Here is an interesting way to teach a lesson that came from the mind of Kevin Honeycutt: Suppose you are trying to teach a concept. For instance, the water cycle. But it can be any concept really. Why not start out by having students watch a video without any narration. They then would have to create the narration themselves. So they would have to research the topic, they would have to write an outline, they would have to write the narration, then narrate the video. I think, by the end of the lesson they pretty much have figured out what you were trying to teach. Look at this video by NASA on the water cycle. It is about 5 minutes long. Now, watch the exact same video with the sound off. Wouldn't that work for almost any video? Even a Khan Academy video with the sound off where the students woudl have to narrate the steps on how to solve the problem. Of course you might want to have different length videos for different aged students. A 30 second video showing a chameleon changing colors would be great for teaching camouflage. What do you think? Is that a cool way to teach a lesson or what?
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