Telling Stories with Video

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of composing videos in a class. It gives opportunities for students to be creative and to be able to demonstrate what they really learn outside of the classic paper and pencil homework.  

Although I don’t think that I would use videos in a math class, I think it is a really good idea in other subjects. With math, there isn’t too much stories to be told, although it could be a way to visually represent a specific topic with some form of animation.  Videos would allow for the more artistic students, who might not respond well to traditional homework, to show what they are really capable of and show that they really understand what is going on.      

Overall, having students create videos as a class activity allows for increased participation, as well as collaboration and feedback from other students.  It is a fun and different way to work with a subject so students can get excited about doing something new. 

The following are the NETS Profiles for grades 9-12:

#3: Students have the opportunity to use whatever technology
would be best appropriate to use with composing a video, which could be for
editing or previewing. 

#4: By creating videos, students are discussing specific
subject matter in a critical way. 

#6: The technology used in creating videos can be analyzed and
exposed to students, so they can decide if it is a technology that they would
like to use for later projects. 

#9: Creating videos are another way to create media-rich
presentations. 

Young, C., & Kajder, S. (2009, June). Learning
Connections Telling Stories with Videos. Retrieved October 16, 2010, from
ISTE.