Five-Minute Film Festival: 8 Interactive Video Tools for Engaging Learners It's no secret that I am a passionate advocate for using video in the classroom. When used well, videos can help students make connections to people and ideas beyond their usual frame of reference. That's why I've been really excited to see a wave of new (and mostly free or low-cost!) tech tools recently that enable teachers to take favorite clips and make them more valuable for educational use. Whether you use videos to flip your classroom or you just appreciate the power of video to engage kids, maybe one of the tools in my playlist below will help you go deeper in 2014. Video Playlist: Tools to Enhance Videos for Learning You may notice my playlist below looks a little different this time; I'm embedding using a great tool called Huzzaz, reviewed below. More Resources on Using Video in the Classroom Reviews and Guides for Interactive Video Tools Sources and Ideas for Using Videos in the Classroom
The Art of Insight and Action Interactive Video: Turn Viewers Into Participants Interactive video is closer than it may appear. Interactive video depends on breaking the fourth wall. Inherently some viewers will be turned off because they like to just sit back and be presented a story. So before we go deeper, which kind of viewer are you? Don't worry, there's no wrong answer, but if you answered at all, you're probably ready for interactive video. Let's take a little glance across some forms that we've already been exposed to. A Web service like engajer (link is external) opens up new possible uses and integration of video. Comedians are the real experts. With video games (possibly one of the earliest media in which good audience control is praised), they're rated for replay-ability, and while the traditionally second viewing of a movie would take place via home video, premieres are coming through smaller, and more portable screens. Among documentary, suspense, fantasy, news, and online, every single category of video looks to engage viewers and keep them engaged.
Wikiversity 5 Reasons to Use Videos in the Classroom Since the advent of digital Videos in the Classroom tools, Communication with the help of videos has always been a very powerful, interesting and exciting way among people in every field of human interest. There are not just the consumers among us but the creators are also there whose ideas have been great to revolutionize the world of digital technology. The use of videos and other digital media should not only be integrated in educational system in every part of the world but the teachers and educators should encourage the use of these highly effective sources of learning in classroom for the students. YouTube for Schools You can take YouTube for Schools as a great example of revolution in digital technology and education system. This forum was not introduced too long ago but has very successfully added more than half million videos in the library and the number is increasing every day. Reason 1: More Engagement in Classroom Reason 2: Easier Way to Bear Info in Mind About the Author
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