How To Effectively Teach Students Using Video

Introduction

Video by nature is a fantastically accessible medium. The strong connection a video production can have with an audience makes it an incredibly powerful teaching tool. It has a unique ability to convey complicated topics in a way viewers can really engage with and understand thoroughly. 

Answer the questions:

1) So how do you teach using video? 

http://gettingsmart.com/2011/09/how-to-effectively-teach-students-using-video/
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ell-engagement-using-video-larry-ferlazzo-katie-hull-sypnieski

http://edtechteacher.org/tools/multimedia/video-classroom/

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2) What are ways to use videos well? Write your top ten ways to use videos well:

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Now, explore the BBC website and choose five points that you found useful:

http://www.bbcactive.com/BBCActiveIdeasandResources/EducationvideosTenwaystousethemwell.aspx

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3) Watch Coca-Cola commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsTjZko2gw and mention the ways how we can use it in teaching grammar.

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Summary

Video can be a thoroughly useful tool in the educational sphere and its abilities to connect with a wide audience and express complicated topics to that audience easily, should always be made use of. By using video productions alongside your traditional teaching methods you can help to instil a better knowledge and understanding of a subject within all of your students.

Answering the questions:

1. Comparing with the 20 century, nowadays anyone can be a reporter or writer or both of them. All you nedd is Internet access and the knowledge of using Blogspot.

2. Everyone who shares news: a mom, a businessman, a traveler.

3. It has a lot of functions and buttons, but the main ones are: create a new blog and share the news. And that`s all! You can download anything you like, write individual stories or create discussions.

4. Blog reflects your unique perspective and your point of view.

5. There are a lot of communities depending on pepople`s outlook. Mainly, people find communities via common thoughts and beliefs.