Having students create videos in your classroom is a great way to spice things up. Some other benefits of having students create videos include more student engagement, use of higher level thinking, and more personalized learning.
There are variety of video creating opportunities that you can give your students. Here are a couple to get you thinking...
Student Reflections & Formative Assessments
There is often not enough time in a class period to talk one-on-one with every student about a paper or project they are working on. Have the students tape themselves talking about where they are in the process and where they could use your help. You can then watch these videos on your own time and be prepared to help them next class. You could also have them reflect on something they just completed - a paper, project, in-class activity. They can tell you what they learned from the activity. Here is a great article about using video for self reflections.
Summative Assessments
Giving students choices on how they can demonstrate their learning is a great way to get them engaged. How about allowing them to create a video? As a teacher all you need to provide them with is the standard or learning target(s) that you would like them to demonstrate in the video. The video could simply be of the students talking about what they have learned to creating a fictional story about the content that is told through comic strip characters. I think you would be surprised at the creativity that comes out in students when they are given the chance to be.
Shadow Puppet Edu
This is an iPad app that allows students to create simple videos using shadow puppets as their characters. Here is a video explaining how it works.
Loom
This is a Chrome browser extension that can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and Chromebooks. Here is a video explaining how it works.
Do Ink Green Screen App
This app allows students to place any picture(s) behind them as they are speaking by using a green screen (we have one in the MS/HS media center and one at OES). Here is a video on how this app works.
MySimpleShow
This tool allows you to create a basic whiteboard video. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account. Here is a video that explains how it works.
School Video Recorder for Google Drive
This is a Chrome browser extension that automatically saves the video in Google Drive making it easy to then upload into Google Classroom. Here is a video that explains this tool.
Adobe Spark
This tool has been discussed already on the blog. Check that post out here. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account. There is also an iPad app.
PowToon
This tool allows students to create a comic strip style video (similar to MySimpleShow). Here is a video that explains this tool. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account.
Screencastify
This tool is also a Chrome browser extension that allows you to video tape anything that is on your screen. Students can recorder themselves talking through a Google Slides presentation, info-graphic, or maybe reflecting on a paper they are writing for class. Students even have tools to write on their screen as they are talking. Here is a video explaining this tool. This tool can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and Chromebooks.
There are variety of video creating opportunities that you can give your students. Here are a couple to get you thinking...
Student Reflections & Formative Assessments
There is often not enough time in a class period to talk one-on-one with every student about a paper or project they are working on. Have the students tape themselves talking about where they are in the process and where they could use your help. You can then watch these videos on your own time and be prepared to help them next class. You could also have them reflect on something they just completed - a paper, project, in-class activity. They can tell you what they learned from the activity. Here is a great article about using video for self reflections.
Summative Assessments
Giving students choices on how they can demonstrate their learning is a great way to get them engaged. How about allowing them to create a video? As a teacher all you need to provide them with is the standard or learning target(s) that you would like them to demonstrate in the video. The video could simply be of the students talking about what they have learned to creating a fictional story about the content that is told through comic strip characters. I think you would be surprised at the creativity that comes out in students when they are given the chance to be.
Video Creation Tools
Here are some great tools student could use to create videos on their Chromebooks or iPads by going to a specific website, downloading a Chrome browser extension, or through an iPad app.Shadow Puppet Edu
This is an iPad app that allows students to create simple videos using shadow puppets as their characters. Here is a video explaining how it works.
Loom
This is a Chrome browser extension that can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and Chromebooks. Here is a video explaining how it works.
Do Ink Green Screen App
This app allows students to place any picture(s) behind them as they are speaking by using a green screen (we have one in the MS/HS media center and one at OES). Here is a video on how this app works.
MySimpleShow
This tool allows you to create a basic whiteboard video. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account. Here is a video that explains how it works.
School Video Recorder for Google Drive
This is a Chrome browser extension that automatically saves the video in Google Drive making it easy to then upload into Google Classroom. Here is a video that explains this tool.
Adobe Spark
This tool has been discussed already on the blog. Check that post out here. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account. There is also an iPad app.
PowToon
This tool allows students to create a comic strip style video (similar to MySimpleShow). Here is a video that explains this tool. The tool is accessed by going to their website and signing in with your Google Account.
Screencastify
This tool is also a Chrome browser extension that allows you to video tape anything that is on your screen. Students can recorder themselves talking through a Google Slides presentation, info-graphic, or maybe reflecting on a paper they are writing for class. Students even have tools to write on their screen as they are talking. Here is a video explaining this tool. This tool can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and Chromebooks.
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