Edpuzzle
Edpuzzle is a site I learned about earlier this school year, though I can not remember where. Over the last two years there has been a lot of talk about flipping classrooms in my school, and the use of video lessons to teach students content. Since I teach the Gifted and Talented classes, I'm not often in Sage on the Stage mode and spend the majority of my time as a facilitator. Students primary learn through projects and self-study, so flipping the classroom hasn't been a priority or focus of mine. However, as my students are responsible for completing their social studies work through independent study, I would like to incorporate more videos into their work. I started to incorporate videos last year and would have students complete a 3-2-1 review. They had to write down 3 facts, 2 questions, and 1 opinion after watching the video. It started well enough, but I felt the students didn't really have to watch the videos and the 3-2-1 assignment was not truly holding them accountable. Also, locating and viewing videos for four different social studies courses at once became too overwhelming.
With Edpuzzle however, teachers are able to embed questions directly into the video. You are also able to trim the video so students only need to watch what is relevent. The video stops and will not continue until they answer the question, and since they sign in, you are left with their responses, and are able to tell what they are understanding and where they need reteaching or discussion.
If I am able to build a collection of videos for my four grade levels, I would like to utilize Edpuzzle to keep students accountable for actually viewing and thinking about the assigned videos.
With Edpuzzle however, teachers are able to embed questions directly into the video. You are also able to trim the video so students only need to watch what is relevent. The video stops and will not continue until they answer the question, and since they sign in, you are left with their responses, and are able to tell what they are understanding and where they need reteaching or discussion.
If I am able to build a collection of videos for my four grade levels, I would like to utilize Edpuzzle to keep students accountable for actually viewing and thinking about the assigned videos.