This week, we had a guest speaker come into our class and help lead us in a workshop around utilizing technology like screencastify and video editing. The guest speaker, Rich McCue, explained the importance of video editing within classrooms and learning environments. During the presentation, he showed us how to create our own screen recorded tutorial on a game or website of our choice. I decided to look at some old games I used to play as a kid, and remembered the game ‘Penguin Diner’, so I used that! Linked below is the video I created! However, it wouldn’t let me link the version with interactive questions that I made 🙁 It didn’t take long at all, but I would definitely do more tries and perfect it if it was being shown within a classroom.
It was cool to be able to see the behind the scenes of software like this, and how it can be used within the classroom. Students can gain so many benefits from software like this. I think a tool like this can help students grasp the concept of a website without the teacher having to individually help each student. Students can also use the videos at home, and even use the software to create their own videos to show their learning progress. Video editing is also a interesting way to allow students to showcase their learning. By having multiple ways to present learning (PowerPoint, video editing, presentation, play, etc) it can engage students so much more as they get choice in how they show their understanding. It is also a skill that can benefit them in the long run as they enter the workforce and businesses.
It can benefit us as educators as well as it can allow us to create resources for students in an engaging and interesting way. It also allows for resources that can be shared and used at home as well. On top of this, being able to navigate video editing can help create multiple ways that teachers can teach their students and present information to them.
Multimedia within the classroom allows for change in pace, enhances learning, and gives creativity to both the teacher and their students. I think it’s a great idea to integrate it within the classroom!
Oh my goodness I used to love this game as a kid. I used to play girlgogames which had a bunch of fun computer games and this was one of the ones on that website. Sadly I wasn’t able to access the website anymore (and I was probably too old to play) but you made me invested in trying to find a way to play it again.
On the other note, I also found ScreenCastify to be a great and beneficial tool to use in the classroom. It also removed my interactive question when I uploaded to my blog though :/