How do we accomplish this feat?
Understanding the contents of a school’s existing
video library is key in teacher training. Almost
every video was purchased with specific subject
or curriculum content area in mind. That is not
to say that there are no videos that were purchased
for entertainment. But even those videos can implement
into a daily lesson.
How do we accomplish our goals with
Video?
Studies by the Department of Education and the Corporation
of Public Broadcasting have shown that video clips
in the classroom increase interest and involvement
in the lesson. It also increases attention, retention,
and test scores, while decreasing negative behaviors
and absences.
-Studies show that students only focus and retain
about 20 minutes of a video in this environment.
How can we guarantee what information they are retaining?
By only showing them the 10-20 minutes of video
directly relating to the subject at hand.
That is the greatest advantage of
the Teradon Media Management System
The current trends in Education and Society understand
how integral visual media is in every aspect of
our lives. Examples of real TV shows and the intense
coverage of every major world event populate most
channels on our televisions.
We encourage all of our teachers
to begin slowly when implementing video into their
lessons until they ‘find their groove’.
Through the use of our scheduling program, we eliminate
the need to go to the media center, search for the
video on the shelf, hope that it is there and in
working order, then hope that the media specialist
is there to sign it out.
Why is this important?
If you can implement video clips into your presentations,
at key moments, cued and ready to go, it makes for
a breath of fresh air and a positive refocusing
point in a lecture. The movement gives the mental
break to your children, bringing them back from
the midday dream. Every great public speaker and
educators use movement and change to keep interest
and focus. When important facts in the video tie
back to the key lecture points, it gives you the
capability to pause and correlate. Your interaction
with the video increases their interaction with
learning. If you are using a longer segment of video,
use the pause and predict method. What happens next,
what do you think, what would you do, how would
you do it differently?
Video can be a great tool for understanding
experiments and procedures as well as situational
expectations. Expectations, rules, and guidelines
for field trips to unfamiliar locations can be viewed
ahead of time. With the use of our
bi-directional equipment, you can actually make
these tapes, if they do not already exist, and make
them available to your campus and the associated
institution.
