Instructional Videos
I have really been experimenting lately with recording my instruction in video form for students to view when they are ready to move on to a new skill, if they are absent, or to augment what we are doing in the classroom. These are just a couple of examples of my videos I have created.
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Wheel Throwing
This was one of the first videos I created as an instructional tool. Last Spring when we were gearing up for quarantine, I had a student who was really into Ceramics and wanted to learn to throw on the wheel. She had the drive and desire, so I talked to her mom and they borrowed one of our wheels at Grizzell with some clay and supplies. After she took it home, I created this simple video to help her get started. We did a Google Meet a couple of times after that to refine her skills. It wasn’t nearly as good as if she was in the classroom, but it worked pretty well and she was so happy to be able to work at home.
“Flipping the Classroom” style of videos.
These are a couple of examples of videos I created to “flip the classroom”. In my 8th grade class when they were designing their ceramic projects I wanted them to see two techniques on how to build their pieces. These are videos highlighting how to build with clay slabs or to hollow larger pieces of clay. At any point, the student can go onto their computer and see the technique of their choice. I observed some students watching while working on their pieces.
Complete lesson or technique style of videos.
Here are a couple of examples of my more current instructional video production. With us going into remote learning so often, there was a need for more videos with better production. I purchased a new computer and software to make the videos more interesting and consistent. The videos represent full lessons my students completed while in remote learning. I tried to keep them simple and concise, with a time lapse of me completing the technique for clarification of a completed project, from beginning to end.
