Now, check out the Beccas for best educational video and best entertaining video from a SCILS 598 classmate.
Best Educational Video: Did You Know? from SL
I chose this one because it's a cause that's really important to me, too, and I'm glad SL is getting the word out about dogs in need of homes.
Best Entertaining Video: LaserBugs from JS
I chose this one because it made me laugh out loud. It's hard to beat that!
I also have to give an honorable mention to MD. I loved the editing in her videos that give the scrapbook and film reel effects to them.
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Educational Video
Here's a short video on how to make hot chocolate. You have to watch all the way to the end to "get" the music! Enjoy!
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Original video here.
Click to play
Original video here.
Entertainment Video
Here's a quick video of photos from several Rustic Overtones shows over the course of two weekends in August 2007 taken with my cousin's cell phone and set to a fun song of theirs, "Check."
Original video here.
Original video here.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Education vs. Entertainment
Do education videos stand a chance against entertainment videos?
Of course they do!
First of all, who says the two have to be mutually exclusive? In fact, don't many people prefer their educational experiences to have an entertaining element?
Secondly, as we've discussed time and time again in this course, there are many different types of learners, including visual ones. In Social Software in Libraries, Farkas references dual coding theory, which states that learning is best accomplished through a combination of visual and auditory channels. (206) For these reasons, I think educational videos on the web will continue to be very popular.
I think one of the major benefits of 2.0 technologies and of technology in general is that in our day and age the line between education and entertainment isn't as solid as it once was. The other day I used an online video to learn how to draw a goat (don't ask). This may not be "educational" in the same way our grandparents might conceive of education, but I did learn something! Education has left the classroom and can be found anywhere and everywhere. When I did the 23 Things program with CTLS one of the first topics was lifelong learning. While lifelong learning is nothing new, the internet and things like YouTube make self-directed learning much easier.
Of course they do!
First of all, who says the two have to be mutually exclusive? In fact, don't many people prefer their educational experiences to have an entertaining element?
Secondly, as we've discussed time and time again in this course, there are many different types of learners, including visual ones. In Social Software in Libraries, Farkas references dual coding theory, which states that learning is best accomplished through a combination of visual and auditory channels. (206) For these reasons, I think educational videos on the web will continue to be very popular.
I think one of the major benefits of 2.0 technologies and of technology in general is that in our day and age the line between education and entertainment isn't as solid as it once was. The other day I used an online video to learn how to draw a goat (don't ask). This may not be "educational" in the same way our grandparents might conceive of education, but I did learn something! Education has left the classroom and can be found anywhere and everywhere. When I did the 23 Things program with CTLS one of the first topics was lifelong learning. While lifelong learning is nothing new, the internet and things like YouTube make self-directed learning much easier.
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