tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post4129682081354846072..comments2024-01-03T04:58:04.221-05:00Comments on I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down...: Making my First Math VideoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-61703358868919269812011-03-07T17:48:02.404-05:002011-03-07T17:48:02.404-05:00Hey Julia,
Yes!!! I think the value of making the...Hey Julia,<br /><br />Yes!!! I think the value of making the video, for me, is being able to explain things in a consistent way, in a way that builds in memory cues. For example, it's not a coincidence that I decided to ramble on a bit in the Part 2 video with an analogy about joining clubs. It's the same analogy I had used in class and seen kids nod their heads about. That's something that works for them and will help clarify exactly what I mean when I say intersection. It's also not a coincidence that I drew two number lines in order to compare them for domain intersection; there were a few kids in class who understood it after I had broken it down that way. Those are triggers I'm building in, for my kids, with things that I know would work for them.<br /><br />Also, if you put yourself in my kids' shoes, are they more likely to watch a video that I make, when they know me and are used to how I explain things in class? Or are they more likely to watch some random math video link I send them?<br /><br />That's definitely worth making a 10-minute video, I think. (But we'll have to wait and see how the kids respond, anyway. You just never know these things.)untilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-9778581838077112932011-03-07T17:41:19.848-05:002011-03-07T17:41:19.848-05:00Mimi, I'm impressed but wondering why you (and...Mimi, I'm impressed but wondering why you (and others) are going through such trouble when there are such awesome videos available online for almost any topic? I realize you may want to customize for your class and your teaching style... but is it worth the extra time and effort?Julia Tsyganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354702485097004759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-48159877834115487462011-03-07T17:18:13.833-05:002011-03-07T17:18:13.833-05:00Interesting! Thanks for the feedback! This topic d...Interesting! Thanks for the feedback! This topic doesn't really work as well to cut up into four videos one for each function combo, since the first 5 minutes are spent on analyzing just f and g separately. But, I can see how chopping up the second segment into two shorter parts, one for f+g, f-g, fg (those group naturally together since they're "forgiving" operations) and one video for f/g and g/f would be helpful. It'd probably also help with the load time to have smaller files...<br /><br />Thanks! Did you have trouble loading/streaming? (That's my biggest concern. I'm about to go home and try it, but I wasn't really able to try it this morning before leaving home, since I had just left the upload going after I left home. And at school the internet connection is either way faster or way slower, not a good indicator of the average at-home connection.) <br /><br />By the way, I welcome the tech tips!!! My boyfriend actually has a tablet-ish thing I can use probably for this, but the screen is really small and also I don't want to randomly download a bunch of programs onto his computer while he's away from home, so the tech upgrade is probably going to have to wait... I sort of just want to get this rolling so I can start on the learning curve! :)untilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-2884487547945298592011-03-07T13:55:27.756-05:002011-03-07T13:55:27.756-05:00Very cool, Mimi. Coincidentally, my school is doin...Very cool, Mimi. Coincidentally, my school is doing this kind of project too. This Wednesday, three of us are getting together to create some short movies. We got turned onto the idea by a teacher from another school who came and gave a presentation on a PD day about what his school refers to as "vod-casts" (like pod-casts, but with video). <br /><br />The lessons that his school had learned from doing them for several years was that they needed to be short--like 2 to 3 minutes, short--and needed to be on one topic. If I were re-doing your video, I'd break it up into 4 different videos...one for each of the function combo's (you could do both quotients in one video). I would also find a way to mount your camera so you don't have to hold it while you're doing the taping. <br /><br />The techno side of how my school is doing these is pretty cool. We have access to some tablet computers, so we are writing on them using the pen function in Microsoft OneNote and recording the screen and audio (via a headset) using a FREE software program called CamStudio (you can download it from their website). Our initial attempts look pretty snazzy. Sadly, I don't have any to share...yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com