As a guidance counselor, it is our responsibility to help every student succeed. This means that students who are experiencing long absences due to extenuating circumstances (such as medical or family issues), need extended processing time or who just need additional instructional resources, can easily fall behind in school. However, by exploring the use of technology such as Webcasting, students and their parents would be able to view or review valuable classroom instruction on-demand.
English as a Second Language Students (ESL) or students with learning difficulties would greatly benefit by this program as they would be able to really take their time to review lessons at their own speed of comprehension.
A site such as TeacherTube (www.teachertube.com) is a free resource that teachers can use to upload instructional videos that students can view at home. With the proper communication between teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, students can have a fluid and flexible resource available at their fingertips.
With Webcasting, teachers are not limited to recording only traditional instruction, they can get their creative juices flowing by developing fun and original lessons that can supplement any lesson—providing students a new a exiting medium in which to learn.
Possible challenges that could arise with this technology is an issue of fairness. If only a handful of teachers use Webcasting, is it fair that only students in their classes get this additional resource—especially if certain students in other classes would greatly benefit from this technology? If all teachers were then required to have a Webcasting component to their class, is it fair to ask teachers to add yet another item to their already overwhelming job description?
After reviewing several samples of teacher Webcasts, here are a couple of examples that would fit well in and out of the classroom:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=24266&title=Mr_Duey___Fractions_Official_Video
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=145&title=Literature_Circles
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ReplyDeleteI think using webcasting as a supplement or replacement for attending class for children who need more help is a neat idea but I can't see many teachers voluntarily doing it. I think it would feel like just another thing to take up their time. I do think the video clips would be useful in building interest or introducing a new topic to students.
~Jenny C-J
I agree that webcasting can be a beneficial tool. I know teachers that have shown their own webcast during class. Doing this allowed the teacher to walk around and help students while the students were watching him teach the lesson on the webcast. It was almost like having 2 teachers in the room.
ReplyDeleteI agree that webcasting could work well to supplement or to help with make-up work but am not sure how it would be implemented efficiently. If a mini-lesson was recorded in class while students were present, a permission slip to each may be needed to post a webcast that includes minors. I know that most of our students sign a waiver for their face to be allowed in photos and online, but checking to see all students were covered that period would be another hassle.
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