Pre-Recorded+Media

**Pre-Recorded Media**

 * A Great Source! ** A great source that I found in regards to pre-recorded media is a website where one individual made thousands of videos teaching different topics such as math, science, and finance. It has evolved over the years. It now includes an assessment feature that allows teachers to track student progress. The one caution I have about this site has to do with the overall quality of some of the explanations that you will find--especially about math. I have heard from some that the explanations in math are not always the greatest. As with any resource, make sure you vet out the content before allowing students to use it.

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This is a great example of distance education in the form of pre-recorded media.

Jody

Those are just two of many apps for screencasts. (Intro, educreations, and doceri basics posted by Pam)
 * Create Your Own Screencasts! ** Jody is so right in noting that while the Khan Academy videos can be a great resource, some of their explanations in math are not always ideal. So why not create your own screencasts to turn your iPad into a whiteboard-plus? These can be great tools for flipping classrooms, or just for creating tutorials for support. I've come across a few apps for this:
 * educreations This is a //**free**// app (computer or iPad) that's user-friendly for teachers and students. I used it to create math memory-refreshers for students to use at home. It let me emphasize concepts in the voiceover, rather than algorithms. It also allows you to import and write over images. I quickly saw that it was easy enough for students to create their own screencasts. Also, you can see whether students have viewed a particular screencast. One hitch with educreations is that you have to do the writing and voice recording simultaneously.
 * doceri also has a free version, and has more options -- but is more challenging to use. The biggest advantage over educreations is that doceri saves audio recordings and the slides you create separately. Also, it allows a wider variety of backgrounds (lined legal paper, graph paper, blank whiteboard, etc.). There also is a projection feature, but I have no experience with that. If you do, please add it here!

Please add to the list! For example, I'm only just starting to explore Explain Everything ($2.99 or bulk-order pricing). If you have info, please add it! / Pam

** Thank you Pam- I think I need to inherit my IPAD back off my 3 year old! ** I would like to share with you a great example of prerecorded media: **Learn 360** has a variety of different interactive media formats that can be used in k-12 classrooms. I am particularly keen on the short, but informative videos that I can stream from there. There are several reasons why I am an advocate for learn 360: 1) The range of topics that are covered; I have very rarely found 'nothing' on items that I have  searched for.   2) You can be really specific in your search for different topics. This includes selecting which grade  level it is appropriate for. You can also save your video searches. 3) Students in K-5 are often very engaged, and it is particularly appealing to visual learners. I can  see this being very useful at middle school and high school too.   4) They only use reliable publishers and producers. This is very reassuring when you consider 'you  tube' and the types of inappropriate videos that can be found on there. 5) There are many professional development opportunities through 'free' webinars.   I use this web-based learning tool as my introductory tool to almost everything. Just last week I showed a video on "how to express simple problems in the form of mathematical sentences" It was really useful and helped to aid the student understanding of the mathematical concept. I am now looking at several videos about Native Indians for our social science topic. In accordance with what we have been reading in chapter 4 about the real world learning experience, I would say that learn 360 is a good resource to use for the students that are being asked to use their higher order thinking skills to work on a project or problem.    The following are the only disadvantages I can think of for Learn 360:   1) Although the videos on Learn 360 are not all outdated, it is still true that 'you tube' has an excess of choices when it comes to finding current videos on almost anything. 2) I believe my school district purchased Learn360 and although it is not free, it is apparently not that expensive. It does have to   If anyone has used Learn 360 before, I would be interested to know what you thought of it.

Sonal Pam - I've heard __ShowMe__ and __ScreenChomp__ (wow, with interaction between students if they don't understand a concept, they can create their own ScreenChop and share it with their classmates) are great apps to create your own screencasts! Sonal-I love Learn 360! My school luckily has purchased it as well, along with BrainPop which has awesome 5 minute videos on a variety of topics and assignments and quizzes to go along with each lesson. The paid for version of BrainPop has SO MANY videos but there are many free ones too. I've noticed they keep it current to curriculum and current events (for example a video on MLK was free last week because of the anniversary).

Enough about that though, I want to tell you about TenMarks! www.tenmarks.com

TenMarks falls under pre-recorded media, but has some awesome ways for teachers to track students’ progress. Currently TenMarks is only for math but potentially will be expanding to other subjects in the future. It is aligned with the common core standards!

Free Version! //**Teachers**// sign on: Create class/class list. You get the log-ins for each of your students. (And a parent letter home with their child’s specific log-in) Teachers create assignments based on their standards and set a due date. Teachers can track students’ progress. Teachers can choose to assign certain assignments to the whole class or just individual students. Teachers have the option to see reports on performance for the whole class or each specific student. What **//students//** see: When students log on they can clearly see all the assignments from their teacher. They pick one and have to solve 10 or 20 questions, depending. There is always help! There are videos for each standard and helpful hints the students can click on. The best part is when the students are done, they see their score and if they think they can do better, there is an option to go back and review the answers they got wrong BEFORE submitting their work for the teacher to see. Once submitted, the students see an explanation for every question they got wrong, again with the option to watch the video for further help and understanding.

Premium Version: There are “amplifiers” that are automatic help when students don’t understand a concept. There are assessment options.

Some other observations: The free version is amazing; the premium version obviously has more options but costs money. I am not sure how much. The videos took about 90 seconds to load.

Disclaimer: I am a little biased, because I helped record the 4th grade videos and some of the 5th grade videos this summer! Even with the bias, I still think it is a great resource and am using it in my 5th grade classroom this year!

Start your own Collaborative Whiteboard on "Groupboard"
Professor Jody mentioned how the "Khan Academy" is a superb resource with free pre-recorded lessons on almost all academic subjects for students to view a tutorial about the concepts. I used this with my students after I explain a math concept and have to use Khan Academy when they need a "math concept refresher" in order to do their homework. I see that Pam has a resource on Educreations which I fully support in my class for special education students. In fact, my 7th grader, who has Autism, is able to understand math concepts when I go over with him on his "Educreations" school iPad app.

To further add-on to these above 'great resources,' I'll like to introduce a free "Groupboard" app. I enjoy using this app because I can give some interactive Math or English lessons for my students while they're on their computers to add in their inputs at the same of me providing questions. Typically, I have my students to enter in my board ID number to connect to the same screen as me and I would prepare my whiteboard either on my iPad or on the website prior to doing the lesson with the students. The students are more engage in doing the exercises from my secure online whiteboard. For new users, I'll display the whiteboard from the projector for them to see how to use Groupboard with an demonstration.

The limitation of this app is that you will find with this app is that if you more than 5 other students, you will need to upgrade to a pro account starting at $9.99 a month for up to 15 students and more. I would only recommend to use this during small group times to rotate with 5 students at a time with access.

If anyone has used this resource before, please share with me to add on more to what else this can be used for or added on to.

-Ada Ada - There is another collaborative whiteboard called "Sketchlot. Where teacher's and students can Create a sketch, share it with students. They mark up their own and share it back.

Rita

BrainPOP

BrainPOP is a resource that I use ALL of the time. Its wide range of curriculum is ideal. It includes Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Tech. With teaching 5th grade, I rarely come across a topic or concept that is not covered in one form or another. How I use it: I've used BrainPOP in many capacities. As a preteach or introduction to a topic, it gives students an entertaining look as some of the main concepts or ideas. This becomes an easy lead in to teaching or lecturing on that topic. I've also used it as a follow up to instruction as a way to recap some of the highlights. Pros: -fun hosts, Tim and Moby, that always entertain my 5th grades. -nice graphics. It's definitely not Pixar, but.... -subtitles for every video---meeting the needs of all students. Cons: -Pay for membership. Some of the videos are free, but the bulk of it requires a fee. Because of this, or rather because of the type of membership that I have, I can't assign or embed a video. My only hesitation with getting a class account is that students will watch ALL of the videos. I rely on them so much throughout the year that I'm afraid they'll be bored watching the same videos again! -Repeating information. Some of the topics that are closely related, for example British Empire and American Revolution have segments (usually not more than 10 seconds worth of material) that are exactly the same. Word for word. Students are always quick to point this out.

Hope this is useful. Sarah Wolsey swolsey@gmail.com

Don’t just //blog// about it, __//**glog**//__ about it!
[|http://edu.glogster.com/]

In regards to prerecorded media, an interesting source that I came across during my time in the credential program is a website that enables educators and students to create interactive digital posters online called Glogster EDU. The website has video tutorials on how to create a glog. Educators and students can simply attach pictures, videos, text, sounds, drawings, attachments and many more to their preference.

I enjoy this website because it was easy to use the first time I tried. The site can be a great tool to present lessons in the classroom. Educators can also use the site to assign group/individual projects to the students. For example, instead of students writing a book report have them create an interactive glog about their book to present to the class. The site can ease young students into creating presentations online. Students can get creative while expressing their knowledge about a topic. Educators can manage and access students’ Glogster account when the premium plan is purchased (about $25 a year). Students can send their glog to the teacher’s account to be reviewed and graded. The glogs can be shared publicly or set to private.

***Glogster EDU is free to sign up and currently has a free 30 day premium trial period if you want to see those additional features.
Please let me know what you think or if anyone is currently using it.

Thanks!

Mayra

Educreations was my "gateway app" into making content-based multimedia presentations. Explain Everything is much more robust. First, with Educreations, I cannot work on more than one presentation at a time, and with one IPad cart and six classes, this is problematic. Explain Everything allows multiple presentations to be produced and saved. The other thing I like about E.E. is that you can embed it anywhere you can place a video file. One last thing I love about E.E. is that you can place videos into your video. I even purchased the compressor program for Mac, because I intend on producing many videos both by me and my students. One plus for Educreations is that because you can only place them on their site, you get a very healthy list of lessons on the same subject. I show my students this page the first week of school. I do this because they then have a way to hear something and see something explained and shown differently. We all learn differently, so the more options to see it taught, the better chance one will find a preferred version of the lesson. I've also used Educreations and Skitch to make instructional steps by screenshotting as I create. Both allow you to add items and then just screenshot on your tablet after each step to build your instructions.

My next app to look at will be TouchCast (thanks Pam!). I have seen it, but have not found the time to mess with it. I'm currently making two more Explain Everything presentations for my 7th and 8th grade classes. My premier one went over very well, not just with my class, but with my partner's students as well. It is on my website here: http://bit.ly/15AYjZk

I also like using Prezi and Haiku Deck.

Lance

PS thanks for the Glogster tip Mayra!

I created a classroom using the application "Edmodo" (a safe and easy way for our class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices). I also created a classroom with "Scootpad" (an adaptive learning platform for grades K-5 in Common Core Standards for Math and Reading). This application helps my students master the Common Core and it is self-paced and the practice is personalized. My students can access it at home and I can see reports of how they are doing.

I really like to use "Edmodo" and "Scoot Pad" with my first graders. Once they become familiar with both apps, they are able to navigate very easily. For management, I give them a card with their usernames and passwords. We really enjoy the communication among each other in both "Scoot Pad"and "Edmodo", the feedback on their assignments is immediate. I have also given the parents access for "Edmodo" and for "Scootpad". I really feel like we are a community connected with technology.

Lorena Cisneros

I have found Brainpop so useful in the primary and intermediate levels. There is not too much information given and it is presented in a very clear way. This is a paid site but they do have a companion iPad application. Darlene D'Amelia

You Tube

One type of pre-recorded media I frequently utilize in my classroom is You Tube. I typically use it to find quick video clips on everything from the rock cycle to rounding songs. In my first year teaching I even frequently used it for myself to learn the best method to teach a new concept.

You Tube could be used in the same manner for distance education. It's a great location to upload any screencasts (or similarly created videos). Videos of the teacher demonstrating different skills can also be uploaded. Students are very familiar with You Tube and can easily access quick lessons created by the instructor.

Katrina Collins

Katrina, I too have found You Tube to be very useful in class. I have found videos for just about everything imaginable connected to literature, or language. They even have School House Rock, and the Lord of the Flies episode of The Simpsons!

Another useful tool in pre-recorded media is TED Talks. Brief, informative, and some very powerful lectures, these videos engage the kids and provoke deep thought and inspiration.

Just found Shakespeare in Bits. Could be useful for struggling students who need help with Shakespearean language. It has animated video to correspond with action in the play, as it reads it aloud making it easier to understand. It also has section notes, and a synopsis page, in addition to a page for personal notes by student or teacher. May be a little too easy to access notes (along the lines of Spark Notes), but at least they are getting the dialog along with it. All free downloads, too!

Lori Chlarson

I’ve been using YouTube for years. The students usually think of YouTube as the site to go to watch funny videos and never the site to go to for educational videos, but there is a ton of videos that have been uploaded by teachers covering just about every topic. The math videos are great; you can find everything from the basics, like the old time School-House Rock, all the way up to calculus. When students say that they are having difficulty with some fundamental concept, usually because they forget it, I tell them to take a look at YouTube. A lot of the math videos have been uploaded by teachers and a quick two minute tutorial on the forgotten concept always helps.

Another site that I have used is The Khan Academy. Besides all the video tutorials covering science, math, history, etc. the site also has a coach feature that allows teachers to see the skills the class has worked on and completed. The reports are very detailed and it is a tool that can be used to show gaps in learning or mastery of concepts.

Brian Clough

Last year I started flipping math lessons where I would post videos of math lessons on our website. The students would watch the videos at home and answer a few questions to check for understanding. They would return the next day and we would work on homework in class where I would be readily available to answer questions and, based on the results from the questions they answered, I would be able to differentiate based on specific needs as soon as they walked in the door. It was very powerful. There was a lot of moving parts to get started but it ran smoothly after a few tries. I recorded the lessons using an app called Screenflow and embeded them into a Google form and streamed the videos straight from my Google drive. I created Google forms for the questions and analyzed the results using a script called Flubaroo. This allowed me to pinpoint with accuracy, who was struggling and exactly what they were struggling with.

Darin Nakakihara