleteHey Deonna! I thought that your blog was very informative and gave us great ways that we can use student created videos to enable our students to show what they know. Something that stood out to me was your take on response videos. Even in college we have had to do an exit ticket regarding the lesson that we just learned and I think this is a great way to enable the students to show you how much they learned while simultaneously allowing them to be creative in their response. I also thought that tutorial videos would be a great way for students to teach each other how to do a specific skill that they may excel in. When I think about tutorial videos I think about students during this Covid time watching videos from their teachers about how to submit things on Google classroom. I never thought of the idea of having the kids create a tutorial video on what they have learned and think this is a neat way for them to broadcast their thought process in a nontraditional way. Overall great blog, I really enjoyed seeing the ways you can implement using a video into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! I loved your blog and all the ideas on how to incorporate videos tools into the classroom. With our current situation with online learning these video tools can be very helpful! I love the idea of using Flipgrid! It is an easy tool that many students can use. I like the ideas for reflections and exit slips. I find this to be very helpful now to see who is understanding the content being taught. Currently, I am teaching the different animals groups to my Kindergarten class. I feel using Flipgrid would be a cool idea for them to record facts they learned or they favorite animal. I also think it gives the shy students an opportunity to participate without feeling the pressure to raise their hand and be called on. Thanks for the information!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! I really enjoyed reading your blog post! It was super informative and allows me to learn more on how to use videos in my classroom with the students. It is well organized, providing more information, tips, and resources to learn more.I have used flip grid in the past in other classes and I think that is one great tool to use with students. Even though I have used It in the past, this blog helped me identify other ways to use it such as a learning product video. This allows a different way for teachers to assess student learning instead of a written assignment. Students might like this idea better as it is fun to create videos rather than writing. Lastly, the tips and check list you added are definitely something I would add in my classroom for students to refer back to when creating videos to ensure they are doing their best! Especially during quarintine, utilizing video platforms helps to still ensure student learning and even allow students to see their teacher and peers! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna, your blog was very resourceful! I've never heard of flipgrid until it was introduced during this class. One aspect I really like about flipgrid is that it's short. The children have to really know and even rehearse what they want to say. I know for me, I hit "redo" a bunch of times because I forgot information or I did not like the flow of my video. It gives them a chance to "edit and revise" in a digital way. It think video is a great way to have children to have children create, share, respond and reflect. It aids in strengthening oral language skills with then will strengthen written language over time. But, it breaks of the monotony and engages students to participate in a creative, fun, new way.
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! I loved how you started out your post with questions. This is a great way to initially grab the attention of the reader and get them engaged! These truly pulled me in right away and made me want to read more. You are so right that students are becoming even more fluent with technology during this time of COVID-19 because even more aspects of their day revolve around technology considering that their schooling is online. With this going on, it is the perfect time to utilize their new resources and have them experiment with projects such as videos that you were discussing. Flipgrid is an awesome resource that is very user friendly can be adapted to all different age groups so I feel that this is a great tool for you to have chosen. I especially liked how you listen the different types of student created videos and even gave examples. These were very helpful as a reader to see so many different things that we could potentially do with students. This was a very informative job Deonna, you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Deonna! Your blog hooked me right away with the title about getting students involved using videos! I have been teaching remotely for the last two months and I could feel that student engagement was starting to be much more of a challenge. Just this week, I started to incorporate a flipgrid morning prompt and the students are loving it! Next week I plan to use it as a learning product video as you mentioned above. The video response checklist will be very useful to share with my students to help focus their responses and make them most effective. Before using this tool, I never realized how incorporating a "rehearsal" time for kids to practice their speaking skills would benefit them so much. Overall- great job on your blog! It was informative and very relevant to the times.
ReplyDeleteI love this, Deonna! I am new to flipgrid myself so this post was very informative. I love how it allows students to show what they know in a creative and different way than just pencil and paper. Especially since they can add funny faces for the cover of the video, which adds an element of fun! I love how you posted a checklist for students, just as with any other new thing it is important to teach students how to use something new. I also love that students can not only respond to the prompt, but teach their classmates things too! That can be a motivating factor for some students. Again, great job and thank you for the new information!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna, I really love this idea! I think it is so great to be able to share your thoughts and ideas through videos with others. Especially during this time, I know a lot of students like using programs like Flipgrid so they are still able to see and interact with their friends in a meaningful way. I liked that you included a tutorial on how to use Flipgrid that was really helpful. I also liked how you explained the different ways students can use videos to go along with various projects. This concept is so important and helpful to both teachers and students. I like the checklists that you paired with the video projects that is really good for students to have so they understand how to make their videos and what is needed. I will be using these strategies in my future classroom. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! I definitely learned something from this blog post. While I've used Flipgrid in the past, I never really knew how to set it up from a teacher's perspective and what it could really be used for in an elementary classroom setting. Now, thanks to your blog and the helpful linked articles, I've started a list of how I might incorporate video recording platforms in my classroom. One of the first grade classes in the school I'm interning at was working on writing "how-to" books earlier this year. Platforms like FlipGrid could be used for them to draft out their "how-to" books so that while they're writing they have a reference for what they want to say. It could also potentially be used instead of them having to write a whole book by hand. I definitely want to do more research on how FlipGrid can be used throughout the curriculum! Great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Deonna! I really enjoyed reading this blog because I believe that video can be so useful in the classroom. It is so engaging and creates such a fun and exciting learning experience for students. It does a great job at combining visual and auditory learning. I think that you gave some great examples, and a lot of information that other teachers could find useful to incorporate into their classrooms. I also am a big fan of the section that gives tips on the use of these videos. Awsome job!
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