This week we started working on our key assignment for our portfolio. We are making a video that we can use for instruction in our classrooms. We will also be sharing these videos in the classroom that we are providing materials for. The teacher we are working with is excited for our video. We are doing it as an intro to the drug unit. She is really excited about our idea (it is a surprise).
This project will benefit me as a teacher. I was intimidated about making videos because I thought that it would be extremely difficult. Now that I am learning how to make them through PhotoStory and Microsoft Movie Maker, I have come to understand that it in fact is not that difficult. These videos are a great resource for our students and a quick, yet different way to get them the information they need. I believe students will be more interested in these videos than they would if we were to do just straight lecture.
As I stated above, these videos will help me to reach another type of learner. After some of the examples given in class, I like the idea of being able to show one and the beginning of the yet to get students excited about what they will be learning. I want to make learning enjoyable. This technology will enhance my teaching and make me a better educator because I am able to teach in a way that relates to me students. Students enjoy technology and any way that I can incorporate it into the classroom will be beneficial to them. It will also be beneficial to me because I am keeping up with technology and taking advantage of what it has to offer.
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