Using Online Video in the Classroom

Using video in the classroom is an excellent teaching tool, in my last two classroom placements I found I used it a lot to teach students about many topics. For example, last placement I taught science to grade 4/5's and used a series of videos from YouTube from "makemegenius", they average about 3-5 minutes long and very informational and engaging for the class. Here is one I used when I introduced the "Body Systems" unit.


I love watching video's because I'm a visual learner, I need to see things, I guess that's why I incorporated it a lot in my past student teaching placements. Also, most students appreciate a video more than listening to the teacher explain content.

Last spring I student taught grade 3/4's and we were learning about Africa, I used a great video I found on YouTube to introduce it. The use of video's as a teaching tool in the classroom is something I enjoy using.



Also from YouTube, I found this video that is explaining to children why physical activity is important to our everyday lives and the importance of learning new skills as well as having fun! I would use this in the phys. ed classroom at the beginning of the year. It is important that students are active at a young age so that the chances of them being physically active as they get older, are higher.

I found another video that I could use personally for my professional teaching on the vimeo site. I could also use it to show students how to play the game if I needed to. It was a video that showed elementary aged students using their overhand throwing skills (force and motion), to hit targets (ducks) as they move across the wall at a station. (another way to use technology in the pe classroom)!

Here is the link https://vimeo.com/2365122