More+Presentation+Tools+&+Using+Online+Video

Session 6: More Presentation Tools & Using Online Video - July 12, 2011

Essential Questions:
1. How might online video resources support student learning? 2. Are non-traditional presentation tools a more effective way for students to become teachers, and therefore learn more deeply?


 * 6.1 __Opener__: **


 * Create a new page in your virtual notebook entitled Session 6.
 * Watch, then embed the following video in your Session 6 page.
 * Below the embedded video, answer the questions that follow.


 * [|Chris Anderson: How web videos power global innovation]**


 * 1. Do you believe that videos can lead to innovation in the classroom? Explain your answer. **
 * 2. How does Prezi, the tool that Chris Anderson uses in the video, differ from traditional presentation tools for the classroom? **


 * 6.2 Video Resources**
 * Take time to look at the video resources below for your content area. Think about how you might incorporate video into your final project lesson for this course or into your teaching for next year. Once you have browsed through the video channels in your content area, create links to the sites in your __Session 6__ page with any annotations that will help you use them in the future.**

Sciences Social Sciences
 * Links by content area:**
 * Math**
 * **[|Khan Academy]**
 * [|**Your Teacher.com**]
 * [|Periodic Table of Videos]
 * [|Bill Nye the Science Guy]
 * [|Steve Spangler Science]
 * [|Discovery Channel]
 * [|PBS]
 * [|The Science Channel]
 * [|California Academy of Sciences]
 * [|Garland Science]
 * TED
 * Untamed Science
 * [|Media Rich Learning]
 * [|Inside the NYPD (Criminal Justice)]
 * [|Associated Press]
 * [|TED Talks]
 * [|NPR Radio Pictures]
 * [|History for Music Lovers]
 * SnagFilms

English
 * Invitation to World Literature
 * English Homework Help
 * Foreign Languages**
 * **Foreign Language Videos**

General - all subject areas, subcategories
 * WatchKnow
 * TeacherTube
 * HowStuffWorks
 * The Futures Channel

6.3 Frame, Focus, Follow-up

There are at least three main reasons for integrating video segments into your lessons: []
 * __Teaching Strategy: “Frame, Focus, Follow up”__**
 * 1) To introduce a new topic
 * 2) To reinforce your current lessons through an additional experience
 * 3) To help assess the extent to which your students have mastered the material
 * Follow the link below, then click on “Teaching Tips” and read about “Effective Video-based Lessons” and how to use the video lesson strategy, "Frame, Focus, Follow-up" (some of which is reproduced at the bottom of this page)


 * __Frame:__ Provide a context that helps students pay attention to the main content of the video. Ask students questions about the topic explored in the video to activate prior knowledge. When necessary, tell your students enough about the part of the story preceding the segment, so they can follow along.
 * __Focus:__ Help students notice the important moments in the video by providing them with a specific focus, something to look for while they watch. Without a focus for viewing, students see all sorts of interesting details - but not necessarily the idea or information you want them to focus on.
 * __Follow-up:__ Provide an opportunity for students to summarize what they saw - because they will see different things, and not always what you expected them to see! Re-telling what they saw helps students consolidate their understanding and remember it.

Next, you will create your own Prezi for future use delivering a subject within your content area to your students. Before doing so, let's get a bit more familiar with Prezi as a tool:
 * 6.4** __**Prezi**__

Unlike traditional slide-based presentations, Prezi allows its users to create a web style presentation on one canvass. Users can navigate through their presentations in the way they choose, easily zoom in and out, and see contextual relationships between ideas. You can insert images, videos, audio files, etc., to give life to your presentation.

In the video you watched earlier, Chris Anderson from TED used Prezi. Here is the Prezi he used. Use the play button to navigate your way through the Prezi.

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[|Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation] on [|Prezi]

6.5 How to create a Prezi

Below you will find a series of short guides on how to create a Prezi. Review these guides before you attempt to create your own.

1. Getting Started

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2. The Next Level

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3. Sharing your Prezi

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6.6 Create Your Own Prezi

Complete the following tasks 1. Create an account with Prezi 2. Create a Prezi related to your content. (Your Prezi must include a web video) 3. On your Session 6, under the heading "6.6 Create Your Own Prezi", embed your Prezi. 4. Beneath your embedded Prezi reflect on your thoughts of using this tool in your classroom.

How can use of video and presentation tools enhance student learning? Respond to two of your group members' posts by the end of the week. Click on the "Add New Discussion" below to respond to the prompt.
 * __6.7__ __Forum Post__**