In today’s media rich world, it just makes sense to use multimedia in the classroom. The decision to engage students using the tools with which they are familiar is a no-brainer. It needs to be done.
But the time it takes to develop media does not come easily. I tag teamed with a math teacher down the hall last week to create a 4 minute video teaching graphs. The final product took 2 hours to shoot, edit, and publish. Seems like a lot of time for a little product.
I predict, however, that the 2 hours will see its reward down the line. The time we spent will bring students to attention and teach a concept in a way that they have not seen before. At the very least, it got our administration excited about what we are capable of on our campus.
I haven’t posted our experimental video, yet. We were just trying to see what we could do in a single conference period. Certainly worth giving more time and effort to.
How are you using teacher created videos? What tools do you use to create multimedia? Do you host your videos on your school server or a host site?
Hopefully.
I have recently acquired 3
Our campus has a new wireless laptop cart to use in our classrooms. I am currently sitting in the training to use the cart, minding my own business writing this post. The cart is equipped with 30 laptops, a dedicated laser printer, and extra batteries. The laptops are made by Dell and they will behave just like our wired labs.
Arrington on the Air is a new podcast by Mrs. Arrington’s second grade class.
In an effort to practice what I preach, I am co-teaching a unit on the Industrial Revolution with one of our 8th grade history teachers. She is the content expert and I am the media expert. Students are working together to present the IR with multimedia. Most groups chose to make a 3 minute video and one project will be in the form of a podcast.




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