11 Videos that every educator must watch !
The most exciting (and also the most testing) part of teaching is to learn every day. Education has undergone a paradigm shift in the past decade. Are you prepared to teach these kids who might be sitting in front of you physically, but their mind is living in their own virtual world? We all have read and heard so much about the importance of creativity, but how do we use it practically in the classrooms? How do we create an inclusive environment where each and every student participates? Thankfully, teaching community is working diligently towards achieving this goal. This article summarizes and shares 11 videos that will inspire you with new ideas for your teaching.
Video on Creativity in Classrooms
- How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8UFGu2M2gM
Presenter: Adam Savage
Duration: 7:31 minutes
What is in the video: This video will give you a peek into the great minds of the human history. All of us have ideas, but what sets these discoverers apart and what we may learn from them? In this video, Adam Savage explains how the great physicists, mathematicians and philosophers were able to answer many questions, even in the absence of technology.
Key Learnings:
- Be resourceful. Look around you and find stories and people who can act as a reference for your own teaching. These stories can be an inspiration for your students too.
- Are you facing difficulty in explaining a complex concept to your students? Next time, start from the beginning. Narrate your students the story of this concept. It may be a scientific theory, a complex mathematical formula or a word. Maybe if you start with the origin, the students will be able to imagine, experience and ultimately learn better.
2.Five Keys to Rigorous Project- Based Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM
Presenter: Edutopia
Duration: 6:30
What is in the video: In less than 7 minutes, you will know what, why and how of project-based learning. Based on the real accounts of the teachers and students who have used PBL in their classrooms, this video is a perfect way to introduce PBL to your students and their parents.
Key Learnings:
- Understand how PBL is implemented currently.
- PBL is not some fluff that happens an activity after a concept is taught. It is a learning process that is a part of the curriculum.
- Learn how students can take responsibility and work in a group. All this, while the role of the teacher shifts to a facilitator.
- Know about multi-faceted assessment where students are able to assess themselves.
3. Critical Friends Protocol Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Nqw3Q7SV8
Presenter: Buck Institute for Education
Duration: 4:15 seconds
What is in this video: Giving and receiving feedback is one of the most crucial parts of a learning process. Also, it is the hardest. This video teaches “Critical Friends Protocol”, developed by Buck Institute for Education. It is a 7 step feedback protocol that can be extremely helpful in creating a positive environment for sharing work, discuss feedback, improve and learn. Try this method for the next class assignment to help students do peer review. Though explained in the context of the school environment, this protocol has wide application in both personal and professional lives.
Key Learnings:
- Learn the 7 steps of the protocol with examples.
- Be open to the suggestions and give feedback in the form of questions instead of direct advice.
- When giving feedback start with a positive and then move to your concerns.
- As a facilitator. Be open to both sides. You are not supposed to pick sides.
- Teach and learn to take feedback with an open mind.
4. Do schools kill creativity?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
Presenter: Sir Ken Robinson
Duration: 20:03 minutes
What is in this video: In this video, Sir Ken Robinson explains how our education system is limiting the abilities of our children by stigmatizing mistakes. He humorously points out that everywhere in the world, the education is aimed at creating college professors. Why is it that the whole public education system in the world is designed as an entrance to the university system? Like any other issue, not all may agree with him, but it definitely raises questions for introspection for educators, policymakers and parents.
Key Learnings:
- Being wrong may not be creative, but at least it allows us to be one.
- Why is it that kids have absolutely no shame in making mistakes, but adults are deeply stigmatized by them.
- Why is there a hierarchy in every part of the world, that places mathematics, science and language at the top, and dance and music at the bottom?
- If no two people are same, how can the intelligence be defined in the same manner for all? Intelligence should instead be defined by diversity, dynamism, and distinction.
Videos on Improving communication in the classroom
- “I wish my teacher knew” assignment reveals the kids’ hardships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmZ45HZPss
Presenter: CBS Evening News
Duration: 2:13 minutes
What is in this video: The story of a third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz, who came up with a simple solution to know her students better. She created a simple assignment, asking her students to complete the phrase “I wish my teacher knew.” The answers were an eye opener.
Key Learnings:
- There may be many reasons why your students may not be participating in the classroom. Can you think of something like Kyle did to support them? Maybe even use the same exercise in the classroom.
- The problems that kids face outside their schools and colleges can also affect how they perform in the classrooms. If you want to help them, know what bothers them.
- A simple exercise like this can lead to peer support system inside the classroom.
2. Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5kETSAn0j8
Presenter: Edutopia
Duration: 5:26 minutes
What is in this video: The video shows the impact of positive discipline strategy that helped Jefferson County School in dramatically reducing inappropriate behavior, school dropout, fighting and low attendance. The best part, students started taking responsibility of maintaining discipline in the classroom. The teachers at Jefferson County were able to do that with the help of Developmental Discipline strategies like Tab, ZAP and Mediation. For example, using TAB strategy, whenever a student disrupts a class, he/she signs a contract that involves corrective measures suggested by them if they behave inappropriately again. Watch this video if you want to make your students more responsible towards their own behavior.
Key Learnings:
- Clearly defined class norms and expectations are the cornerstones of a discipline system.
- When students are made a part of the discipline process, they become more responsible.
- Instead of letting the disruptive behavior continue or giving the direct punishment, it is better to give students a chance to reflect upon their own behavior and suggest the future course of action.
- Trust your students. They can not only resolve their own conflicts, but also become excellent mediators, and help their peers to solve their issues.
3. Rita Pierson: Teaching Tips (Win-Win Conversations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSZ3XYUZME
Presenter: Rita Pierson
Duration: 6:10 minutes
What is in this video: Rita Pierson explains how to deal with your students in a confrontational situation. She demonstrates 2 ways of dealing with a student when the student is caught cheating on the test. The first approach led to a heated argument as opposed to the second situation where the student took full responsibility of his action, apologized and learned from the mistake.
Key Learnings:
- Whenever in a conflict with a student, stand back and reflect for a moment what different approach can be taken to deal with the situation.
- Before handing over a punishment directly, give students an opportunity to take responsibility for their action. They will be thankful to you
- Give them an opportunity to correct what they have done wrong.
- Show trust and treat your students with dignity even when you are angry with your student. The situations like these can be an opportunity to re-establish the faith between teacher and students.
Learning Disabilities, What are the Different Types
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_xSBsFMPQ
Presenter: Dr. Sheldon Horowitz
Duration: 7:30 minutes
What is this video: This video is a must watch every teacher, even though they may or may not have a student with an intellectual disability in the classroom. In this video, Dr. Sheldon Horowitz gives a general overview of learning disabilities. Learning disabilities affect how the information is received, processed, recalled or communicated. He also busts many myths surrounding the intellectual disabilities.
Key Learnings:
- A learning disability can affect many aspects of an individual life apart from the expected.
- With practice, the students can learn to overcome learning difficulties.
- Myths are not facts. Keep an open mind and educate yourself about intellectual disabilities to help your students better.
Videos on Increasing Efficiency
- 11 Google Search Tips and Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69yumUAzj4
Presenter: Anne Witton
Duration: 5:48 minutes
What is in this video: Learn to search Google like a pro in less than 6 minutes. Plus, learn a cool trick in the end
Key Learning: Sharing is caring. Show this to your students in your first class to help them use google search better.
2. When to use “me”, “myself” and “I”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakoA2D0Okw
Presenter: Emma Bryce for Ed Ted
Duration: 3 minutes
What is in this video: The age-old dilemma of whether to use I, me or Myself can be easily solved with this short video. All these words refer to the same, but yet they have different usage based on whether they are a subject pronoun, object pronoun or reflective pronoun. Incorrect use of these 3 pronouns is quite common. It does not matter if your students are in 3rd grade or college, or you teach English or Science, this video is a 3-minute refresher course that can benefit them tremendously. Trust us, they will thank you for this.
Key Learnings:
- Think of some examples other than those in video to explain better.
- Do a quick exercise with your students to assess whether the students have understood the topic.
- The use of a little imagination can make learning so easy. Can you think of something like this to teach other concepts to your students?
3. Google for Education 101 (in 101 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXFUl0KcIkA
Presenter: Google for Education
What is in this video: In this short but very effective video, know all about Chromebooks, Google Apps for Education and Tablets with Google Play for Education. This is a great educational video that can help you understand how Google for Education can help you transform your classroom for free.
To get Google for Education:
As teachers, you already have the wealth of information, but you are never too old to learn new things. As is evident from these videos, the key is to maintain an environment of sharing in your classroom. Each student, each teacher and each classroom are different.
Which of these resources did you find most useful? Please tell us in the comments below.
Originally published at blog.clickeinstein.com on October 13, 2015.
