Video can be an effective teaching tool in the classroom. Teachers find that video stimulates discussion, reinforces lessons, and helps students learn. Students who regularly see videos in class perform better on tests and are more engaged. Research shows videos improve understanding when paired with active learning assignments before and after viewing. Teachers should keep videos short and relevant to lesson objectives in order to maintain student attention.

1. Video in the Classroom
Research Findings
Teacher Opinion
Student Perspective
Practical Usage
Usage Statistics

2. Video allows teachers to not only
tell students what they need to
learn from a specific lesson, but
illustrate examples to help
develop understanding.
Video is a Learning Tool

3. Teachers Are Positive About Video
 Stimulates classroom discussion
 Reinforces lectures and reading
 Provides a common base of knowledge among
students, and

Helps them teach more effectively.
A survey by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting found that
teachers are overwhelmingly positive about the use of video in
the classroom because it:

4. Computers vs. TV
“A CPB survey of teachers showed that the vast
majority of teachers said that the presence of
computers in their class had not affected their
classroom use of TV and video, and in fact ‘nearly
one quarter find that their use of TV and video has
actually increased.’”
Television Goes to School, 2004

5. Students’ Perspective
 Outperform non-exposed peers on tests
 Score higher on writing assignments
 Are more active in class discussions
 Apply more varied and creative approaches to
problem solving
 Use more figurative language
Research shows that students who are
exposed to regular integration of media
into instruction:
Research project by Teachers College at Columbia University, 1992.

6. How and When to Use Video
Video can be used in a variety of ways to enhance any
lesson plan or subject. Here are some examples of
best practices:
 Preview video in advance
 Connect the video to lesson objectives
 Show short clips to introduce or reinforce discussion.
 Give students active assignments to encourage
attention and post discussion.
 Use the pause button to promote interactivity and
encourage discussion.

7. Lead-in’s:
 “Listen for this term…”
 “Think of similar examples…”
 “Watch for…”
 “List the things in the video that…”
Sample Lead-in’s to video segments could include:

8. After the video:
 Check for understanding
 Reinforce a point
 Connect to real examples
 Ask, “what did you see, etc…”

9. Keep it Simple
 Technology that is too complex
 Technology that involves too much work to
use it
 Technology that increases the need for more
classroom support.
Any implementation to provide teachers with
technology tools must be done with an objective to
“keep it simple” to avoid:

10. Real World Results
 A school district in Florida installed a video delivery
system to improve teacher access to video.
 Usage in the second year showed at 15x increase in
the use of classroom video.
 Increase reflects a combination of improved content
and easier access to use video to support learning
objectives.

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12. Resources
Television Goes to School
http://www.cpb.org/stations/reports/tvgoestoschool/
National Teacher Training Institute
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/video1.html
eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/
Learning with Television
http://www.wqed.org/education/education_tv.php