1. Seeing the Old Lessons in
New Ways:
Using Video To Enhance Learning
Heather Mason
Jefferson Middle School

2. Instead of taking notes…
• Email: hmason94@gmail.com
• Slideshare:
• Wiki: videosforliteracy.wikispaces.com
• Delicious: hrmason Tag: PDD2010
• Twitter: hrmason
• Blog: www.teacherintransition.wordpress.com

3. Why Use Video
• Teaching the Visual
Generation
• Reaching more learners
• Providing more access
points to text
• Creating more paths for
student expression

4. How to Use Video
• Support the Text
• Introduce/Review Lessons
• Encourage Reading
• Provide Video Tutoring
• Illustrate Vocabulary
• Assign Alternative
Assessments/Projects

5. Places to Get Video
• Discovery Education – fee
• BrainPOP – fee
• TeacherTube – student/teacher created video
• TED talks – lectures by interesting people
• Movieclips.com – clips of popular movies
• CNN Student News– current events
• Snagfilms – documentaries
• Biography Channel
• YouTube - everything

6. Video Conversion
Convert online videos for downloading and saving
• Zamzar – (choose wmv)
• MediaConverter.org

7. Places to Get Videos on Reading
• Adlit.org – Go to Books and Authors
• 60 Second Recap – Book talks famous novels
• Reading Rockets – Meet the Author interviews
• Meet Me at the Corner – Big Apple Book Club
book talks
• Poetry Foundation – Poet interviews and
readings

8. Places to Create Video
• Blabberize – Online
• Photostory – Free download
• MovieMaker – Comes with Windows