The document discusses using video tutorials to teach lessons to special education students with behavioral issues. It notes the students have low attention spans, miss lessons frequently, and struggle to transfer information from the board. The video lessons are short, available anytime, and allow creative projects. Results showed students were more engaged, fewer behavioral issues, higher achievement, and teachers could provide more individual help.

1. Video Tutorial Lessons in an ILC
Patrick Walters
4/18/2010

2. About My Students
✤ All students are classified as Special Education
✤ All students have some behavioral or emotional problem
✤ Attendance for some students is sporadic at best
✤ Computer skills are generally low among this population
✤ About 60 students in the school
✤ No more than 8 students per class

3. The Problem
✤ These students are not capable of transferring information from a
blackboard or SmartBoard to their own computer screen
✤ Attention spans are low
✤ When students fall behind or are unsure, they start to act out with
negative behaviors, putting them even further behind
✤ This becomes a cyclical process leading to more serious behavior
problems and very little student learning is accomplished
✤ Some students are absent often and miss key parts of a unit

4. The Idea
✤ Pre-record all of the lessons for a given unit
✤ Lessons should be short (< 5 minutes each)
✤ Make each lesson always available
✤ Allow for student creativity and use projects that are meaningful
✤ Allow for flexible completion of assignments

5. The Tools
✤ Videos will be available both on DVD and through Vimeo.com
✤ Videos are recorded on a Mac using Screenflow
✤ Since the software being demonstrated is a web app, the demo
platform is not an issue
✤ Each student will get a set of headphones to use to listen to the videos

6. The Theory
✤ Based on the Constructivist Learning Theory
✤ Allow students to be an active part of the learning
✤ Give them access to tools to try new skills
✤ Give them freedom to use the tools in new situations
✤ Make their learning meaningful through personalized projects

7. The Implementation
✤ All students start on the same date, though it is expected that they
proceed at their own pace
✤ The first part of the unit is based on the video tutorials
✤ Students watch / follow along on their own computers, pausing and
rewinding when necessary
✤ The final part of the unit is project-based
✤ Students follow simple guidelines to demonstrate their knowledge of
the available tools

8. The Outcome
✤ Students were on-task more often than in previous, teacher-led
lessons
✤ There were less behavioral referrals during this unit than any other
unit
✤ More work was completed during this unit than any other unit
✤ More individual attention was available for student inquiries

9. The Stats (Achievement)
Teacher Led Video Based
✤ Data was collected from the
previous teacher-led unit and
90
compared to the video-based
89
unit 84
67.5
✤ Student achievement increased 62
during the video-based unit 60
45
✤ More assignments were
completed than in the previous 22.5
unit
0
✤ Students achieved a higher Assignments Complete % Grade %

10. The Stats (Behavior)
Teacher-Led Video-Based
20
✤ Behavioral incidents dropped
after the implementation of the 15 17
video tutorials
10
✤ There were no “serious
incidents” recorded during the 8
video-based unit. 5
3
0
Behavior Referrals 0
Major Incidents

11. The Conclusion
✤ Students achieved more during the video-based unit than in the
previous teacher-led unit
✤ There were less behavior-related issues during the video-based unit
as well
✤ Students were on task for a longer portion of the class period
✤ More individual attention was afforded to students with inquiries
than in previous teacher-led units