Well, on Friday I did my final video of my class. Just from watching the first few minutes of the video to make sure that it recorded correctly, I noticed that my students appeared much more engaged than they did earlier in the week when I videoed them. My first video was just a regular lesson in which the kids sit on the mat while we discuss the story we were reading, called A Winning Swimmer. Then my second video consisted of using our computer lab time to watch a slideshow on the projector and discuss it as a class.
I noticed during the first video that many of my students were very fidgety. They kept turning and looking at the camera or playing with the mat or their clothes. The second video, in the computer lab, shows all of them engaged, eyes on the slideshow, with every appearance of paying attention... I even noticed that one of my students who has the most difficulty paying attention was engaged for most of the second lesson. It was very encouraging for me to see.
As I am now officially on spring break, I will be using my time off this week to upload my video, edit it, and post it for everyone to view. Fingers crossed I don't have any difficulties!
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Glad that you are seeing some good engagement- I am wondering if the newness of the slide show captured their attention? There is a lot of research about how technology improves engagement- at least temporarily. It makes sense- right? Anything new is interesting but if you have done something millions of time it gets tiring. I am glad that you gave the kids something new- hope you are pleased.
ReplyDeleteCongratultions on your success with your students. I still fondly remember the teachers that did fun and different things in the classroom. I just remember the others. Enjoy your spring break and best of luck uploading your video.
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